Polovragi Cave

Polovragi Cave opens on the bank of the Olteț river, at about 670 m altitude, at the start of the 3 km long Oltețului Gorge. Over 10 km of passages are mapped; about 800 m are open to visitors. The temperature inside is around 9 °C.

Inside you pass stalactites, stalagmites and columns, and named spots such as Zalmoxis’s Chair. Local belief says the Dacian spiritual leader Zalmoxis lived here. Monks lived in the cave from 1505 to 1968, and a colony of horseshoe bats hibernates in it.