Belianska Cave, Show cave in Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia.
Belianska Cave is a limestone system extending 3,829 meters through the northern slope of Kobylí Hill at 890 meters elevation. The route passes through chambers filled with stalactites, stalagmites, and underground water formations.
Charcoal inscriptions on the walls record gold prospectors who entered the cave in 1826, but their find stayed secret. In 1881 Július Husz and Johan Britz made the first known exploration, followed by B. Kaltstein and I. Verbovský. The cave opened to visitors in 1884 and received electric lighting in 1896, twelve years after the light bulb was invented.
The guided tour includes a short musical demonstration in the Hudobná sieň (Music Hall), chosen for its acoustics. Recordings played there include Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", Jon Henrik Fjällgren's "Daniel's Joik" and Pachelbel's Canon in D, accompanied by a light show.
The tour follows a concrete walkway and stairways with handrails, climbing more than 800 steps over a height difference of 125 metres; allow about 70 minutes with a guide. Air temperature stays between 5 and 6.3 °C with humidity of 90–97%, so bring warm clothing. A yellow-marked trail from Tatranská Kotlina reaches the entrance in about 35 minutes return.
Around 1934, keepers sealed the lower passages so ice would stay there year-round to draw more visitors. Frost weathering cracked limestone walls and damaged dripstone in the upper halls, and the experiment was abandoned. In the Palm Hall and the Golden Lake of the Robbers' Chamber, small pools sit on the flat clay floor.
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