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Fairy Cave

Name: Fairy Cave
Address: Switzerland

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Perched above St-Maurice, the Fairy’s Cave (Grotte aux Fées) dominates the Rhone Valley. It was the first tourist cave opened to the public in Switzerland and offers since more than a century a natural and wonderful show in which its principal actors, rocks and water, depend upon the imagination of mankind to make this journey into the bowels of the earth unforgettable. After a half kilometre walking through a well-lit gallery, the underground visit reaches its peak when its visitors see a little lake fed by an impressive waterfall. Some people say that sometimes tiny fairies escort visitors out of the cave.

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2'566'251E 1'119'208N

46.223467, 7.001244

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46°13'24.5"N 7°00'04.5"E

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32T 345857 5120818

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