# Subterranean world

> The Castellana caves are a highlight of Central Puglia

- **City:** Castellana Grotte
- **Venue:** Grotte
- **Categories:** [Experiences](/en/experiences.md)
- **Location:** 40.8759055, 17.1484251 (Grotte di Castellana, Piazza Franco Anelli, Castellana Grotte, Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy)
- **Directions:** https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=40.8759055,17.1484251
- **Available languages:** en, it, de

## Contact
- **Phone:** 0039 080 499 8221
- **Website:** https://www.grottedicastellana.it/

## About
- 16 kilometres from Masseria Alchimia are the Grotte di Castellana, a complex of underground caves considered to be the most spectacular in Italy.
- They are 348 metres long and reach a maximum depth of 122 metres from the surface.
- The visit to the caves is along a 3 km route, an extraordinary guided excursion, at a depth of about 70 metres, in an amazing scenario, where caves with fantastic names, canyons, deep abysses, fossils, stalactites, stalagmites, concretions with incredible shapes and surprising colours stimulate the imagination of children and adults.
- The best time to visit is summer, when it is over 30°C outside and only 16°C under the caves.
- In August and September there are many events for those wishing to visit, but the most fascinating are the nightly Speleonights.

## Photos
- https://media.wonderfulpuglia.com/shoutem/e94c11e137be7dd4fa0e06cc1cfec917caf4e3d3.jpg
- https://media.wonderfulpuglia.com/shoutem/a591a127d294d5dbbc8eef8cc8df7a04c989aaba.jpg

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*Source: PugliApp — Caroline's Puglia travel guide. JSON: `/api/places/subterranean-world-2?locale=en`.*
*Other languages: [it](/it/place/meraviglie-sotterranee-2.md) · [de](/de/place/grottenbesichtigung-2.md)*