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tojna Cave
A legendary tourist train takes you to the underground network of karst tunnels,
galleries, and halls. Postojna Cave is the only karst cave with a cave railway. For 140
years it has been taking visitors to see stalactites and stalagmites and other featu-
res created by water. During an hour and a half long guided tour, you learn about all
of the most important karst features, you see the largest, 5-metre-high stalagmite
known as Brilliant, you visit the oldest underground post office in the world and the
most famous underground animal – the human fish (proteus).
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A legendary tourist train takes you to the underground network of karst tunnels,
galleries, and halls. Postojna Cave is the only karst cave with a cave railway. For 140
years it has been taking visitors to see stalactites and stalagmites and other featu-
res created by water. During an hour and a half long guided tour, you learn about all
of the most important karst features, you see the largest, 5-metre-high stalagmite
known as Brilliant, you visit the oldest underground post office in the world and the
most famous underground animal – the human fish (proteus).
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