Szemlőhegy Cave

In the autumn of 1930, at a plot of land close to the Zöldmáli street while carrying out stone quarry works, an opening leading deep down was discovered. The owner of the land notified some speleologists who, after removing some larger stones to widen the hole, descended into the deep vertical, then slightly sloping pipe-like cavern. The corridor had a dead end. On the next occasion speleologists had the blocked corridor cleared and made their way into a hall full of spectacular formations named the Rose Arbour then came across some more large corridors. The cave's currently known length is 2200 meters, out of which only 300 is suitable for visiting, and has a 50 meter vertical length. The cave's glittering formations, the so called "pea-stones" are very rare in Europe and its moist air has a healing effect. It is under environmental protection. In the reception building we may find an exhibition of the most important caves of the Buda region. The cave can only be seen with a guide and tours run in every hour. Foreign language tours are available upon prior booking.