Why visit the Grotta del Vento in summer? Here are 5 great reasons! Summer is the perfect time to explore nature, discover new places and enjoy experiences that are out of the ordinary. If you’re in Tuscany or planning a holiday in the Garfagnana region, the Grotta del Vento is an unmissable destination. Located about…
Restaurant just 100 meters from Grotta del Vento Paolo and Francesca: the Gradara castle has nothing to do with this and their love story is certainly not as tormented as the one mentioned in the fifth canto of Dante’s Inferno. Happily united by an unbreakable bond, they are the owners of the new restaurant recently…
📌 The advantages of oline booking To visit the Grotta del Vento it is highly advisable, especially in periods of great affluence, such as the whole month of August as well as Sundays and holidays in May, June, July and September. The reason is simple: to allow visitors to fully enjoy the beauties offered by…
AT THE GROTTA DEL VENTO THE WEEK OF THE GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME ENDS With the conference held by Ilaria Cinquini on the role held by the study of groundwater, On Sunday 16th September at the Grotta del Vento the event “mysterious rivers – week dedicated to groundwater” ended, it had opened the Sunday before with the…
With the conference held by Ilaria Cinquini on the role held by the study of groundwater, On Sunday 16th September at the Grotta del Vento the event “mysterious rivers – week dedicated to groundwater” ended, it had opened the Sunday before with the conference by Vittorio Verole-Bozzello on karst hydrology. For the entire length of…
This is our brand new website. Here you can find all the informations about the Grotta del Vento: How to get there, opening times, prices, itineraries and much more. Feel free to contact us for any further information. Enjoy your exploration! — Grotta del Vento Staff —
RALLY OF FIAT 124 SPORT SPIDER AT THE GROTTA DEL VENTO At the Grotta del Vento the vintage cars rallies continue at a rapid pace. After that of the Lancia Aprilia two Sundays past, on the 10th June it was the turn of the FIAT 124 sport spider. They are two completely different models: the…
On 22/08/17 we published an article about boxworks, which are the result of the corrosive action that the carbonic acid exerts on the dolomitic limestone of the first itinerary, isolating a network of fine layers of calcite. This time let’s talk about other phenomena of corrosion, made on the same type of rock a few…
On first sight they look like boxworks but they are not. While boxworks are very thin layers of calcite sticking out that have resisted to the corrosion of the dolomitic limestone which surrounded it, these protruding veins, clearly visible in the part of the tunnel which separates the natural entrance of the cave from the…
