swap_horiz Fingal's Cave Alternatives

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Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto)

The Grotta Azzurra, or Blue Grotto, is a sea cave on the island of Capri, Italy, known for the blue luminescence inside...

Italy Mediterranean Bioluminescent Capri

9.2 Excellent

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Algar de Benagil

Algar de Benagil, also known as Benagil Cave, is a sea cave on Portugal's Algarve coast, located near the village of Ben...

Portugal Atlantic Algarve Boat Tour

9.2 Excellent

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Grotte de Cosquer

The Grotte de Cosquer is a Paleolithic cave near Marseille, France, discovered in 1985 by diver Henri Cosquer. The cave...

France Mediterranean Marseille Submerged

9.2 Excellent

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Blombos Cave

Blombos Cave is a limestone cave on the southern Cape coast of South Africa, near Still Bay, containing deposits from th...

South Africa Archaeology Indian Ocean Western Cape

9.2 Excellent

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Pinnacle Point Caves

Pinnacle Point is a series of coastal caves and rockshelters near Mossel Bay on the southern Cape of South Africa, conta...

South Africa Archaeology Prehistoric Indian Ocean

9.1 Excellent

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Paviland Cave (Yellow Top Cave)

Paviland Cave is a limestone sea cave on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales, famous for the 1823 discovery of an ochre-s...

Archaeology Wales Bristol Channel Gower

9.1 Excellent

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Franchthi Cave

Franchthi Cave is a prehistoric cave site overlooking the Bay of Argos in the Argolid peninsula of Greece, with human oc...

Archaeology Greece Aegean Mesolithic

9.1 Excellent

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Grotta di Tiberio (Sperlonga)

The Grotta di Tiberio is a natural sea cave at Sperlonga on the coast of Lazio, Italy, incorporated into a Roman villa a...

Italy Archaeology Lazio Tyrrhenian

8.9 Great

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Cathedral Cove (Te Whanganui-A-Hei)

Cathedral Cove, known natively as Te Whanganui-A-Hei, is a prominent sea cave and coastal arch located on the Coromandel...

New Zealand Pacific Coromandel Hike In

8.8 Great

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Painted Cave (Santa Cruz Island)

Painted Cave is a large marine cavern located on the northwest coast of Santa Cruz Island within California's Channel Is...

California Pacific Kayaking Channel Islands

8.7 Great

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Pictured Rocks Sea Caves

The Pictured Rocks Sea Caves are natural geological formations situated along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on L...

Michigan Sandstone Lake Superior Great Lakes

8.7 Great

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Die Kelders Cave

Die Kelders Cave is a Middle Stone Age archaeological site located near Gansbaai in South Africa's Western Cape province...

South Africa Coastal Archaeology Indian Ocean

8.6 Great

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Emerald Cave (Tham Morakot)

Emerald Cave, also known as Tham Morakot, is a sea cave located on Ko Muk (Koh Mook) in Trang Province, Thailand. Access...

Swimming Thailand Bioluminescent Andaman

8.6 Great

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Grotta della Poesia

The Grotta della Poesia is a large coastal sinkhole and sea cave located near Roca Vecchia in Puglia, Italy. It is a sig...

Italy Archaeology Puglia Adriatic

8.5 Great

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Smoo Cave

Smoo Cave is a large sea cave and geological formation located near the village of Durness in Sutherland, Scotland. The...

Scotland Waterfall Tidal North Atlantic

8.4 Great

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Genbudo

Genbudo is a cave formed in columnar basalt in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, designated as a national natural monume...

Japan Volcanic Hyogo Basalt Columns

7.8 Good

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Spar Cave

Spar Cave is a limestone sea cave located on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Accessible only during low tide, the cave is no...

Scotland Tidal Skye Calcite Formations

7.6 Good

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MacKinnon's Cave

MacKinnon's Cave is a large tidal sea cave located on the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is recognized...

Legend Scotland Tidal North Atlantic

7.2 Good

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Uamh Mhòr

Uamh Mhòr is a sea cave situated on the west coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The name translates from Scottish Ga...

Scotland Tidal Limestone Skye

6.9 Fair

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Cathedral Cave (Jura)

A sea cave on the Isle of Jura, Scotland, named for its tall cathedral-like vaulted interior and accessible only by boat...

Scotland Coastal Limestone Jura

6.9 Fair