After completing our tour of the Colorado de Provence in almost record time, and a spot of lunch in Apt, we decided to consult my sometimes rather stroppy GPS lady for places of interest in the area, and this time she came up trumps!
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I love caves, and whenever I’m on the mainland, I always try and visit one. France has a fabulous network of subterranean places to explore and Thouzon was no exception.
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Whilst it wasn’t the size/depth of Aven d’Orgnac (Ardeche), and not as unusual as the Gouffre de Padirac (Dordogne), Les Grottes de Thouzon did offer something that neither of those did, which was the right to take photos – HURRAH!
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The walls and ceiling looked almost as though they were melting, and offered a nice combination of ‘drapeau’ style stalactites and ‘fistuleuses’ which are also known as macaroni stalactites as they are only about 3mm in diameter and often hollow. In fact, there were so many of these ‘macaronis’ that in some places it looked almost like the cave had hair!
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We were told off a couple of times for lagging behind because although you’re allowed to take photos, you’re not allowed to delay the group, and I did manage to headbut another visitor while offering to take a snap of them together (he was rather tanned and it was dark!), but unlike most of my other cave visits, this one passed off relatively uneventfully…
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I love caves, and whenever I’m on the mainland, I always try and visit one. France has a fabulous network of subterranean places to explore and Thouzon was no exception.
.jpg)
Whilst it wasn’t the size/depth of Aven d’Orgnac (Ardeche), and not as unusual as the Gouffre de Padirac (Dordogne), Les Grottes de Thouzon did offer something that neither of those did, which was the right to take photos – HURRAH!
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The walls and ceiling looked almost as though they were melting, and offered a nice combination of ‘drapeau’ style stalactites and ‘fistuleuses’ which are also known as macaroni stalactites as they are only about 3mm in diameter and often hollow. In fact, there were so many of these ‘macaronis’ that in some places it looked almost like the cave had hair!
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We were told off a couple of times for lagging behind because although you’re allowed to take photos, you’re not allowed to delay the group, and I did manage to headbut another visitor while offering to take a snap of them together (he was rather tanned and it was dark!), but unlike most of my other cave visits, this one passed off relatively uneventfully…
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