Dobšinská ice cave is located in the Slovak Paradise area. It belongs to the most beautiful Slovak caves and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000. There is a tourist route of 500 meters long. Ice stalactites, stalagmites and formations can be seen there.
Dobšinska ice cave is one of the largest caves in Slovakia, its length is more than 23 kilometers, of the Strata cave system. Ice has been present there since the Quaternary period. There is no access to warm air, and temperatures range from -3.8 to +0.5 degrees Celsius all year round.
In the cave you can admire ice formations such as stalagmites, ledges and icefalls. Thanks to the appropriate illumination they show all the beauty. Only a small part of the subway is open to the public. The cave is home to many species of bats.
Dobšinská cave is the largest of the ice caves in Europe, and one of the largest on the entire planet. It is located in the Low Tatras mountain system, in the national park. The total internal volume occupied by ice is 110 thousand cubic meters, while the area of glaciation is almost 10 thousand square meters. In some halls the ice, accumulated here over the millennia, reaches 25 meters in thickness. From it are created whole compositions in the form of columns, descending from the ceilings of giant icicles, as if flowing down the floor and walls of the cascades and even huge clusters of crystals.
