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<\/a><\/p>\nYou will never be bored in Kefalonia! Have a look at our activities in Kefalonia, including the amazing\u00a0Melissani Cave, Cave of the Nymphs.<\/p>\n
For adventure-lovers, Kefalonia offers a huge range of adrenaline-pumping activities. From walking along the mountain paths to exploring to Ionian shores by motor-boat, from galloping across the pristine sands on horseback to exploring the network of tiny hamlets that nestle amongst the landscape on bike, Kefalonia is an activity-hub begging to be discovered.<\/p>\n
Contributing irrefutably to Kefalonia\u2019s truly unique and diverse landscape is the island\u2019s many underground caves and lakes, which provides visitors with a completely new perspective on the beauty of this place of Ionian utopia.<\/p>\n
One particularly popular cave on Kefalonia is the Melissani Cave, Cave of Nymphs. In 1951, explorers first discovered the Melissani Cave and found an ancient lamp is this dark underground world, which is now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Argostoli.<\/p>\n
Other important relics were also found in the cave, including plates, oil lamps and figures of several nymphs, hence the epithet the \u2018Cave of Nymphs\u2019 was born.<\/p>\n
Much of the cave\u2019s fascinating appeal stems from the Lake Melissani, which flows silently through the lake. The water laps from the caves\u2019 huge chambers that were carved out of the rock thousands of years ago and surround a central island. One of the chambers leads out into the natural daylight, causing sunshine from overhead to pour into the cave.<\/p>\n
Taking a boat trip around the Melissani Lake is a great way to explore this eerily exciting underground world of fascination and intrigue, providing a perfect opportunity to witness Kefalonia\u2019s strange geological phenomena<\/p>\n
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