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Cave of Alistrati
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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The Cave of Alistrati near the town of Serres is considered one of the largest and most beautiful caves not only of Greece but of Europe. The total length of its passages is approximately 3 km, of which 1 km is accessible by the disabled. According to Greek mythology, the Sphinx made her appearance at the position "Petroto" of the Gorge of Aggites that traverses the Alistratis area. Myth also mentions Pluto,the god of the Underworld; when he kidnapped Persephone, the daughter of goddess Demeter, he brought her to this natural ravine where a Gate to the Underworld existed. The area that mythology mentions is situated near the touristic site of the Cave of Alistrati; this area also features a few other caves. At a distance of 250m from the south side of the cave's entrance, one finds the railway tracks connecting Serres to the town of Drama.
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Christodoulos T
Molivos Lesvos8 contributions
Best cave
Mar 2023
Probably the best cave i have ever visited.Everybody must go there and explore it,the guide was very professional.
Written March 20, 2023
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Silvia A
2 contributions
Amazing cave
Mar 2023 • Family
Amazing cave, asbsolutely really worth visiting. But one hour is not enough. Our guide was great, and all the staff were friendly too.
Written March 10, 2023
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hcoumoussis
Athens, Greece46 contributions
Well worth my visit.
Apr 2022
Alistrasti Cave is beautiful 1 km walk through its galleries of stalagmites and stalactites with their impressive formation, age and size. The pure white forming draperies are rather unique as I have not seen them anywhere else. Downside is that the tours are only in Greek (so I have heard). A simple walk along a corridor. No climbing up and down steep stairways.
Written October 6, 2022
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Aleks
Belgrade, Serbia13 contributions
Amazing cave.
Aug 2022 • Family
Amazing cave, when our guide open the gate, it was like we are sudenly in some SF mowie....really something diferent.
Written August 31, 2022
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Alina M
32 contributions
Great Cave, bad management
Aug 2022 • Family
The Cave is spectacular! A multitude of formations soooo fabulous! Well organized for the tourists.
What I didn't liked... well, a crowd too big that entered, the number of people is too big to hear the indications of the guide and see what she/he is showing.
The guide speaks Greek for 5 minutes and English 30 seconds... We asked if she would explain to the English speaking people the same as for the Greek people and she replied that we should read the paper given at the ticket office... so rude... We realized she knew very poor English... her accent makes it hard to understand too.
At the entrance they say you should shutdown your mobile phone, but in the Cave there are QR codes to scan...
They literally scream at you not to take photos, because it disturbs the ecosystem in the Cave, but they point with a lantern allover... For example my mobile phone can take pictures without using the flash, and so I do not disturb anything, I don't see the meaning of that interdiction, anyone wants to take some memories home, without any disturbance, of course! It should be forbidden to take pictures with flash and that's all!
Soo... great Cave, too bad that some aspects are so badly managed...
Written August 22, 2022
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nikos k
Dear Sir/Madam We have strictly orders from the ministry of culture about the photos into the cave. In order to use the QR code you have to download the specific application outside. If you have any others queries please don’t not hesitate to contact us.
Written January 3, 2023
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Daniella S
Sofia, Bulgaria3 contributions
Spectacular but not nice guidance
Aug 2022 • Family
The cave was spectacular, very ancient, with lots of cave formations. It is definitely a good attraction to visit. I give por rating because of the guide who ruined our experience. We were a family with 3 small kids and didn’t speak Greek. So the guide told us that she doesn’t have time to explain in details in foreign language so we should read it by ourselves. We entered the cave I made a picture and was immediately scolded that it’s forbidden. The guide in my language said that only pictures with flash light are forbidden. I excused myself. 10min later I was rudely scolded again because I stopped for 2 seconds to look at something. So we couldn’t stop, we couldn’t make pictures and we couldn’t explain what we see to the kids while in the cave. That made the experience unpleasant.
Afterwards we did the train ride in the canyon which was kind of waste of time.
Written August 9, 2022
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nikos k
Dear Daniela Could you please tell us the time of visiting?
Written August 12, 2022
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Beverley P
Reading, UK34 contributions
Breathtaking
May 2022 • Couples
Awesome! What an amazing tour. Our guide was great. Absolutely really worth visiting. The staff were all very friendly too.
Written May 20, 2022
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Caterynas
Kyiv, Ukraine46 contributions
Boring tour and guide
May 2022
Amazing cave to visit but lots of things need to be implemented.
- Photos are not allowed and when we asked why, the reply was "because we were told that it is not allowed" :) amazing reply
- the tour inside is boring and we were hurried by the guide all the time. Why then not to give 1 hour for a group, why there is no option for a private tour, WHY the tour is soooooo boring, with such tours the kids will never want to visit something like this again. The management of the Cave museum or Greek ministry can have tours for their employees to the same places in Europe and be amazed how it is done, how the information is presented, the communication with the group, the stories, and lots of other things.
Written May 16, 2022
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nikos k
Dear Could you please tell us the time of visit?
Written August 12, 2022
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J C
Dilbeek, Belgium180 contributions
Absolutely worth the visit! Even if you have seen many caves before!
Apr 2022
You have been to several caves already? Do not thinkit is worth going to another one?

Well, think again. This cave is definitly worth visting. Not only beause you may see there formations not seen in most other caves, i.e.not going down as gravity would require, similar to corals, to broccoli, orto snow crystals. It is because of the WOW effect due to the number and impressiveness of the formations.

The guide was very nice, although we were a group of only 2 she did not hurry, and the tour lasted an hour.

A tip: when coming back from the ca. 1 km walk the lights are dimmed due to ecological reasons (to minimize the impact on the cave) . When going to the end of the trail, look back to ake the view then.
Written April 30, 2022
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Νίκη Σ
1 contribution
Unpleasant
Dec 2021 • Couples
The cave is amazing! However the guy for the tickets and the tour guide were very rude , for no apparent reason. I was very disappointed by them , as well as the stupid robot, Persefone. She is practically useless in there, creepy and i couldn't hear what she was saying. The tour lasts one hour, the first half you just wait for Persefone and then you must hurry because there isn't enough time. No photos allowed and no one informed us about this app for the cave.
Written December 19, 2021
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