Muierilor Cave
Caves
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The Peștera Muierilor, the most visited speleological site in the country, is a limestone cave with impressive formations such as stalagmites, stalactites, and columns.
The formations are captured by the ceiling or grown from the bottom up, some of them are so old that they managed to unite, starting from the base and rising to the ceiling of the galleries. All of this is admired annually by thousands of tourists, especially since Peștera Muierilor was the first cave electrified by Romanians.
It is located in the Baia de Fier resort in Gorj county, at the entrance to Cheile Galbenului, carved into the rock by the rapid waters of the river that runs through the center of the resort. Located forty meters above the lowest level of the valley, only the upper floor is open for visits. It consists of a long 940-meter horizontal gallery, electrified and equipped for visits, which crosses the limestone band throughout its width, and to which a network of diverticula hard to access is added, with a total length of 1,228 meters.
The most attractive galleries of the cave are the Electricians Gallery, the Altar Room, the Tourist Gallery, the Turk Room, the Wonders Gallery, the Guano Room and the Musterian Gallery. The cave is famous for the discovery of early modern human fossil remains (about 35,000 years old), paleolithic artifacts, and numerous cave bear, cave lion, hyena, wolf, and herbivore fossils that inhabited the region about 40,000 years ago. The bones discovered are exposed in one of the galleries of the cave. Lucky visitors who come in the cold months of the year can also see a large number of bats, from four different species, gathered together. They take refuge, the constant temperature of 9-12C and the darkness are favorable to them.
The name of the cave with the nickname "of the women" has two legends. The first legend says that in the historical past, when powerful men left to defend the country from invaders, women quickly took children and the elderly to take refuge in a cave only known to them, where they remained hidden until the passage of the emergency. The second legend is that the cave was a place where the women sat at the entrance and weave the string.
Visiting hours:
The formations are captured by the ceiling or grown from the bottom up, some of them are so old that they managed to unite, starting from the base and rising to the ceiling of the galleries. All of this is admired annually by thousands of tourists, especially since Peștera Muierilor was the first cave electrified by Romanians.
It is located in the Baia de Fier resort in Gorj county, at the entrance to Cheile Galbenului, carved into the rock by the rapid waters of the river that runs through the center of the resort. Located forty meters above the lowest level of the valley, only the upper floor is open for visits. It consists of a long 940-meter horizontal gallery, electrified and equipped for visits, which crosses the limestone band throughout its width, and to which a network of diverticula hard to access is added, with a total length of 1,228 meters.
The most attractive galleries of the cave are the Electricians Gallery, the Altar Room, the Tourist Gallery, the Turk Room, the Wonders Gallery, the Guano Room and the Musterian Gallery. The cave is famous for the discovery of early modern human fossil remains (about 35,000 years old), paleolithic artifacts, and numerous cave bear, cave lion, hyena, wolf, and herbivore fossils that inhabited the region about 40,000 years ago. The bones discovered are exposed in one of the galleries of the cave. Lucky visitors who come in the cold months of the year can also see a large number of bats, from four different species, gathered together. They take refuge, the constant temperature of 9-12C and the darkness are favorable to them.
The name of the cave with the nickname "of the women" has two legends. The first legend says that in the historical past, when powerful men left to defend the country from invaders, women quickly took children and the elderly to take refuge in a cave only known to them, where they remained hidden until the passage of the emergency. The second legend is that the cave was a place where the women sat at the entrance and weave the string.
Visiting hours:
- 1st of May - 1st of October - Monday to Sunday from 9 AM to 8 PM - last entry at 7 PM
- 1st of October - 1st of May - Monday to Sunday from 9 AM to 5 pm - last entry at 4 PM
You can enter in groups of 4 to 100 adults every hour.
Tickets:
Tickets:
- Adults: 5 Lei
- Children, Retirees - 2 Lei
- Photo/Video tax - 5 Lei
