Casa de Piatră is a locality situated in Alba county, with a population of 55 inhabitants.

Casa de Piatră

The Vartop Cave

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GPS Coordinates:
46.54082 N, 22.78118 E

The cave is caver reservation and it can be visited only with the presence of the guide that stays at the Casa de Piatra.

It is declared monument of nature. It is of a rare beauty every centimeter is covered by incredible and beautiful colored conretions as in a fairy world. At the beginning the cave has a big gallery.

The underground course appears after apx. 50 m what after a short time it's joined by an affluent that may be followed. The ascendant gallery takes us till Big Hall from which there is another very low galery of 78 m.

After we get back to the stream we may continue our way tide-wards. We meet a waterfall of a height of 8 m from where the gallery starts swallowing and it becomes low obligating us to a snake till a drift.

This section in rainy times is rarely inundated. Visiting the cave on its entire length needs complete caver equipment and caver leather.

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The Vartop Cave, Casa de Piatră , Photo: Gheorghe Vasile The Vartop Cave, Casa de Piatră , Photo: Hám Péter The Vartop Cave, Casa de Piatră , Photo: Cristi Vîrciu

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