Are you crazy about the bunkers or barmy about the caves? If yes then let us take you on a tour of some of the hidden, underground fascinating attractions of this world from the Parisian necropolis to the Viet Congs tunnels to the nuclear shelter of the former Congress, this planet is abundant with the most amazing and astonishing subterranean sights.
For all those travelers who want to disclose their inner Hobbit, must leave for Southern Australia that houses Coober Pedy one of the greatest and best underground attractions of this world. There are more than three thousand residents of South Australia’s Coober Pedy town where these people live underground and frequent shops, hotel, restaurant and a subterranean church.
This town is highly appreciated for its production of opal that makes the total of seventy percent of this world and the blazing outback sun is one of the most common reasons, why the local residents have preferred to stay underground. They not only live but also work there.
The name of the town has been taken from another language which means “white mans hole in the ground”. The next underground-attraction on the list is the Wieliczka salt mine which is situated in the southern region of Poland.
The history of this place dates back to the thirteenth century and the work continued here till 2007. Now it serves as an appealing and spectacular temptation for the coming tourists, only a two-mile-long section of the Mine is opened for public (it only makes two percent of the complete length of the Wieliczka salt mine). There are many astonishing and major highlights of this mine and these include the chandeliers made from rock salt, a cathedral carved out by miners, a chapel and also the statues.
For all those visitors who want their allurements on a dark side, France features a jaw dropping destination. The catacombs of Paris are charming and captivating and are frequented by a large variety of tourists from all the corners of the globe.
These catacombs are quite astonishing and mysterious and it has been recorded that this area features the remains of approximately six million people; the bones that have been buried here dates back between the time period of 1785 and 1860.
It was that historical time, when all the cemeteries of the city became full and there was not any space left. There are one hundred eighty mile-long maze of tunnels but a single tour explores only one mile out of that complete long stretch.
These tunnels are located at the depth of more than twenty meters. You will be amazed to see that the piles of bones are neatly stacked and there are remains of plenty of those human beings who were killed during the French Revolution (those who lost the heads to the guillotine).
The underground cities of Cappadocia (almost two hundred) in Turkey are other dense elaborate networks that can easily shelter thousands and thousands of human beings- these cities are engraved into the soft rock and the history goes back to the eighth century BC.
No one knows who constructed these but the Phrygians are normally held responsible for the built of these astonishing wonders. These were once called as the man-made caves, where the Christians hid to save their lives.
Reaching the depth of approximately sixty meters, the dazzling Derinkuyu is declared to be the largest cave and the history features that it was used to be the home of more than twenty thousand people.
Only half of this cave can be visited by the tourists where as they can also visit another attraction that is located in close vicinity and is called as Kaymaklli but for that they have to take a walk through an eight-kilometer long tunnel.
The tourist can also appreciate engineering impressive- the G-Can flood surge tunnels which are located in Tokyo and the history dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. It’s a genuine engineering marvel and an amazement that is six kilometers long and is fifty meters deep with tanks and pumps that keep the city dry during the rainy season.
The temple-like main tank is the key highlight of this whole attraction which is enormous and contains fifty nine pillars and seventy eight horsepower pumps.
