{"id":9754,"date":"2023-06-14T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/?incontournable=the-caves-of-the-canalettes"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:30:10","slug":"the-caves-of-the-canalettes","status":"publish","type":"incontournable","link":"https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/en\/?incontournable=the-caves-of-the-canalettes","title":{"rendered":"The Caves of the Canalettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Cave of the Great Canalettes, an authentic \u201cVersailles under the earth\u201d\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(15-minute walk from the Villefranche-de-Conflent train station, in direction of Vernet-les-Bains).<\/h4>\n\n<p>The very first exploration of this breathtaking underground cave occurred in 1952, just after the discovery of the \u201cnatural entrance\u201d in 1951. However, it was not until 1982 that the discovery of the \u201cWhite Room\u201d encouraged explorers to open the cave to the public.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GROTTES-PAR-OTCC-2.jpg title=\"The Caves of the Canalettes\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\"><img src=https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GROTTES-PAR-OTCC-2.jpg alt=\"\" title=\"The Caves of the Canalettes\" width=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4228\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The Caves of the Canalettes<span>&copy; OT CONFLENT CANIGO <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you visit the cave, you will discover a vast underground network, 33,500 metres long &#8211; according to the latest estimates of 2017 &#8211; which includes all the concretions that can be found underground.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can visit the cave from mid-February until the Christmas holidays. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>+33 4 68 05 20 20<\/em><\/p><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grottescanalettes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grottes des Canalettes <\/a><br\/><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GROTTES-PAR-OTCC-8.jpg title=\"\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\"><img src=https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GROTTES-PAR-OTCC-8.jpg alt=\"\" title=\"GROTTES-PAR-OTCC-8\" width=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4236\"\/><\/a><figcaption><span>&copy; OT CONFLENT CANIGO <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"featured_media":4223,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-9754","incontournable","type-incontournable","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Caves of the Canalettes - Let\u2019s Get on the Yellow Train<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/letrainjaune.fr\/en\/?incontournable=the-caves-of-the-canalettes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Caves of the Canalettes - Let\u2019s Get on the Yellow Train\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Cave of the Great Canalettes, an authentic \u201cVersailles under the earth\u201d\u00a0\u00bb (15-minute walk from the Villefranche-de-Conflent train station, in direction of Vernet-les-Bains). 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