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Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

Saalfeld, Germany

"The most colorful grottoes of the world. 

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Known as Feengrotten in German, the Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes are colorful caves full of stalactites and stalagmites. Once a slate mining pit known as Jeremias luck, the beautiful grottoes were declared the “most colorful grottoes of the world” by the Guinness Book of Records.

 

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