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You can reach the Frasassi Caves easily both by train and car. This is how to do it: By train – get off at the Genga-San Vittore train station on the Rome-Ancona train line. Average travel times from Roma Termini are about three hours and from Ancona – under an hour.Oct 25, 2021

Deep in the hills near the remote village of Genga, in Italy's Marche region, is the Grotte di Frasassi, a wonderland of calcareous stratifications dating as far back as 150 million years ago.Aug 21, 2019

With more than 10,000 documented caves, Italy is one of the world's top countries for visiting caves, from those in mountains to grottoes in the sea. Those open to visitors can usually be seen on a guided tour only but advance reservations are not always necessary.Jun 26, 2019

The Blue Grotto (Italian: Grotta Azzurra) is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern.

The Blue Grotto is only about 200 ft long and 80 ft wide, and must be entered by lying down on a boat and using a guiding chain, attached to the walls of the cave, to enter. ... Officials also say swimming is illegal because, “high waves can slam swimmers against the stone of the low cave mouth.”Aug 8, 2019

Visitors are not allowed to swim into the grotto or dive from rowboats to swim inside the cavern. Many visitors wait until after 5:30 p.m. when the rowboats leave and the ticket office closes to swim inside. This is illegal and dangerous, as the high waves can slam swimmers against the stone of the low cave mouth.

The Blue Grotto lets you dive down to a depth of 100 feet (30 meters) in crystal clear water all the way down at a water temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit (23 degrees Celsius) all year round.

Measuring in length more than 7 metres and weighing more than 3 tons, the female shark had recently given birth and inside its stomach they found a 2-metre blue shark, a 2.5 metre dolphin and a 70cm turtle.May 5, 2020

The limestone of the grotto contains marine fossils, because the entire island of Malta was submerged millions of years ago. Plants and animals are visible through the water in the caverns, and divers can see barracudas, jacks, octopus, and morays in the water itself.