The Magic of Melissani Cave

You know what’s coming, even as you walk through the tunnelled entrance to the Melissani Cave and down a flight of steps. And yet the first impression of one of Greece’s most famous geological formations still has the power to make you gasp. Through a 36m tall opening, the shafts of daylight that come streaming in from above bounce off the water and light up the chamber with haunting, ethereal blues. If there’s a rowing boat with visitors already drifting through the chamber, it looks for all the world as if they’re about to be beamed up by a supernatural force.

Source: Discover Greece

Boating in Kefalonia’s Melissani Cave

Visiting the Melissani Cave has rightly become a must-see for visitors to Kefalonia. Its two chambers, covering a distance of 160m, offer very different experiences. The first is all about the mystical blues created by the opening in the cave, formed when the roof collapsed centuries ago.