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Skirted with geometric tiling, the walls and roof are overlaid with delicately shaped plaster stalactites, reaching 18 m (60 ft) to the carved and painted wooden ceiling.
Some of the scenic formations of stalactites and stalagmites have names like Old Banyan Tree Welcoming Guests and Dragon Splashing Water, providing an idea of the poetic license enjoyed by Chinese cave explorers.
Guided tours of these subterranean caverns with their dramatic stalactites and stalagmites are organized by boat from Alghero or on foot directly at the site, down a steep stairway in the cliffs.
Tours (in English) take you down into a vast chamber for views of the many stalactites and stalagmites.
The stalactites grow at a rate of 1 cm (about a half inch) every 100 years, so it is easy to begin to estimate the age of the largest structures.