The Top 17 Caves in Bologna
Looking to visit a cave in Bologna on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Bologna’s 17
best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.
best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.
Last updated: October 6, 2025
It is not easy to understand from home how to get to these beautiful caves because neither OpenStreetMaps nor GoogleMaps know the path at the moment. There is a GPX …
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I was able to visit the cave thanks to the initiative of the Eastern Emilia Parks Authority and the support of the speleological guides of Bologna.
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Well, it can be reached from via Montebello after a nice tear. The landscape around is beautiful, you will find it on an artificial esplanade, a clay plateau .. continue …
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Buca delle Candele is so named for the furrows produced by water erosion in the karst rock.
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The Buca di Budriolo is a deep blind valley, formed near extremely inclined chalky layers, a natural wonder. From here, you will be able to enjoy a spectacular panorama from the opposite side of the hole.
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The Labante Caves were formed thanks to the river coming from the San Cristoforo spring, which forms a small waterfall here. The spring has an average summer flow rate of …
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The Buca dei Vinchi is a beautiful example of the karst phenomena that affect the Parco dei Gessi Bolognesi and Calanchi dell'Abbadessa.
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The waterfall frames one of the largest travertine caves in Italy. Inside, the rock is totally hollow, giving rise to a unique karst phenomenon.
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Deep cave... very deep!
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a nice gravel shortcut
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