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Grota Tunnel

Grota Tunnel

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Grota Tunnel

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Location: Água De Pau

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HorstAP

December 29, 2021

The special kick of the tour is the crossing of the tunnel, which is 72 m long but only approx. 150 cm high. If you stand in front of the tunnel entrance, you can see the other end of the straight tunnels and on bright sunny days it appears as if you could do without a flashlight. In the middle of the tunnel hardly any daylight comes in and even the flashlight is absorbed by the black rock. For taller people, like me, the head was directed more towards the ground instead of looking at the bright glow from the tunnel exit. The special thing about the tunnel is that it transfers you from the cow pastures with stone wall hedges and few trees over a relatively short distance into a gorge with a lush rainforest, where a visitor is surprised by a world of tree ferns, just like one down under in New Zealand has seen in pictures.

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HorstAP

December 29, 2021

The special kick of the tour is the crossing of the tunnel, which is 72 m long but only approx. 150 cm high. If you stand in front of the tunnel entrance, you can see the other end of the straight tunnels and on bright sunny days it appears as if you could do without a flashlight. In the middle of the tunnel hardly any daylight comes in and even the torchlight is swallowed up by the black rock. For taller people, like me, the head was directed more towards the ground instead of looking at the bright glow from the tunnel exit. The special thing about the tunnel is that it transfers you from the cow pastures with stone wall hedges and few trees over a relatively short distance into a gorge with a lush rainforest, where a visitor is surprised by a world of tree ferns, just like one down under in New Zealand has seen in pictures.

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luktob07

October 13, 2021

short tunnel 1.50 m high. On the other hand, you are in a different world. Don't forget your flashlight

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Grota Tunnel

1. Janela do Inferno — circular route on the Island of São Miguel (PRC 37 SMI)

2. Historic Water Pipeline Trail – Stone Arch Tunnel Trail loop from Remédios

3. Janela do Inferno Waterfall – Window of Hell Waterfall loop from Santa Cruz

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