Tanella Cave

Tanella Cave

In Torri del Benaco on Lake Garda

Tanella Cave is located in the woods near Pai di Sopra, on the slopes of Mount Baldo and is accessed by an artificial tunnel; Inside there is a water mirror created by a perennial source, stalagmite and stalactites. The cave had become a tourist destination since the 1930s and its water was used to feed the municipal aqueduct until the late sixties, when from the analysis it became clear that environmental pollution on the Baldo also affected the purity of the ground. There is no written record of its origin, information is mostly handed down orally by the people of the country and are related to the vicissitudes of a villager who, back from the Americas, excavated the tunnel until he found a first pond, comforted by discovery continued His research, but after about ten years of excavation, he stopped without reaching the bigger one. The tourist exploitation of the resort is however by other characters; The cave is still open.