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Grotte di Borgio Verezzi-interno

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Borgio Verezzi Caves

16 °C inside, all year.

Show caveStalactitesCave systemSea cave

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Marcello Testi from Torino, Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0

The descent

The entrance, at 9 m.

The real relief above Borgio Verezzi Caves, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance328 m1.0 kmvertical × 6.9depth not publishedEntrance328 m1.0 kmvertical × 15.0

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

9m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

16°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

314m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

16 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 16 °C here, in January and in August. In August the afternoon reaches 29 °C at the entrance, 12 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from July to August.

outside, at the entrance (9 m)inside
  1. 11°6°Jan
  2. 12°6°Feb
  3. 14°9°Mar
  4. 18°12°Apr
  5. 21°15°May
  6. 26°20°Jun
  7. 28°22°Jul
  8. 29°22°Aug
  9. 25°19°Sep
  10. 20°15°Oct
  11. 16°11°Nov
  12. 12°8°Dec
Inside: 16 °C all yearEscape the heat: Jul–AugWettest: Oct–Nov

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Cave complex

Borgio Verezzi Caves is a show cave in Italy. The entrance is at 9 m. It has stalactites and stalagmites, the sea at its mouth and several entrances and long galleries. It is open to visitors.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Show cave: open to visitorsticket required
  • Borgionearest town · 0.3 km in a straight line
  • Parking 140 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 1.0 km from the entrance
  • Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at GOA airport (Genova)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Borgio Verezzi Caves (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 16other cave entrances within 3 kmGrotte di Borgio Verezzi, Arma della Moretta, Arma di Ronco and 13 more
  • 1springs within 2 km
  • 35viewpoints within 3 kmGiro delle Erche, Caprazoppa, Pietra del Sol and 33 more
  • 9marked hiking routes within 3 kmFinalborgo-ChiesaVerezzi, Finalborgo - Chiesa di Verezzi - Torre Bastia, Sentiero Ermano Fossati and 6 more
  • 20climbing crags within 3 kmFalesia I Lamoi, Falesia del Gabbiano, Caprazoppa, Pietra del Sol and 17 more
  • 102car parks within 2 km
  • 25information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 15bus stops within 2 km
  • 23campsites within 8 kmAgriBike Camping, Aloha, Val Vartella Agri Camper Park and 20 more
  • 184hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmSan Giuseppe, Hotel Serenval, Residence Sant Anna and 181 more
  • 106restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Borgio0.3 km in a straight line
  • Pietra Ligure2.2 km in a straight line
  • Finale Ligure3.2 km in a straight line
  • Tovo San Giacomo3.3 km in a straight line
  • Calice Ligure5.1 km in a straight line
  • San Lorenzo5.1 km in a straight line
  • Loano5.2 km in a straight line
  • Giustenice5.2 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Borgio Verezzi Caves.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Peakyas11 mountains within 10 km
Rocca di Perti398 m · 3.7 kmMonte Ciazze Secche428 m · 4.6 kmBric Pianarella364 m · 4.8 kmMonte Ravinet1,061 m · 8.5 kmMonte San Pietro891 m · 8.9 kmMonte Croce541 m · 9.3 kmMonte Carmo di Loano1,389 m · 9.5 kmBric Gettina1,025 m · 9.5 km
Coastya2 beaches within 3 km
Spiaggia di Borgiosea up to 25 °C · 0.4 kmSpiaggia di Pietra Liguresea up to 25 °C · 2.1 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon111214182126282925201612
Afternoon111214182126282925201612
Night66912152022221915118
Rain (mm)5454646457392633508613280
Rainy days667109867810118
Sun hours/day3.54.45.96.98.39.910.89.47.44.53.03.1
Snow on the ground (cm)884100000027
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan11116543.5
Feb12126544.4
Mar14149645.9
Apr181812646.9
May212115578.3
Jun262620399.9
Jul2828222610.8
Aug292922339.4
Sep252519507.4
Oct202015864.5
Nov1616111323.0
Dec12128803.1

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (9 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Grotte di Borgio Verezzi P1294247b
Schoschi · CC BY 4.0
Grotte di Borgio Verezzi P1294283 pano b
Schoschi · CC BY 4.0
Gròtte de Vâdemìn (Borzi, Borzi e Veréssi) 01
Arbenganese · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202050%6%88%96%119%250%92%170%84%125%11%155%
2021247%61%6%71%78%34%105%50%84%50%104%46%
202213%28%31%49%58%54%118%161%80%25%27%121%
202356%14%14%46%146%133%105%220%189%97%39%51%
202490%245%220%78%208%157%111%52%224%155%9%8%
2025115%53%304%147%69%46%194%209%100%35%82%133%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Borgio Verezzi Caves

Italy

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 9 mEntrance altitude
  • 16 °CInside, all year

Arene Candide

Italy · 2 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 101 mEntrance altitude
  • 16 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Toirano Caves

Italy · 9 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 196 mEntrance altitude
  • 15 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Balzi Rossi

Italy · 74 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 4 mEntrance altitude
  • 17 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q4945064) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

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cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.You are here
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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
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