Answering the question: where it is better to rest in France, I want to share real experience. When we planned our journey to France, then all the families asked the same question: in Paris? I do not want to talk badly about Paris, but this is not the only place that you should see in this country. Therefore, breaking all the stereotypes, we chose little to the familiar Padirak. It was a conscious decision. Friends living in France have helped plan our trip. They sheltered us in their home and helped with all organizational issues.
As we stopped in Bordeaux, I had to get to Padirasak by the car just over three hours. We are prudently provided with warm things. And they warned that, despite the hot weather, at the bottom of the failure, it was very cold.
Now, perhaps, it is worth clarifying why our choice fell on Padirak. This is a small village that became famous for an unusual natural structure - the precipice. It formed quite a long time. And only when the river was found at the bottom of the failure, the plan was discovered, thirsty began to appear, see this natural attraction. The abyss is a large well with a diameter of 35 meters. The deepest part of the failure comes to 103 meters.
The desire to see all this originated from us. We decided to try themselves in the role of speleologists.
We have prudently bought tickets to the cave on the Internet. They cost 10.3 euros per person. When we arrived at the destination, they praised themselves for wisdom. Since it did not have to stand in a huge few hours ago at the cashier.
Just on site exchanged electronic tickets for ordinary. Further we had a descent to the bottom. It was possible to make it in two ways: on the elevator or by the iron staircase, which is in front of the cave. We chose an elevator, I didn't really want to go more than 75 meters on foot. The impressions began to fill back during the descent. The feeling is unusual when there is a thick layer of the earth above you, and below the cold and unknown.
At the bottom of us expected a surprise in the form of a queue. It had to stand in it, waiting for landing in the boat, which turned out to be a flat floating agent designed for 11 people. The "boatman" was sitting on the stern and repelled the sixth of the bottom during the excursion, which was necessarily accompanied by the guide. He told us that the water in the green river because of algae, drew attention to shrimp floating in the water and spoke about the caves. It was one part of the route. Its length amounted to 700 meters. But the second part went on foot. It is worth noting that the entire route is 2 kilometers, and the studied part of the caves is 40 km.
So, we ended up with the lake rain. To understand our feelings you need to see everything yourself. I was impressed by a huge yellow-red stone, who hung over us. Since it is forbidden to photograph in the abyss, then everything failed to capture. Having passed some more, we reached the end point of the route - the hall of large waters. In this place, at a height of 30 meters, we admire the underground lake with emerald clean water. I have not seen this in my life. Long our journey is 1.5 hours. At the end of the excursion everyone photographed, and the paper photo was sold in the folder for 9 euros at the output. We bought our own for memory and went back to Bordeaux.
We have visited many more interesting places in France, but Padirak remained the highlight of our journey. It is necessary to see the capital of the country, but you should not stop only on it.