{"id":16657,"date":"2023-07-12T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klqewmpxo.cyon.link\/?page_id=16657"},"modified":"2024-10-27T09:17:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T07:17:20","slug":"naxos-drachen-hoehle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/naxos-dragon-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dragon Cave near Mesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>P<\/big>erhaps the most beautiful cave on the island of Naxos is located near the village of M\u00e9si, a good half hour&#8217;s walk from the village. It is small and very difficult to find, but well worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave_view_w.jpg\" alt=\"on the way to the Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>view from the vicinity of the cave back towards the village Mesi<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave_view_e.jpg\" alt=\"on the way to the Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>The cave can be reached via a narrow footpath. It is located slightly above the path, more or less marked by red dots.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave_entrance-1.jpg\" alt=\"the entrance to the Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>Even if you are standing right next to it, the entrance to the cave is almost impossible to find without the help of a guide.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave_entrance-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>The entrance is so narrow that you can just about climb through.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave_entrance-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>Here from the inside climbing out.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>The cave is quite small; here you can see the front room near the entrance.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>looking back towards the entrance<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>Further inside, the walls of the cave are covered with the most amazing stalactite formations.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-5.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-4.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-6.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-7.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-8.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-13.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>At the end of the first chamber you can climb through to the second chamber.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-9.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>To do this, you have to crawl through next to these pillars.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave_cricket-1.jpg\" alt=\"endemic cave cricket Dolichopoda naxia in Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>As in the other caves of Naxos and in many emery mines, an endemic cave cricket lives in this cave <em>(Dolichopoda naxia)<\/em>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-10.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-14.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-11.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>The dripping water creates strange formations on the cave ceiling.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-12.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-16.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>The broken stalactites show a kind of &#8220;growth rings&#8221; inside.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-15.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>Here the cave ceiling seems to sparkle from the many hanging drops of water.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/photos\/naxos\/sights\/dragon_cave-17.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon cave near Mesi Naxos\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<small>A beautiful cave &#8211; not so easy to reach and almost impossible to find without a guide, but for this very reason still completely natural and unspoilt.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>see also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/naxos-sights\/\">Sights and monuments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/naxos-zeus-cave\/\">The Cave on Mount Zeus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/naxos-kako-spilaio\/\">The Cave Kako Spilaio near Koronos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/content\/\">Web site content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the most beautiful cave on the island of Naxos is located near the village of M\u00e9si, a good half hour&#8217;s walk from the village. It is small and very difficult to find, but well worth a visit. view from the vicinity of the cave back towards the village Mesi The cave can be reached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,1115,31,7],"tags":[404,1111,1112,708,402,1110,865,1116,720,1113,719,47],"class_list":["post-16657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geology","category-caves","category-monuments","category-hiking","tag-dolichopoda-naxia","tag-drachen-hoehle","tag-dragon-cave","tag-hohle","tag-hohlenschrecke","tag-mesi","tag-naxos","tag-sehenswuerdigkeiten-naxos","tag-sinterrohrchen","tag-stalaktiten","tag-tropfsteine","tag-wandern-auf-naxos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16657"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71787,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16657\/revisions\/71787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azalas.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}