{"id":27037,"date":"2020-09-05T09:28:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T06:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/uncategorized\/the-giant-mysterious-craters-2-5-hours-away-from-athens\/27037\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T23:37:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:37:21","slug":"argolida-dolines-the-giant-mysterious-craters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/argolida-dolines-the-giant-mysterious-craters\/27037\/","title":{"rendered":"Argolida: Dolines, the giant and mysterious craters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The more you explore Greece, the more you discover mysterious corners that captivate you and leave you speechless. They have a story worth discovering and often there is a mystery around various creations of nature and people. <strong>One such monument of nature is the giant, mysterious craters 2.5 hours away from Athens.<\/strong> The impressive craters are located in the area of Peleis Argolida and from above the images are magical.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The giant craters not so far from Athens<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The giant craters of Argolida are also known as Dolines and they impress you when you learn about them. It is not yet scientifically clear where they come from.<strong> Some scientists believe that it is a precipitated cave roof. Of course, no cave has been found nearby but even if there was it must have been huge and has collapsed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other version is that it&#8217;s a crater created by a meteorite. And that, according to scientists, is unlikely to have happened. Either way, these imposing craters enchant the visitor. Especially if you look at the images from above you face a unique and almost otherworldly spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>If you could look and get <strong>inside,<\/strong> you&#8217;d enjoy an endless silence; a silence interrupted only by the tweets of birds that find refuge in the little vegetation inside.<\/p>\n<p>In the matter of size, in order to be able to perceive the impressive structure, it is enough to think that one crater (the western) has a diameter of 215 meters and the other (the eastern one) 230 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Images of the giant and mysterious craters from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4X_VvWRck8I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Haanity channel<\/strong><\/a> on Youtube. You can see from above the size of the craters, as well as how they extend into the area. A phenomenon you won&#8217;t see often in Greece&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4X_VvWRck8I[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/en\/greece\/falasarna-the-stunning-beach-that-was-once-an-ancient-port\/26798\/#.X1Mv9lUzaUl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The stunning beach that was once an ancient port<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exploringgreece.tv\/destinations\/archampoli-i-ainigmatiki-elliniki-poli-kai-o-thrylos-tis-exafanisis-tis\/26334\/#.X0UOlsgzaUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Archapolis: The enigmatic Greek city and the legend of its disappearance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more you explore Greece, the more you discover mysterious corners that captivate you and leave you speechless. They have a story worth discovering and often there is a mystery around various creations of nature and people. One such monument of nature is the giant, mysterious craters 2.5 hours away from Athens. 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