Neptune's Grotto — Attraction in Alghero

Every nature place has it's own spirits, nature beings, children know, but we as adults have forgotten. I intentionally go to these places to listen to these beings. What the cave spirit told me today was to share their truth, with the public, no matter what, so I do. I went down with the stairs, at complete peace and in awe of the beauty and when I entered the cave it was amazing, awe inspiring. Like a magic portal from sea into the earth. Very nice soft yin energy I felt, soothing, mother earth embracing. But then the boat, full of tourists with an energy that just felt hurtful, came in. There must have been about 50 people or more at that stage, all in one go into this cave, with chatty, noisy energy, on small paths. The guides were kind in the beginning, but when she kept telling us to hurry and that they were waiting for us, while the paths were full of people, I felt annoyed, frustrated, overtaxed, overstimulated and out of wonder. It felt more like a fast food restaurant really, without heart consciousness. In a cave you should not have to hurry, you should be able to be in the silence of the miraculous sacredness of our mother earth. I was glad after the visit that I could ask the cave spirits who were more present now while the boat was gone (what a relief), what they think of this energy and the group entering every hour. They indicated to me it was tiring, and that energy not in heart alignment actually impacts the formation of the rocks. They would wish people would center and come into their being state before coming in, asking the rocks if photos could be taken, consulting how many people can go in, as they have all consciousness and they are the guardians of this place. They do understand humanity have forgotten the listening to the spirits of nature, but they would love that we are open to remember it, and to give them back their voice and their sacred space as well and to honor those wishes. And to not be used and abused for mass tourism. At each moment in the tour I felt I wanted to jump out of my skin but the cave spirit told me that my body reflected his energy. It was too much. So personally I would not go anymore and recommend to listen to the cave that says it is tired and to give it a rest. Only in cocreation with the voice of nature and our own inner voices we can uphold harmony in our environment. I felt sad personally about the disconnect I felt. This is my opinion and felt and heard experience and hope this...

Well, where to start. We arrived to the destination accidentally. We walked to the ticket office, the time was 17:39, tour with guide is every hour, but the gate closes 20min before the tour as the route to the cave takes around 15min. We were asked by the ticket office if we are ready to go and if we parked our car and locked it. That is when I realised that I left my bag with ID card, some money Airpods, clothes etc. in the car. ( it was black and under seat to it should not catch any attention). The tour was amazing, cave is extremely beautiful and I was astonished by the whole experience, however everything changed as I came back to the car. The door wasn’t locked, which I made sure of it, that it was locked before the tour. The bag wasn’t there and it the back seat there were things all over the place. Everything valuable was stolen. I immediately started looking in the bushes if they took only the money and the bag with other thigs was left somewhere there. Also another thing, maybe for around a minute It wasn’t possible to lock the door on the car, so that means that the robbers have some sort of technology that allows them to open the door without a problem. Then after 5 minutes the locking mechanism magically started to work. The robbers were somewhere there because when I started to searched for my Airpods for the first time their location was still at the place where the car was locked. Then after 30 minutes it changed to different location further from the top. The threw them in one big bush where I was able to find them thanks to find my. My mother’s apple watches also god stolen and even tho we tried to find them it was getting darker so we didn’t manage to find them. Maybe we are only delusional or something but we noticed two man. We passed them maybe 4 times. Two quite high man with large body size. They were going up and down all around. Because of our really bad experience I advise you to be really careful about what you leave in the car and the people you walk around. Also we found a parking lot where there were two suitcases with clothes thrown in the bushes and also a few small empty bags. So overall not really safe place to be around. And it is really sad that no one talks about this. There are no signs on the road to warn you. This wasn’t work of someone who done it for the first time, they have are trainer. The locals know about it and they are doing...

The Grotta is without doubt a unique natural spectacle worth seeing once in your lifetime if you’re around Capo Caccia. That said, everything around it left me speechless—for all the wrong reasons. The Italian government isn’t known for how they treat visitors or care for their sites, so this didn’t surprise me, but it may surprise you. First, the ticket website is a disaster: hard to use, unclear, and unreliable. My first tickets were wasted because the Grotta was closed due to weather. Trying to book again was almost impossible. At one point I had only a “reservation” but no actual tickets, for unexplainable reasons. They strongly recommend leaving your car at La Stalla parking and taking the bus, and you must arrive 40 minutes early. We had a 10 a.m. reservation, arrived at 8:55 at the parking lot, and had to wait for the bus until 9:17— super late and leaving us waiting in the sun. At the site, the staff were incredibly rude. Toilets cost €1. My online reservation wasn’t enough; I had to dig through ten emails to prove I had tickets for the previous day, while staff wanted to charge me again. We entered last, and when I asked to use the bathroom before digging into 624 steps, the attendant told me “enter now or leave.” Inside, the place is falling apart: broken steps, rusty railings, zero maintenance. The cave itself is beautiful, but the visit is just shuffling in a slow line, surrounded by staff constantly rechecking tickets and barking orders. Leaving was just as bad: another 20-minute wait in the sun with a huge crowd, then a chaotic scramble onto a €5 bus. The Grotta’s natural beauty is undeniable, but everything else—the mismanagement, the rude staff, the collapsing infrastructure—makes the whole experience...