An unknown natural wonder, the Skocjanske Caves World Heritage Site is a complex of underground caverns of immense scale. Hang back to get the full imposing atmosphere.

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If you find yourselves in Baracoa in eastern Cuba it’s worth making a day trip to the fishing village of Boca de Miel. Catch a boat across the river to the village where, for a few pesos, a local guide will take you up to El Balcón, a series of narrow caves that run the length of the cliff face. The journey can be a little hairy, especially when you find yourself 30 metres above the palm trees with only a stalactite for support, but the views across the ocean are breathtaking. Finish your journey by cooling off in a subterranean pool – just remember to take a torch.

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Forget Cannes. Get on a train and head beyond Monte Carlo to Menton. It's where the old people go to live! Very sensible. Decent beach, pleasant atmosphere. Fabulous old town, which can be explored in an hour or so. Well worth a day trip.

If you get fed up, come back to Monte Carlo, forget all the usual rubbish about the Casino and Royal Palace and visit the Botanical Gardens. A brilliant collection of cacti and other succulents (far better than it sounds!). It costs an entrance fee but it is well worth it. Also, a superb cave system which you can go down. Very strange; the temperature underground is warm, not cold.

The view from the Gardens over Monaco and out to the Mediterranean is excellent.

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The Batu Caves are a series of limestone caves that you can see in the distance from any high point in KL. About 15 miles out of town they were given to Hindu pilgrims as a place to pay homage to Lord Murugan. The scale is amazing, even if the steps up to the entrance do leave you gasping for breath! Turn up in February to witness Thaipusam, a festival where devotees and penitents carry offerings of milk and honey to the caves. Some penitents go further and suspend the offerings from their skin; using hooks and skewers to attach the heavy pots. Gangs of angry looking monkeys will try and pinch your food - so keep your wits about you. It is a stunning and humbling place with a fascinating history

Get the bus from outside the HSBC in Little India - it costs about 3 RM (about 20p)- although I would not try to explain which bus stop it is as we ran around for an hour trying to find it!

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An extensive series of man-made caves formed by the quarrying of stone used to build the city. You can take guided tours around two different parts of the caves, starting either at Chalet Bergrust or Buitengoed Slavante. The caves' temperature is a stable 9-10 degrees, so a trip can provide relief from a hot summer's day. The complex has often been used to provide shelter during wartime and in places you can see old stone stoves used for cooking by people hiding in there. The cave system is very extensive and stretches a long way across the border into Belgium. In the caves on the Belgian side, famous brewer Pierre Celis (inventor of Hoegaarden Wit) matures his Grottenbier, taking advantage of the stable temperature to bring out the flavours perfectly.

Details at the city's tourist information website at www.vvvmaastricht.nl/Dagjeuit/moreinfo.php3?ID=55&lang=en The entrances are a couple of kilometres south of the city centre on the west bank of the River Maas.

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