The world's top 10 most stunning underground attractions

By Ute Junker
Updated May 7 2015 - 11:18am, first published May 5 2015 - 5:48pm
Cenote on the Yucutan Peninsula in Mexico. Photo: iStock
Cenote on the Yucutan Peninsula in Mexico. Photo: iStock
Cenote on the Yucutan Peninsula in Mexico. Photo: iStock
Cenote on the Yucutan Peninsula in Mexico. Photo: iStock
Cenote on the Yucutan Peninsula in Mexico. Photo: iStock
Cenote on the Yucutan Peninsula in Mexico. Photo: iStock
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Cenote mexico

Petrified trees, vast oceans, even prehistoric creatures. That's what lies beneath our feet, according to French novelist Jules Verne, who wrote the science fiction classic, Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Verne's work may have been more fiction than science, but these real-life subterranean wonders rival anything he dreamt up. From salt cathedrals to trains that travel through limestone caves, here are 10 great reasons to go underground.

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