The underground system of the Na Turoldu Caves is located in the nature reserve of Turold Peak, which is part of the town of Mikulov. Together with the Foxhole Cave, it consists of more than 2 kilometers of corridors, chambers and domes.

The first mention of the Na Turoldu Caves dates to 1669, although this particular cave was later destroyed by limestone extraction. The current system was discovered in 1951 and made accessible to the public in 1958 through 1967. A route through the caves has been open to visitors since 2004 and is 300 meters long.

The portal, uncovered when breaking rocks at the foot of the Na Turoldu quarry, leads to a complicated labyrinth of corridors and chambers. The highest level is formed by a bare, fractured corridor between monumental blocks of rock. The flat-dipping middle floor has a roomier chamber with unusual wall shapes similar to coral reefs with many hollows, which, like dazzling white stony foam, verge in places on pisiform to fruticose growths with clusters of small, glistening calcite crystals.

Dripstone decoration occurs here only rarely. The passage through to the lower level excels in the rare Turold decoration, the shapes of which are reminiscent of cauliflower or soapy foam. The lower level is formed by a sharply dropping corridor closed off by water. At a depth of 37 meters, a lake dome can be found with an 8-meter-deep lake.

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