After the magical moment in which my eyes opened into the sea, I was no longer able to see, think, live as before (Jacques Cousteau)
In the Ennio Falco's cave (Amphitrite)
The cave was discovered and initially named "Amphitrite's Cave". Only later will it take its current name in memory of the famous diver, pioneer and author of adventurous and reckless actions. Those were the years of diving reserved for a brave few. Ennio Falco was born in Campania in 1931, he arrived in Alghero attracted by news of the presence of imposing coral reefs, made up of precious red coral from the Mediterranean. Ennio was a fisherman of the time, today he would be considered a poacher and a raider, but in those years the current laws that protect the marine environment were absent and the fishermen had the only limit of physiology considering the level of equipment of the time. Ennio Falco discovered, together with Alberto Novelli, the Nereo cave which was then very rich in red coral.
This cave is characterized by the important presence of sponges, nudibranchs (Umbraculum umraculum) , corals and crustaceans; with a bit of luck it is possible to encounter a beautiful blue lobster, but lobsters and Dromie Personata are always present. It is a colorful cave full of marine life in all its forms. It is not uncommon to find large groupers at the exit of the second chamber seeking shelter in ravines accessible only to them.
The cave has a characteristic that makes it almost unique, in fact there is an aerial part which can only be accessed by immersion. Through a siphon you reach a small lake from which, once you have left your equipment you can proceed on foot for about fifty meters inside the rocky massif, encountering spectacular limestone formations, stalactites and stalagmites. At the entrance to the aerial part, in 1969 a marble plaque was placed in memory of Ennio Falco, who passed away in 1961 at just 38 years old.