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Atlantis

TIME : 2016/2/19 1:29:09

A tiny rocky peninsula that's been nicknamed Atlantis for decades, this remarkable place is only accessible on foot (around a 30-minute descent) from the parking spot by Torre des Savinar . Its actually a former quarry, but it's easy to see how hippies viewed the oblique cut-stone outlines as the remains of a lost civilisation. Visitors have added Maya and Hindu-style carvings to the rocks, and cliff jumpers plunge into the deep, cobalt water.

Above Atlantis is a small cave , a place of sanctuary where people leave offerings (trinkets and food). It's home to a remarkable Buddha image said to have been etched by a Japanese hermit decades ago. The Buddha has recently been restored.