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Be sure to visit one of the former tufa quarries, with their impressively huge caverns.
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
Summer brings quiet paddling, kayaking, and beach camping among tufa towers.
—Ted Alvarez, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
Carved from porous tufa stone once covered by the sea, the four wine cathedrals are considered an engineering marvel.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
As the saline lake retreated, rock formations called tufa, which had formed underwater, were left exposed along the shorelines.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
Summer brings quiet paddling, kayaking, and beach camping among tufa towers.
—Ted Alvarez, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
Carved from porous tufa stone once covered by the sea, the four wine cathedrals are considered an engineering marvel.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
As the saline lake retreated, rock formations called tufa, which had formed underwater, were left exposed along the shorelines.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
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“Tufa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tufa. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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