Tips for exciting tours in the Heart of Slovenia

2. A trip to the
Baroque town
of Groblje and
Arboretum Volčji
Potok
Groblje – Radomlje (Arboretum Volčji Potok)
The botanic gardens of Arboretum Volčji Potok bloom
throughout the year. You can spend here a couple of hours
or, if you wish, an entire day and you will want to return
again. As an added incentive, extend your trip for a visit of
Church of St. Hermagoras and Fortunatus in Groblje.
Driving from Domžale to Mengeš, a road to Rodica soon branches
off from the main road. Take this road and continue till you arrive
in the hamlet of Groblje where you can visit the pearl of the
Slovene sacred architecture – the Church of St. Hermagoras
and Fortunatus (Cerkev sv. Mohorja in Fortunata). The church
is famous for its side altar on the women’s side of the church. The
altar is dedicated to St. Notburga, patron saint of the poor, pilgrims
and travellers, who according to legend, gave food to the
poor. Frescos in the church are the last major work of the Slovene
painter Franc Jelovšek. Janez Vajkard Valvasor, a renowned
Slovene historian, polymath and the first Slovene fellow of the
Royal Society of London, wrote that the hamlet of Groblje was
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