Tips for exciting tours in the Heart of Slovenia
Tips for exciting tours in the Heart of Slovenia Tips for exciting tours in the Heart of Slovenia
house boasts a well-preserved Glavar’s library. Opposite to the house is Glavar’s »hospital«, and a hippodrome. Horse breeding and training are one of the traditional practices in Komenda. Now, drive southwards to Suhadole. At the spring of Mrzli studenec you can visit interesting Mlinčki, a system of neatly built little mill wheels. You can get to there either by taking the field path at St. Clement’s Church (Cerkev sv. Klemna), or you can also ask the locals for the way. The next village on this trail is Moste. Stop at a stunningly beautiful chapel at Church of St. Boštjan (Cerkev sv. Boštjana). Chapels and wayside shrines, which are all well restored, are scattered along the entire trail and each one of them is a good enough reason to get off of your bike and rest for a while. 22 www.dediscina.si
Continue on to village Križ and walk up to the remains of a 16 th century castle overlooking the village. The castle burnt down during World War II. According to some records, the building of this castle united the noble families from Kamnik and Križ and was for centuries the home to noble families such as Thurn, Auersperg and Apfaltrern. The hilltop castle offers spectacular views over large fields, meadows and of the Križ pond (Kriški bajer), which is the next stop. If you happen to have a fishing rod with you, you can fish carp, pike and catfish from the pond. Later on, you can also stop in Križ for an excellent meal at Čubr Restaurant. Let’s move on! Off to Gmajnice to meet Kremžar the potter, who will be happy to show you how to form clay on a potter’s wheel and tell you an interesting story from the past. Kremžar is an excellent craftsman and he has managed to preserve the once flourishing pottery craft that was widespread in the area of Komenda as well as in some other villages such as Podboršt, Gora and Križ. Follow an uphill trail to Mlaka. Not long ago a pottery company, well known throughout entire Slovenia, processed clay here and produced bowls, pots and forms known as potičnice for baking the traditional Slovene sweet potica. Keep pedalling on to Tunjice. There is a 5 kilometre long macadam road ahead. You might want to stop along the way and watch RC model cars competitions. Once you arrive in Tunjice and see the bell towers of the picturesque St. Anne’s Church 23
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- Page 5 and 6: Slovenia is a country with many dif
- Page 7 and 8: In the Heart of Slovenia you can al
- Page 9 and 10: The tours are appropriate for famil
- Page 11 and 12: 1. On the road with a straw hat on
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- Page 15 and 16: pick out a hand-made straw hat to t
- Page 17 and 18: given the name after groblje (piles
- Page 19 and 20: mend visiting the gardens on a day
- Page 21: jewel of which is an impressive alt
- Page 26 and 27: (Cerkev sv. Ane), erected on top of
- Page 28 and 29: nirs. The trail will then take you
- Page 30 and 31: ception (Cerkev Marijinega brezmade
- Page 32 and 33: wood. Throughout the year many even
- Page 34 and 35: dle of the 20 th century, workers w
- Page 36 and 37: Veternica Cave (Jama Veternica), th
- Page 38 and 39: trnič, a small cheese, produced by
- Page 40 and 41: treated with some traditional speci
- Page 42 and 43: Trail (Motniška pot). Follow a yel
- Page 44 and 45: 7. Off to Črni Graben, the land of
- Page 46 and 47: In the Beekeeping Centre (Čebelars
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- Page 61 and 62: In the past, Litija was very much i
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- Page 65 and 66: participating in the annual hiking
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house boasts a well-preserved Glavar’s library. Opposite to <strong>the</strong><br />
house is Glavar’s »hospital«, and a hippodrome. Horse breed<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g are one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> traditional practices <strong>in</strong> Komenda.<br />
Now, drive southwards to Suhadole. At <strong>the</strong> spr<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> Mrzli<br />
studenec you can visit <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g Ml<strong>in</strong>čki, a system <strong>of</strong> neatly built<br />
little mill wheels. You can get to <strong>the</strong>re ei<strong>the</strong>r by tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> field<br />
path at St. Clement’s Church (Cerkev sv. Klemna), or you can also<br />
ask <strong>the</strong> locals <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> way.<br />
The next village on this trail is Moste. Stop at a stunn<strong>in</strong>gly beautiful<br />
chapel at Church <strong>of</strong> St. Boštjan (Cerkev sv. Boštjana). Chapels<br />
and wayside shr<strong>in</strong>es, which are all well restored, are scattered<br />
along <strong>the</strong> entire trail and each one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m is a good enough<br />
reason to get <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong> your bike and rest <strong>for</strong> a while.<br />
22 www.dedisc<strong>in</strong>a.si
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