Tips for exciting tours in the Heart of Slovenia

Slovene border at the end of World War I. You arrive
at the Franciscan monastery and the St.
James Church (Cerkev sv. Jakoba). Two highlights
of the monastery are its library and Holy Sepulcher,
works of Jože Plečnik, the most famous and a prolific
Slovene architect. The monastery is open to
visitors by prior appointment in TIC only. Walk back
from the monastery to the Main Square and then
continue to the Independence Square (Trg svobode),
and on to the former town square at Briška
vrata gate, where all the recorded fairs took place
in the Middle Ages.
After a short break in one of the coffee houses you
can walk up the town hill or climb to the Little Castle
(Mali grad), which was the seat of the Andechs
rule who also owned a mint. Today all that is left are
ruins and a two storey Romanic chapel with a crypt.
From the hilltop, you will have beautiful panoramic
views over the town and the Kamnik Alps. Stop for a moment at
the castle gate and let yourself be taken in by the legend of the
cursed countess Veronica from Kamnik and her treasure.
Walk on along Šutna, the loveliest street in Kamnik. If you have a
sweet tooth you will be happy to find here Šutna, a pastry shop,
which is open all year round. Take a walk along the street Kolodvorska
ulica and stop at the Marjanca coffee and tee house.
The trail will lead you past the Church of the Immaculate Con-
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