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
Veternica Cave (Jama Veternica), the most famous natural attraction of the mountain. It lies on the left side of the road. You will find the entrance to the cave a bit lower in a meadow. Follow the trail signs for the herdsmen’s settlement. When you reach the settlement, pass through and walk up to Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows, (Kapela Marije Snežne) which overlooks the settlement and originally stood here already before 36 www.dediscina.si
World War II. Our Lady of the Snows day, 5 th August, is a special holiday for the entire herdsmen’s settlement. A very interesting sight here is Preskar Museum (Preskarjev muzej). It is open every day during the pasture season on Velika planina. The museum can be distinguished easily from other cottages by its appearance: a small, grey herdsmen cottage is located in the stone part of the settlement. Velika planina is also famous for a very special delicacy known as 37
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- Page 3 and 4: Contents A word to the traveller 4
- 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
- Page 13 and 14: the castle every second Saturday of
- 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 and 22: jewel of which is an impressive alt
- Page 23 and 24: Continue on to village Križ and wa
- 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 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 52 and 53: area, stopped here. Among of them w
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- Page 57 and 58: 9. Geopark in the Heart of Slovenia
- Page 59 and 60: We suggest that you explore the are
- Page 61 and 62: In the past, Litija was very much i
- Page 63 and 64: 10. On the trail of Janez Vajkard V
- Page 65 and 66: participating in the annual hiking
- Page 68 and 69: 11. Feel at home in Jablaniška Val
- Page 70 and 71: old churches will give you an insig
- Page 72 and 73: cation trail will bring you to Banc
- Page 74 and 75: kilns are built and charcoal is pro
- Page 76 and 77: 13. The story of the Sava River Pod
- Page 78 and 79: is Kresnice. By prior arrangement,
- Page 80 and 81: In the past, Litija was known as a
- Page 82 and 83: starting point from railway station
- Page 84 and 85: drivers and rafters who transported
World War II. Our Lady <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Snows day, 5 th August, is a special<br />
holiday <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> entire herdsmen’s settlement.<br />
A very <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g sight here is Preskar Museum (Preskarjev<br />
muzej). It is open every day dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> pasture season on<br />
Velika plan<strong>in</strong>a. The museum can be dist<strong>in</strong>guished easily from<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r cottages by its appearance: a small, grey herdsmen<br />
cottage is located <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> stone part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> settlement. Velika<br />
plan<strong>in</strong>a is also famous <strong>for</strong> a very special delicacy known as<br />
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