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
treated with some traditional specialities by the members of Gora Tourist Association (Turistično društvo Gora), who welcome tourists from 2pm till dusk. When you return to the valley, you might want to bathe in the thermal pools of Terme Snovik thermal spa and relax for a while. Afterwards you can visit the thermal spring Potok where people like to taste its healing water. Continue your trip through the valley to Motnik borough. The nobleman Motnik gained the right to hold a market in 1423 from the Austrian archduke Ernest Železni, the last archduke enthroned in Slovene language on Zollfeld, today’s Austria. A very dynamic and colourful lifestyle in Motnik, a town under a mighty castle (it burnt down in 1760), also attracted many villains, thieves and bandits. In order for the authorities to deal with such people, they established their own jurisdiction to handle smaller crimes. The convicted were tied for a while to a pranger (pillory) or sentenced to jail. It is less known that the Motnik family owned a mine of brown coal into which they put all their hopes, believing that 40 www.dediscina.si
it would play a crucial role in the economic development of this area. However, the mine was closed down in 1951 after being open for less than 100 years. In 1910, palaeontologists found a skeleton of a Prehistoric animal, a Pygmy Rhinoceros in the mine’s Oligocene layers of coal. This is the only such rhinoceros that was discovered in Slovenia and Motnik is now more famous in the world for this discovery than at home. Have a meal at Pri Flegarju Restaurant (closed on Sundays) where you can also ask for a guide booklet for the Motnik 41
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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 36 and 37: Veternica Cave (Jama Veternica), th
- Page 38 and 39: trnič, a small cheese, produced by
- 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
- Page 86 and 87: 15. The Land of Strawberries, Trigl
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it would play a crucial role <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> economic development <strong>of</strong><br />
this area. However, <strong>the</strong> m<strong>in</strong>e was closed down <strong>in</strong> 1951 after<br />
be<strong>in</strong>g open <strong>for</strong> less than 100 years. In 1910, palaeontologists<br />
found a skeleton <strong>of</strong> a Prehistoric animal, a Pygmy Rh<strong>in</strong>oceros<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> m<strong>in</strong>e’s Oligocene layers <strong>of</strong> coal. This is <strong>the</strong> only such<br />
rh<strong>in</strong>oceros that was discovered <strong>in</strong> <strong>Slovenia</strong> and Motnik is now<br />
more famous <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> world <strong>for</strong> this discovery than at home.<br />
Have a meal at Pri Flegarju Restaurant (closed on Sundays)<br />
where you can also ask <strong>for</strong> a guide booklet <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Motnik<br />
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