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Tips for exciting tours in the Heart of Slovenia

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<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter is be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

preserved by <strong>the</strong> descendants.<br />

Quench<br />

your thirst here with<br />

a glass <strong>of</strong> a homemade<br />

juice or w<strong>in</strong>e<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e you set out.<br />

If you decide to follow<br />

<strong>the</strong> trail by bike,<br />

<strong>the</strong>n cont<strong>in</strong>ue along<br />

<strong>the</strong> right hand side <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> river. If you go by<br />

car <strong>the</strong>n take <strong>the</strong> left<br />

side river bank. Stop<br />

<strong>in</strong> Jevnica, where<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is a wooden<br />

suspension bridge.<br />

When you look at <strong>the</strong><br />

hills from <strong>the</strong> left-side<br />

bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sava you will notice St. Nicholas Church (Cerkev<br />

sv. Miklavža) <strong>in</strong> Katarija above <strong>the</strong> Sava on <strong>the</strong> highest hill. The<br />

church was erected by Sava cable ferry boat drivers and rafters<br />

<strong>the</strong>mselves to honour <strong>the</strong>ir patron. You can get <strong>the</strong>re by follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a marked footpath from Senožeti. A marked trail also<br />

leads from Jevnica to Janče and passes Pr’Valent<strong>in</strong> homestead<br />

where a house from <strong>the</strong> 18 th century stands.<br />

Cont<strong>in</strong>ue upstream on <strong>the</strong> right or left river bank and keep to<br />

<strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> road <strong>the</strong> whole way. The next <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g landmark<br />

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