Postojna and Škocjan
The most visited caves of the Karst: Postojna, explored by train, and Škocjan, an underground canyon carved by the Reka River and a World Heritage Site. Nearby, a castle is set into a cliff face.
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The most visited caves of the Karst: Postojna, explored by train, and Škocjan, an underground canyon carved by the Reka River and a World Heritage Site. Nearby, a castle is set into a cliff face.
The Krka River among vineyard-covered hills: Novo mesto, the city of situlas, the castle on the island of Otočec, the Pleterje Carthusian monastery and Kostanjevica, the small town on a river island.
Two medieval towns in Gorenjska, a few kilometers from Ljubljana Airport: Škofja Loka, of the bishops of Freising, and Kranj, the town of the poet Prešeren, above the Kokra gorge.
Limestone plateau between Trieste and the Vipava Valley: the Lipica stud farm, the Vilenica cave, the stone village of Štanjel, teran and Karst prosciutto.
Alpine valley of the upper Sava, next to Italy and Austria: Lake Jasna, the Planica ski jumps, the Zelenci spring and the Vršič pass road.
Medieval town on the edge of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps and, above it, the Velika Planina plateau with the wooden shepherd huts and the valley cable car.
Vine-covered hills beside Italy and a Mediterranean-climate valley: Nova Gorica and Gorizia, the Solkan bridge, the walled village of Šmartno and the springs of the Vipava.
Lake Bled with the country’s only natural island, the church up 99 steps, the castle on the cliff and, a few kilometers away, the Vintgar Gorge and the old town of Radovljica.
A mining town in a valley between hills, with five centuries of mercury mining recognized by UNESCO, the bobbin-lace tradition, and the spring of the lake Divje jezero.
The largest permanent natural lake in Slovenia, surrounded by the peaks of Triglav National Park: the Savica waterfall, the Vogel cable car, and the trails to the country’s highest mountain.
Two historic towns on the Drava River in Slovenian Styria: Maribor's Stara trta, Ptuj Castle, the Roman town of Poetovio and the wine-covered hills.
The town of the Counts of Celje, with the country’s largest castle above the Savinja and the Roman Celeia beneath the old town, and the spas of Laško and Rogaška Slatina a few kilometres away.
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Boundaries: Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije (GURS), Register prostorskih enot, 28/02/2024, licença CC BY 4.0. Adapted by Cidade Turismo.
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