Ideas for trips and hikes

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The best way to put your finger on the beating pulse of the Karst and to get a taste of the life of its inhabitants is by attending one of the numerous events and festivities, or just by visiting one of the towns, as the locals will be sure to give you a warm welcome.

Alongside the numerous natural and cultural points of interest and the pearls hiding beneath the Karst surface, it has to be noted that its location makes the Karst the perfect starting point for taking a trip to either the Slovenian or Italian coast. The nearby Adriatic is an ideal opportunity for an active excursion. Just a few minutes’ drive is all it takes to get to Piran, Portorož, Koper, Izola, or Strunjan, with the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park. The Italian side of the border also has numerous hidden gems, especially Sistiana, Devino and the authentic fishing village Villaggio dei Pescatori. Trips to nearby Trieste or Venice are also just a short drive away.


The Rich Underworld of the Karst

The Rich Underworld of the Karst

The pearls of the Karst underworld are a special story. One phenomenon that excites the imagination is the approximately one thousand caves that have been discovered in the Karst so far, and many more in other regions of Slovenia.

THE POSTOJNA CAVE  

You can take an exclusive train ride through the underworld, and get to know the most visited tourist cave in Europe, and the biggest classical karst cave, The Postojna Cave.
It stretches across over 20 kilometers of tunnels, galleries, and halls. The nearby Predjama Castle invites you to take a trip into history, while you marvel how it was constructed in the middle of a 123-meter high rock ridge. 

>> www.postojnska-jama.eu

LAKE CERKNICA

The water that helped form the life on and beneath the Karst plateau also connects Postojnska jama with another natural phenomenon, the intermittent Lake Cerknica

>> www.notranjski-park.si 

ŠKOCJAN CAVES

The Škocjan Caves are an exceptional natural heritage site with a system of water caves, and have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 because of their unique web of numerous caves, holes, natural bridges, waterfalls, and rapids. The blind valley that the Reka river has created is marked by an enormous, 2.5-kilometer long underground canyon

>> www.park-skocjanske-jame.si

RAKOV ŠKOCJAN

Between the Cerknica and Planina polje lies the wonderful karst valley Rakov ŠkocjanIt was created by the Rak river, which springs up in Zelniške caves, runs along the surface for 2.5 kilometers, then percolates in the Tkalci cave. The area has a whole range of karst features, and an educational path is set up along the valley

Rakov Škocjan has been declared a natural park

>> www.rakov-skocjan.si/krajinski-park-rakov-skocjan/

THE FAIRYTALE CAVE OF VILENICA

Vilenica, lies along the road to Lipica, and is renowned as having the longest tradition of speleological tourism in Europe. 
The cave is illuminated, and about 450 meters of the galleries is open to the public, while the whole cave measures more than 1300 meters

The cave shares its name with the international award in literature which is conferred each year it the cave’s Dance Hall

>> www.vilenica.com


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