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Dormouse Museum & Hunting Collection
In the 19th-century dairy building adjacent to the Snežnik Castle, resides the rather esoteric The dormouse or loir (polh) is a favourite food in Notranjska and the hunting and eating of it is tied up with a lot of tradition, which the museum explores. The fur is used to make the p
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Central Market
Central Market is Ljubljanas larder and worth a trip both to stock up on provisions or just have a good snoop (and sniff) around. Go first to the vast open-air market (Tržnica na Prostem) just across the Triple Bridge to the southeast of Prešernov trg on Vodnikov trg. Here youll fi
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Liznjek House
The endearing late-18th-century Liznjek House contains a good collection of traditional household objects and furnishings peculiar to this area. Among the various exhibits are some excellent examples of trousseau chests covered in folk paintings, some 19th-century icons painted on
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Koroška Regional Museum
This museum on two floors of the former town hall has several permanent collections, including a large number of ethnological items relating the history of Slovenj Gradec and the Koroška region, from painted beehive panels to models of wartime hospital rooms and schools run by Part
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Minorite Monastery
On the east side of Minoritski trg, with its 17th-century plague pillar , sits the massive Minorite monastery established in the 13th century. Because the Franciscan Minorites dedicated themselves to teaching, the order was not dissolved under the edict issued by Habsburg Emperor J
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Logarska Dolina Country Park
Logarska Dolina Country Park is one of the most beautiful hidden spots of Slovenia and a paradise for those seeking adventure and outdoor activities. A road goes past a chapel and through the woods to the 90m-high Rinka Waterfall (Slap Rinka) at 1100m, but there are plenty of trail
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Celje Regional Museum
A birch-lined park along the Savinja Rivers northern embankment has an open-air lapidary of Roman remains unearthed in the Celje area, overlooked by the 16th-century Old Counts Mansion, a lovely Renaissance building housing a branch of the Celje Regional Museum. The collection incl
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Base 20
During the early days of WWII the Partisans, under Marshal Titos command, headquartered in Kočevski Rogs dense forests. Amid the regions limestone caves they operated hospitals, schools and even printing presses. The nerve centre was the so-called Base 20, about 9km southwest of Do
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Lake Cerknica
Since ancient times, periodic Lake Cerknica (Cerniško Jezero) has baffled and perplexed people, appearing and disappearing with the seasons. Cerknica is a polje , a field above a collapsed karst cavern riddled with holes like a Swiss cheese. During rainy periods, usually in the aut
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Basilica of the Patroness Mary
The pilgrimage Basilica of the Patroness Mary, in Ptujska Gora village 14km southwest of Ptuj, contains one of the most treasured objects in Slovenia: a 15th-century carved caped Misericordia of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The church itself, built at the start of the 15th
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Grajski Trg
The centre of the Old Town, this square is graced with the 17th-century Column of St Florian , dedicated to the patron saint of fire fighters, and home to Maribors 15th-century castle . It contains a Knights’ Hall (Viteška Dvorana) with a remarkable painted ceiling, the baroque Lor
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Bogenšperk Castle
This Renaissance-style castle was the home of the celebrated 17th-century polymath Janez Vajkard Valvasor, who spent the most productive two decades of his life here. The castle, with its rectangular courtyard and three towers (the fourth burned down in the 19th century), now house
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Prešernov Trg
The 17th-century Italian family who erected the fountain in Prešernov trg was named Da Ponte; thus it is shaped like a bridge (ponte in Italian). At the squares southern end is the Muda Gate . Erected in 1516, it’s the last of a dozen such entrances to remain standing. On the south
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Old Town
No ones going to get lost or tired touring the Old Town island of Kostanjevica – but you will possibly be charmed. Walk 400m up Oražnova ulica and 400m down Ulica Talcev and you’ve seen the lot. On Kambičev trg, across the small bridge from the bus stop (but enter from Oražnova uli
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Vršič Pass
Sitting at a view-enhanced elevation of 1611m, this mountain pass is about 13km southwest of Kranjska Gora, via a storied road that zigzags madly and passes numerous sites of interest as it climbs. From the pass itself, the peak-tastic views take in Mojstrovka (2332m) to the west a
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Podsreda Castle
Set amidst the hills of the Kozjansko region, Podsreda Castle is one of the best-preserved Romanesque fortresses in Slovenia, and looks pretty much the way it did when it was built in the mid-12th century, thanks to renovations completed in 2015.A rough, winding 5km-long road leads
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Lipica Stud Farm
The stud farm can be visited on very popular, 50-minute guided tours. The interesting, informative tours are available in a number of languages; a tour covers the farms unique heritage and the breeding of the animals, and visits the pastures and stables. It ends at the very good, h
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Minoritski Trg & Mestni Trg
On the east side of Minoritski trg, which has a plague pillar (1655), is the massive Minorite monastery , built in the late 13th century. Due to its teaching role, it avoided dissolution under Habsburg Emperor Joseph II in the late 18th century, and it has continued to function in
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Sečovlje Salina Nature Park
This 750-hectare saltpan-studded area, crisscrossed with dikes and channels, has a wealth of birdlife – 290 species have been recorded here.It’s important to note that there are two sections of the park: the main (north) part is at Lera, just south of Seča and off the main road fro
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Stična Cistercian Abbey
Established in 1136 by the Cistercians (famous for their vows of silence), this abbey was for centuries the most important religious, economic, educational and cultural centre in Dolenjska. The walled monastery, an incredible combination of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and baroq
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