The Zijalka of Trbiška
The Karst Cave, which is protected as a natural monument, is located on the right bank of the Savinja River along the footpath, between the Pečov Bridge over the Lights and the Igla River. The bones of a cave bear were found in it, which are on display in the Regional Museum in Celje.The cave […]
Solčava yew
At an abandoned farm on a wooded ridge above Solčava, on the way to Hribarska zijalka, the largest yew tree in Slovenia grows. The trunk has a circumference of 240 centimeters, the tree is 9 meters high, and its age is estimated at more than 500 years. Due to its exceptional dimensions, the yew tree […]
Solčava Panoramic Road
The mostly macadam road begins and ends in Solčava (follow the signposts towards Podolševa and Črna na Koroškem) and leads past many farms where you can stop and treat yourself to something homemade. Above all, you enjoy the view of the surrounding mountains and deep into the valley.The Šumet homestead makes souvenirs and other objects […]
Snow cave
1500 meters above sea level, on the slope of Raduha lies one of the most magnificent high-altitude caves in the world, the highest in Slovenia. Its specialty is the interesting coexistence of ice and dripstone, which is a real rarity at such a height. It is between 10 and 12 million years old. The cave […]
Robanov kot Landscape Park
The picturesque Alpine valley, since 1987 a landscape park, is squeezed under the peaks of Križevnik, Molička peć, Veliki vrh, Mala Ojstrica, Krofička and Strelovac. Like the Logar Valley, Robanov transformed the glacier as in the last ice age, leaving behind some traces in the form of moraines. In the central part, the valley is […]
Brown Cave
From Igla, we climb 90 meters over the wooden bridge over the Savinja River, along a rather poorly marked walking path and see the Brown Cave, which was once called Luknja. Still on the transition from 19. In the 20th century, a footpath led through the outer part of the cave between Luče and Solčava.The […]
Potok zijalka
In 1928, in one of the most important archaeological and paleontological caves in Slovenia, which lies on the slope of the Olševa River, Srečko Brodar found the bones of a cave bear and the tools of a Stone Age hunter, over 30,000 years old. This 109-meter-deep cave is nothing special, but it offers fantastic views, […]
Mozirski grove
Mozirski gaj is a park of flowers and ethnographic heritage, which was built three decades ago on the former wild landfill along the Savinja River. During a walk through the park, where the Japanese and herb garden and the rockery stand out, you can also see an apiary, a farmhouse, a granary from 1731, a […]
Matkov kot and Matkov škaf
The Peaceful Valley was named after the (primeval) farm Matk on its slopes. Beneath the walls of Cold Mountain at the top of the valley is Matkov Škaf, a crater-like cauldron of snow hollowed out by a high waterfall in the spring. The dimensions of the shackle depend on the snow conditions: it is up […]
White Lantern
The lonely and uninhabited glacial valley reaches deep into the heart of the Savinja Alps in two levels, which the Bela stream connects with the short and wild Lonci gorge.Along the forest road through the valley, we can see Dovnik's wells, especially strong after rains, the outlet of the Globošek canyon and the mighty smooth […]