The Topla valley
Topla is a marvellous Alpine valley under the south face of Peca. Because of its exceptional natural beauty, it is a protected area. The whole hamlet embraces the solid isolated high mountain farms of...
View ArticleThe Podbrežnik chapel
The open-type chapel stands on the premisses of the Podbrežnik farm in the Logar valley. It has been decoratively painted by a popular artist, and has been proclaimed a cultural monument due to its...
View ArticleMuta: Ecological Chapel
The Ecological chapel built in 1997 and dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, protects and notifies the inhabitants there of the dam Golica/Koralpe, built on the other side of the national border in...
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CANYONING SLOVENIA
Inspiration for Discovering SloveniaHave you ever shouted "I am happy!" to the other side of a valley? Have you ever had the feeling that tomorrow would enrich you with a new experience? Were you ever...
View ArticleMežica: Peca mountain
Peca Mountain is one of Slovenia's most beautiful mountain spots. It is a three hour walk to the cottage on Little Peca (Mali Peci) (1665 m), and another one hour to the top. Near the cottage, in an...
View ArticleRavne castle
Ravne Castle stands on a pebbled terrace above the town centre and is about 500 years old. Today the castle presents a neo-Baroque appearance – due to the last refurbishment in the 19th century –...
View ArticleThe old castle
Above Radlje, at the top of a steep rocky hill, the ruins of the Marienberch castle which was erected in 1215 by the monastery feudal Kolon Trušinjski, can be seen. Today the old castle is a popular...
View ArticleThe Lower castle, Pristava - manor house
At the western end of the town there is a castle, to which a manor house was added at the end of the 17th century. Today the manor house is used as business premises. Inside there is a wedding hall...
View ArticleThe Delalut Inn
The Delalut Inn – an Inn with a tradition. The Inn offers 15 rooms with double bed and additional bed, and one single bed room (all rooms have 4 star categorisation), a restaurant with seating for 130...
View ArticleThe Anton Repnik Gallery
The gallery is located in the self-taught painter, Anton Repnik house – where there is a permanent collection of his works. His son Janez Repnik is also a painter.
View ArticleSlovenj Gradec: Carinthian Gallery of fine arts
Carinthian Gallery of Fine arts is located in the buliding where the city hall used to be. The inside yard id decorated with arcades and sends the message that the building is older than the fasade and...
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EDEN
The "European Destinations of ExcelleNce" (EDEN) project, was started by the European Commission in accordance with European tourism policy guidelines. The aim of the project is to promote sustainable...
View ArticleSlovenj Gradec, Church of St. Elizabeth (sv. Elizabeta)
The parish church, consecrated in 1251 to St. Elizabeth, stands in the centre of the town core of Slovenj Gradec, on the axis of the main town transversal and market street. Its foundation was a...
View ArticleSlovenj Gradec, Church of the Holy Spirit (Sv. Duh)
The Church of the Holy Spirit stands right by the parish church of St. Elizabeth, in the centre of the town core of Slovenj Gradec. It was built until 1428 as a hospital chapel, connected with the...
View ArticleThe statue of Mary of Solčava
Mary of Solčava is a real gem from the gothic Church of Our Lady of the Snows in the village of Solčava. The small stone early gothic plastic of a sitting Mary with the child, or the so called Solčava...
View ArticleLeše above Prevalje, Ambience with the churches of St. Anne (sv Ana) and St....
Above Leše, at an exceptional location at the end of the cart track, stand two churches: the church of St. Anne with a bell tower is lower down and the church of St. Bolfenk (Volbenk) stands higher up....
View ArticleThe church of the Holy Spirit, Podolševa
High beneath the rock walls of Olševa, lies the hamlet of Podolševa. Locals also call it the Holy Spirit, after the baroque church of the Holy Spirit that gives the hamlet a unique image. The current...
View ArticleThe chapel of Christ the King in the Logar valley
Built at the behest of local farmers to honour the memory of the son of the good doctor Šuman, it was originally intended to serve as a small church, where mass could be held for residents of the...
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