Kobarid Museum
Kobarid · Soča Valley €
The museum covers fighting and daily life on the Isonzo Front and the 12th battle, the Miracle of Kobarid; it has won the highest national museum certificate and the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Attractions in Slovenia
The sights to plan a day around, with when to go and how to get there.
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Lipica Stud Farm
Lipica · Postojna & Karst €€
Home of the Lipizzaner horses on an estate of more than 300 hectares; the ticket includes the stables, Carriage Exhibition, Lipikum Museum and the Church of St Anthony of Padua.
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Ljubljana Castle
Ljubljana €€
Open 365 days a year, the hilltop castle has a funicular, a viewing tower, a Museum of Puppetry and two restaurants, Strelec and Gostilna na Gradu, plus a wine bar inside its walls.
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Maribor Castle (Regional Museum)
Maribor €€
The Knights' Hall ceiling has plasterwork by Alessandro Sereni from around 1680, and the rococo staircase carries statues of 16 boys; visits are hourly guided tours in Slovenian and English.
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Mostnica Gorge
Stara Fužina · Bohinj €
A gorge trail of about two and a half hours one way to the Voje Valley and its 21 m waterfall, with guided tours on Tuesdays in July and August.
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Old Vine House
Maribor €€
A Žametovka vine planted at the end of the Middle Ages on a house by the Drava, shown in a depiction from 1657 and entered in the Guinness Book of Records in 2004; the shop sells over 200 Styrian wines.
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Planica Nordic Centre
Rateče · Kranjska Gora Free
Entry to the ski flying valley is free; the museum covers 90 years of Planica, a chairlift runs to the ski flying hill, and ski jumping training can be watched from the open venue.
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Plečnik House
Ljubljana €€
Plečnik's authentic home can only be visited on a guided tour for up to seven people, starting every hour on the hour, together with the permanent exhibition on his life and work.
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Postojna Cave
Postojna · Postojna & Karst €€€
A 3.7 km ride on the world's only double-track cave railway, then the five-metre white stalagmite called Brilliant and the Dance Hall with its Murano-glass chandeliers.
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Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum
Piran €
Gabrielli Palace shows Piran shipbuilding, fishing, polene (ship figureheads) and ex-votos, and the Slovene seamen 1918-1945; a four-unit ticket adds the museum's other sites.
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Sečovlje Salina Nature Park
Sečovlje · Piran €
One of only two salt-pan areas in the Gulf of Trieste still standing (with Strunjan), where salt is still harvested by hand; walk the abandoned Fontanigge pans among heron meadows.
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Slovenian Alpine Museum
Mojstrana · Kranjska Gora €
Covers Slovenian mountaineering, alpinism and mountain rescue, with virtual experiences, the Escape to the Bivouac game and the Mount Triglav Challenge.
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Strunjan Landscape Park
Strunjan · Piran Free
An 80 m flysch cliff above an unspoiled shore in the north, a sea lagoon and working saltpans in the south, and the Green Key label for sustainable operation.
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Škocjan Caves
Divača · Postojna & Karst €€
The first Slovenian natural site on the UNESCO World Heritage List; the route follows the Reka River through one of Europe's largest underground canyons and crosses the Cerkvenik bridge.
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Vinag Wine Cellar
Maribor €€
The tour goes down 23 steps into the historic Vinag cellar, one of the largest classic wine cellars in Europe, and ends with a tasting of three to five Vinag wines.