Boka Waterfall
Bovec · Soča Valley Free
Described as Slovenia's most water-rich waterfall, it drops 106 m freely and a further 30 m, and is visible from the Bovec-Žaga road with a marked path from the bridge to a panoramic viewpoint.
Attractions in Slovenia
The sights to plan a day around, with when to go and how to get there.
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Great Soča Gorge
Bovec · Soča Valley Free
A 750 m gorge of smoothed rock only a few metres wide, with emerald pools; a marked forest path along its left side starts at a wooden hanging bridge, and after rain the walls catch curtains of water.
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Kozjak Waterfall
Kobarid · Soča Valley €
The 15 m fall drops into a green pool inside a rock amphitheatre, reached by an easy path with small wooden bridges; the Soča Valley site says many call it the most beautiful waterfall in Slovenia.
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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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Ojstrica Viewpoint
Bled Free
A 20-minute climb to a bench at the top overlooking the lake, Straža, the castle cliff and the Karavanke; the tourist board suggests going early for the sunset.
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Savica Waterfall
Ukanc · Bohinj €
A 78 m waterfall that falls in two legs from the Komarča wall, reached by a trail with many steps from the Koča pri Savici car park.
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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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Straža Hill
Bled Free
Reach the top on foot or by chair lift to a monument to the healer Arnold Rikli; a 520 m toboggan track runs down the hill in summer.
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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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Tolmin Gorges
Tolmin · Soča Valley €€
A circular path crosses the Tolminka and Zadlaščica gorges to the Devil's Bridge, 60 m above the river, and to their confluence at 180 m, the lowest point of Triglav National Park.
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Vintgar Gorge
Zgornje Gorje · Bled €€
A 1,600 m path of wooden bridges anchored in the rock through the Radovna gorge to the Šum Waterfall, looked after by the Tourist Association Gorje for 130 years.
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Zelenci Nature Reserve
Podkoren · Kranjska Gora Free
Springs at a constant 6 °C rise through lake chalk into an emerald lake that does not freeze; a wooden footbridge and observation tower let you see it, and Humphry Davy visited in 1819, 1827 and 1828.
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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.