Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave was discovered long ago, in 1818 by a local, cave guide Luka Čeč. Today, Postojna Cave is the most visited European cave and at the same time the most visited tourist sight in Slovenia. To date, it has been viewed by more than 40 million enthusiastic visitors from all over the world. With...
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Planina Cave
Planina Cave (sometimes also called Mali grad Cave) is located on the southern edge of Planina Field, in the immediate vicinity of the Ravbar tower. It consists of various halls, many beautiful lakes and dripstones. The cave is almost seven kilometers long and is considered the largest water cave in Slovenia. Its other important feature...
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Cave under Predjama Castle
Under Predjama Castle, above and behind it, there is an interesting intertwining of karst caves. The most important of them is the cave under Predjama Castle, which is the second longest tourist cave in Slovenia, and extends over four floors – except for the uppermost Erazem’s hole with the tunnel, they are all connected to...
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Pivka and Black Cave
Both karst caves are the last two caves along the underground river Pivka, before it finally disappears and reappears again in the Planina cave. The entrance to the cave is through a sinkhole, which was created by the collapse of a part of the cave ceiling. The two caves are connected to each other by...
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Otok Cave
Discover another underground beauty, along the karst edge between Postojna and Predjama, in the village of Veliki Otok. Due to its unique beauty, it has been caught on movie cameras several times in the past – Otok Cave was one of the main scenes in the legendary movie about the Indian chief Winnetou, based on...
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Predjama Castle
The mighty Predjama Castle has stood in the middle of a 123-meter-high stone wall for more than 800 years. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest cave castle in the world. It is also associated with the legend of robber knight Erazem Predjamski, who, after a dispute with Austrian...
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Hošperk Castle (Haasberg)
The ruins of the former Baroque mansion rise above the gorge of the Unica River in the southern part of Planina Field. The Hošperk (Haasberg) castle was built by the Eggenberg princes at the beginning of the 17th century, at the foot of an old medieval castle that was destroyed by an earthquake. At that...
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Ravbar tower
Ravbar tower is located on the southern edge of Planina Field, in the immediate vicinity of Planina Cave. It was first mentioned in 1444. The tower, built in the late Gothic style, is a remnant of the medieval castle Mali grad. The tower was named after Nikolaj Ravbar, the head of Trieste and uncle of...
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Postojna Castle (Adelsberg)
At the top of the Sovič city hill are the ruins of the Postojna Castle (Adelsberg), also called Stari grad, military trenches and a wonderful vantage point from which you can enjoy a wonderful view of Postojna, the entrance to the Postojna Cave, Cave Mansion, and Nanos. The first known owners of the castle were...
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