Slovenia - Blejsko jezero

Slovenia

Slovenia
Slovenia is a European country between Alpes, Adriatic Sea and Pannonian Basin.

Caves

Caves
Source: Public information of Slovenia,
The Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia,
State map in measure 1 : 1.000.000, 1995
www.gu.gov.si

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Pekel Cave
Pekel Cave
Vilenica Cave
Vilenica Cave
Kostanjevica Cave
Kostanjevica Cave
Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave
Skocjan Caves
Skocjan Caves

Skocjan Caves are located in the wonderful Karst in the nearness of Divaca. With the spacious halls and underground gorges they have a special place among caves in Slovenia. Skocjan Caves consist of eleven caves, sinks, natural bridges, sinkholes and many other. They are part of the World Heritage Register by UNESCO from the year 1986 because of its unique cultural and natural heritage. In the cave we can see curtains, large sockets and colorful, big stalagmites different forms. In Skocjan Caves is the main the Velika voda – Reka, which flows booming in rapids, falls in waterfalls and sl ...

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Babja jama (Hag Cave)
Babja jama (Hag Cave)
Huda luknja Cave
Huda luknja Cave
Source of the Krka River - The Krka Cave
Source of the Krka River - The Krka Cave

The River Krka springs in the Krka Cave in the 268 height above see level and then it flows into the river Sava at Brezice. To the spring you can come after the pleasant walk throug the village Gradicek. The Karst spring is under the rock, where is the the entrance to the original Krka Cave. The examination of the cave is possible only with the tourist guide, which will accept you before entering to the cave. The cave is open from April to October. For the public was opened by the Tourist association Krka in the year 1996. The Krka Cave is 200 metres long and wide about 30 metres. The ch ...

Kobiljaca Cave
Kobiljaca Cave
Tentera Cave
Tentera Cave
Potocka zijalka Cave
Potocka zijalka Cave

Potocka Zijalka Cave is situated by the path from the mountain village Podolseva to the top of the Olseva mountain. Olseva is about 5 km long rocky ridge, which is the last part of the southern range of Karavanke. On the ridge goes the old regional frontier between Styria and Carinthia. Potocka Zijalka Cave is 115 metres long and from 20 to 40 metres wide karst cave, which was in 1928 discovered by Srecko Brodar. In the Stone Age was in the cave the hunting post. The place is very important paleontological and archaeological site. In the cave they dug up the skeletons and remains of 40 a ...

Socerb (Castle Socerb, Saint Cave)
Socerb (Castle Socerb, Saint Cave)

Socerb is an Istrian hamlet that lies in the Koper region. It is made from a series of homes that were formed nearer the Carst environment. Every home is a separate unit and its centre is a closed courtyard - Korta. Above the hamlet stands the ruins of the Socerb castle. The remains of the fortress lie on the edge of the Carst wall, on the border between Carst and Istria. Because of the extraordinary strategic position of the castle in olden times, the powerful castle had many landlords. It was already mentioned in the Middle Ages. In 14th century it was the property of the Venetian fami ...

Tolmin Gorge - Zadlaska (Dante
Tolmin Gorge - Zadlaska (Dante's) Cave

Zadlaska or Dante's Cave is situated in the region of the well-known Tolmin Gorge. If you are interested of the Tolmin Gorge only for the cave, then is the easiest way if you go to the cave just at the main road over the Devil's bridge. The cave is named by the village Zadlaz and is one of the many caves, by which were flowing off the waters of the Soca glacier. In the cave are three chamber rooms, the cave interlacement is 1140 metres long and 41 metres deep. In the beginning of the 14th century the patriarch Pagano della Torre in Tolmin hosted the poet Dante Alighieri, which had at tha ...

Zelezna jama (Iron Cave)
Zelezna jama (Iron Cave)
Caves of Zeljne
Caves of Zeljne