Day to Day Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Jezersko
This small romantic village is situated on the Slovene – Austrian border, north of Ljubljana. Its setting in a basin among peaks of the Stone Alps makes it a perfect starting point for this trip. Hotel 3*.
Day 2: Jezersko – Jezersko round trip walk of
2 hours / descend and ascend 640 m
A warm-up hike to Ceska koca mountain hut. The walk leads up just above forest line to a one of the oldest alpine huts in Slovenia. Return past Shepherds Lake. Hotel 3*.
Day 3: Jezersko – Preddvor 6 hours / descend 1100 m and ascend 900 m
A longer hike down to valley. This days walk begins with a short transfer to the starting point. Following a narrow valley one ascends Baseljsko sedlo, just before reaching a mountain hut on Kokra saddle. This is a wonderful viewpoint and a great setting for a tasty lunch. The afternoon walk descends through hillside villages to Preddvor and past Crnava Lake to our hotel. Country hotel 3*.
Day 4: Preddvor – surroundings of Trzic 4 hours walk / ascend 200 m
?A connecting valley / flatlands walk in western direction takes you across several typical villages of the area, wide meadows of alpine flowers dotted with famous Slovene hay-drying racks. The walks goes at the foot of Karawanke range, in distance Julian Alps peaks are visible. Boarding house / agritourismo 2*.
Day 5: Trzic – Begunje 4 hours walk / descend 700 m and ascend 250 m
?A short car transfer to the border and starting point at Ljubelj. A bit unusually the hike begins by a short underground walk through a tunnel, once dug to shorten the merchants route connecting Carniola with Carinthia. Continuing towards west if follows the trails of shepards, passing wide meadows of alpine flowers. Walking through quiet valley of Draga, underneath ruins of ancient Kamen castle, one reaches Begunje – home of famous Avseniki musicians. Boarding house 3*.
Day 6: Begunje – Bled 5 hours walk / descend 150 m, ascend 200 m
?This is an easy day walk. Leaving Begunje one first climbs to little St. Petrus church, in days of Turkish raids an important sentry point. A longer ridge walk follows, with great views of Julian Alps range on the opposite Sava valley side. Before reaching Bled, there is time to explore Vintgar gorge – a canyon of River Radovna, part of Triglav National park. Hotel 3*.
Day 7: Departure or extra nights at Bled
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