The town beside Lake Cerknica, Slovenia’s largest intermittent lake, which disappears most summers.
Cerkniško jezero is a karst polje that floods each year and drains through sinkholes, so it can be 26 km² of open water in spring and dry grassland by late summer. This makes it one of the more unusual things to see in the country, and also means checking the current state before going. Nearby Rakov Škocjan is a small collapsed cave valley with two natural bridges, and Križna jama is a water cave visited by boat with a guide.
Photo: Carsten Steger (via LetsVisit)
Turjak Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the settlement of Turjak, part of the municipality of Velike Lašče in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The castle is 20 km southeast of Ljubljana and is considered among the most impressive in the area.· Wikipedia
Lož Castle, also known as Pusti Grad, is a castle ruin above the settlement of Lož in central Slovenia's Lož Valley. The castle and its lordship are mentioned in period documents under various names, including Los, Louse, Lose, and Lösch.· Wikipedia
Snežnik Castle is a 13th-century castle in the municipality of Loška Dolina, Slovenia. It is located in the southwest part of the Lož Valley, near the settlement of Kozarišče.· Wikipedia
Ruins near Cerknica.
Cross Cave, also named Cold Cave under Cross Mountain, is a cave in Slovenia's Lož Valley, in the area between the Lož Karst Field, Cerknica Karst Field, and Bloke Plateau. The cave is named after nearby Holy Cross Church in Podlož.· Wikipedia
A monastery near Cerknica.
A museum near Cerknica.
An archaeological site near Cerknica at 857 m.
An archaeological site near Cerknica.
Slovenia’s oldest landscape park, a collapsed cave valley with a natural bridge at each end.
Lake Cerknica is an intermittent lake in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje, a karst polje in Inner Carniola, a region in southwestern Slovenia.· Wikipedia
Weaver Cave, also known as Vaulted Cave, Škocjan Cave, and Inlet Cave, is a 2,885 metres (9,465 ft) long ponor cave in southwest Slovenia. It runs from the west (downstream) side of the Rak Škocjan Valley, where it has two entrances, and continues into Planina Cave.· Wikipedia
Slivnica is a peak in the Dinaric Alps in Slovenia, southeast of Cerknica on the edge of the plain defined by Lake Cerknica. Its southern and western slopes are covered in deciduous and pine forests, which also obstruct the view from the highest peak, Big Slivnica.· Wikipedia
Snežnik is a wide karst limestone plateau with an area of about 85 km2 (33 sq mi) in the Dinaric Alps. It can also be viewed as a southern extension of the Julian Alps.· Wikipedia
Retovje Springs is a group of springs that join to form the Big Ljubljanica River.· Wikipedia
A cave near Cerknica.
A cave near Cerknica.
A lake near Cerknica.
Restaurant in Logatec.
Cafe in Cerknica.
Restaurant serving regional in Borovnica.
Restaurant serving regional in Velike Lašče.
Pub in Vrhnika.
Restaurant in Preserje.
Bar in Rakek.
Pub in Preserje.
Pub in Preserje.
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