The King of Triglav Trail About the Vintgar Gorge

Dr Albin Belar was for 11 years the first neighbour of Vintgar Gorge. A pioneering seismologist and lover of the Julian Alps, he was given the nickname King of Triglav by the locals in recognition of his love of hiking and the mountains.

An enterprising healer who dreamed of opening a retreat for people suffering from physical and emotional exhaustion and linking the local economy with health tourism.

This clearing with the most beautiful views of Bled, the Karavanke, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Ljubljana Basin is known as the Altar of Gorenjska. The special energy of the place was also felt by people in pre-Christian times, who built temples known as birdhouses here.

Three friends unearthed a mysterious chest buried next to St Catherine’s church. In it, they found treasure belonging to a French general, who buried it here before setting off to war. A double door, a walnut tree, another tree, three steps, one step in front of the church, one into the porch, one into the church . . . Who succeeded in solving this riddle and finding the treasure?

Cowbells have the nicest sound in Zasip and Podhom. The traditions of pastoralism and bell-making are still visible today when you walk across the sunny Hom pastures among the livestock and your gaze turns to the pretty Alpine villages in the distance.

Prge are dried pears of the variety known as tepke, which the inhabitants of the village of Zasip used to grind into flour and then use to make bread, strudels and other sweet treats. You can still sample delicious recipes made using prge in Zasip today.

This mighty castle perched on a steep cliff above Lake Bled is one of the oldest castles in Slovenia and a popular tourist attraction. 

Once upon a time a witch lived on the Jelovica plateau, where she spent her time gathering herbs and casting spells. One of her spells created the distinctive jagged rock at the edge of the plateau, known as the Hag’s Tooth (Babji zob).

The Sebenje hoard – a chest containing tools found by a local man near Holy Trinity Church in Sebenje – reveals information about the lives of free peasants on the farms of the early Slav inhabitants of this area and their methods of agriculture.

During the last ice age the Bohinj glacier hollowed out a cave in which prehistoric man found shelter when the glaciers retreated, more than 10,000 years ago.

The Julian Alps, affectionately known simply as the Julians, are the biggest and highest mountain range in Slovenia.