Tales from the countryside

What is Hop-On Hop-Off Bus?

Price of a daily bus ticket: €8

Children up to the age of 10: Free

The price of the bus ticket does not include entrance fees to the museums and workshops. The tickets are purchased on the bus.

Sights of Interest Along the Way

VRBA

The birthplace of Slovenia's greatest poet

• The Birth House of France Prešeren
  Guided tours every Thursday from 9am to 4pm; entrance fee € 3 
• Old village center
  Free guided tour every Thursday at 10.10am
  Meeting point: Birth House of France Prešeren

ŽIROVNICA

A picturesque village surrounded by meadows and mountains

• Ajdna Museum Room; an exhibition about Late Antiquity archeological site; entrance fee 1 €
• The lake and recreation park in the Završnica Valley
  Free guided tours every Thursday at 12.25noon (45 min walk)
  Meeting point: Birth House of Matija Čop
• Walking trails: Ajdna Arcehological Site (3 hours), Valvasor Mountain Hut (2-3 hours)

BEGUNJE NA GORENJSKEM

Mountains and music, the home of Slovene music legend Slavko Avsenik

• Old Village Centre
  Free guided tour every Thursday at 10.30am
  Meeting point: Bus stop
• Avsenik Museum
  Every Thursday from 11am to 5pm: visits to the Avsenik Museum include the chance to watch a documentary film about the Avseniks; entrance fee €3; visits include a free homemade ice-tea made from forest fruits at the Avsenik Pri Jožovcu restaurant
• Museum of Hostages, entrance fee € 2
• Walking Routes: St. Peter's Trail (1-2 hours), Lambergh Trail (2-3 hours)

SPODNJI OTOK

• Sitar Ranch Excurstion Farm; every Thursdays: riding school, indoor and outdoor horse riding and pony riding for children
• St. John the Baptist Church

PODVIN & MOŠNJE

Village life and Roman ruins
Information: Vila Podvin

• Adventure Minigolf and Gold Mine Panorama, Gorica, 10 minutes from the bus stop; children €4, adults €5
• The village of Mošnje including the Ethnological Museum and Villa Rustica
  every Thursday at 5.20pm: free guided tour of the village, the museum and the Villa Rustica archeological site

BREZJE

The largest Slovene Pilgrimage Centre
Information: Pilgrimage Office Brezje

• Basilica of Mary Help of Christians with the surrounding park and Franciscan monastery
• Nativity Museum
  guided tours of the museum every Thursday at 1pm, entrance fee €3,5
• Walking trails: The Path of Peace (2 – 2.5 hours), The Rosary Bead Trail (Rožnovenska pot) (3-4 hours)

RADOVLJICA

The delightful old town centre crammed with museums and wonderful Bourgeois houses.

• Old town centre
• Linhart's town, a tour of the town with 'Anton Tomaž Linhart' (mobile app.)
• Museum of Apiculture and Municipal Museum; combined entrance fee €5
• Šivec House Gallery; free entrance
• Lectar Museum and Workshop; entrance fee €2