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Sightseeing
Attractions
Platak ski resort
PLATAK SKI RESORT Platak, with its highest peak Radoševo (1363 m), is located in the Snježnik and Risnjak mountain ranges. It is just 16 km from the holiday homes. Since 1966, the ski resort has been popular with families, beginners and advanced skiers. For your skiing pleasure, there are 5 ski lifts with 7 slopes […]
Church of Saint Egidius
There are seven churches preserved from the past in the Osilnica Valley, and each one is something special. The oldest church is the Church of Saint Egidius in Ribjek, whose main altar bears the year 1681. The church was built at the turn of the 16th to 17th century in the late Renaissance style. As the construction was gradual, the interior decoration is mostly Baroque. The main altar was built at the time of the church’s construction, while the two side altars were built later, in 1697.The exterior of the church is richly decorated with stitched borders, painted window spandrels, consecration crosses and remains of frescoes. The fully preserved late Renaissance architecture is enriched with high-quality early Baroque furnishings such as Baroque altars, pulpit and painted coffered wooden ceiling in the nave. The church is also adorned with a bell tower on a horsetail roof covered with shingles, which is quite unusual for this area.
Kostel Castle
Kostel Castle and its square are the second largest castle complex in Slovenia.
At the time of the Turkish invasions, due to its exposed location and difficult accessibility, it was an important obstacle and defensive point in the anti-Turkish defense system. The castle was embedded in a system of bonfires designed to inform of impending danger.
Smithy Gorše
Blacksmithing was a common craft in the Slovenian countryside and was passed down from generation to generation. A master’s exam was mandatory to do the blacksmithing Blacksmiths made various tools for work, tools for building houses (gutters, nails), horseshoes for horses and locks.
Mirtoviski stream
Mirtoviški potok (stream) flows from below Krempa and has two springs. The Modri poh spring is rich with waterfalls, pools, tubs and gutters. The stream used to drive mills and sawmills, but today it drives a small hydroelectric power plant downstream.
Risnjak National park
Risnjak National Park is one of the most beautiful National Parks in Croatia. It is located in Gorski Kotar and enchants visitors with magnificent karst phenomena intertwined with lush vegetation. The forest kingdom is home to three large European beasts: the lynx, the bear and the wolf. Here nature is its own master, life here is self-sufficient. That is why Risnjak is extremely valuable for researchers, as they can study life without human influences here.
Nezica Waterfall
In Slovenia we have many diverse natural sights, which are not arrogantly magnificent, but modestly hidden. This also applies to tufa formations. The Prifarski jarak originates in the headwaters above the settlement of Tišenpolj, between Planica and Vrana stena at an altitude of 350 meters. In the past, there was an underground karst cave under the spring, that people destroyed because of the tufa so they used to build houses. The stream used to be more important, as people set up mills and sawmills next to it, but today it is mostly known for the 15 meters high waterfall Nežica.
VRAŽJI PROLAZ CANYON – ZELENI VIR
Ko so leta 1884 prvič omenili Vražji prolaz (Hudičev prehod), so zapisali, da je namenjen le najbolj pogumnim izletnikom. Danes pogum ni potreben, le strahu pred višino človek ne sme imeti, ko hodi po urejeni poti po kanjonu, ki je le tu in tam opremljena z jekleno vrvjo. Sprehod po strmem kanjonu je primeren za odrasle in otroke, ki znajo upoštevati pravila. Ozki kanjon ima urejeno pot, po najbolj strmem in ozkem predelu, kjer se širina kanjona zoži na vsega dva metra, pa peljejo tudi kovinske stopnice.
Lake Resko
When the Reški stream sinkhole was dammed under the Kočevska reka in the 1970s, Lake Reško with approximately 20 hectares in size, was created. The stream river bed was about 3000 m long. Three mills and a sawmill stood next to it in the past. They were called the Upper, Middle, and Lower Mills. Today, piles of stones and a few walls by the water are barely reminiscent of the ruins of the buildings.
Taborska wall
The Tabor wall rises east of the Žurgarska wall, above the town of Belica above Čabranka. There is a cave in Tabor wall, well in fact it is a hole, where a tragedy took place during the Second World War.
Jelovicka Cave
Jelovička Cave was discovered in 1941. The entrance to the cave is located under a 20-meter vertical wall and opens at the beginning of a 330-meter-long torrent bed, which is very picturesque with large stone blocks overgrown with moss. The Kotnica streams originate from the Jelovička Cave, and after about 300 meters they flow into the Kolpa.
The cave is 184 meters long and 30 meters wide. At the beginning, the cave descends for a while, and then slowly rises to the end. We descend into the cave along a clayey slope, along which a stream flows, which originates in the cave and flows underground to the river Kolpa. During heavy rains, an underground stream erupts from the cave, flooding the cave almost to the ceiling.
Mill Grbac
As part of Kostela’s technical heritage, the Grbac mill is very important. It is located just below the Nežica waterfall, and powered by the Prifarski ditch. It was first mentioned in 1494. Drežnica goats, cike cows and Styrian hens can be found on the farm, there you can also refresh yourself with colorful bread, a real farm breakfast (mash with milk and other delicacies), visit the mill, participate in farm chores and make a purchase of products. They also run workshops for children.
Bilpa Caves
Bilpa caves are located on the border between the municipality of Kostel and the municipality of Kočevje. Above the caves rises the Bilpa wall, which Valvasor named the wall of echoes. In it, nature has shaped various human, animal and superstitious characters. Bilpa consists of four caves, the last of which was discovered only in 1983. The entrance to the caves is in a wall about 30 meters above the road, it is 8 meters wide and 6 meters high. Immediately behind the entrance to the caves is a long hall, which is quite charming, in it are various stalactite formations. In this work, archaeologists have found several objects that prove that this area was inhabited in the ancient past.
The River Kolpa
The River Kolpa is a tourist destination in the far south-eastern part of Slovenia. This green beauty is comprised of a 113km-long strip of land which borders the Republic of Croatia. The river is one of the warmest and intact rivers in Slovenia. Passing along more than 50 ancient dams from Osilnica, Kostel, Kočevje, Črnomelj, Semič and Metlika, it is a magnificent location for a grand variety of activities and an unforgettable holiday. The river is particularly popular in the summer months, as the water’s temperature rises up to 30°C.
Adrenaline Park: Peter Klepec
The adrenaline park is a polygon made up of tall wooden pillars on which various exercises can be performed, which can be overcome individually or in groups. An adrenaline park is a series of controlled individual or group challenges that can be used for recreational, study, developmental or therapeutic purposes.
The Krokar Virgin Forest
The Krokar virgin forest represents the beauty and intactness of the primal beech forests on the surface of over 75 hectares. It is a strict reservation, also part of the Natura 2000 area, and represents the ecosystem of a constantly changing balance between soil, climate and countless living organisms – from microscopic organisms to bears. Only the laws of nature apply here, so people consciously keep out. We can enter it only by looking at it from the Borovec natural trail. Krokar is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage List with the forest reserve Snežnik-Ždročlje, which is testimony to its exceptional importance.