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Queen of the Underground World: The Postojna Cave

  • September 18, 2019

In the heart of the green pearl of Europe, The Republic of Slovenia, there exists an underground, fascinating subterranean paradise: the Postojna Cave.  The breath-taking Postojna Cave system is a series of the cavern, halls, and passages which are about 24km long. The cave was carved by the Pivka River some two million years ago.

Postojna Cave is the only place on the surface of Earth where you can see the most astonishing Brilliant in the cave formation form; can meet the baby dragon; see the towering mountains, murmuring rivers, and vast subterranean halls. It is a real and …

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Postojna cave

  • May 16, 2011

This breath taking cave has taken more than 31 million visitors (That makes this cave the most visited cave in the history of mankind.) in the last 185 years or so. It was the first cave that was opened to the public, only the first part of the cave was opened in 1945 but it still is the longest accessible cave system in the world.…

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Holidays in Slovenia

  • May 11, 2011

Ljubljana

This place should be on your list, if you are going to go to Slovenia make sure that you include this place it is a must see and you sure won?t regret it. It is absolutely not Slovenia?s capital for nothing. They offer young people and tourists big parties and concerts of popular celebrities. It is a place where the fun just won?t stop! But even if it offers that much fun it is still considered as the sixth safest city in the world. During daytime it is very peaceful in Slovenia and the atmosphere is perfect for …

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Cave dive – Cave dive in Slovenia

  • February 28, 2010

It?s possible to dive in all Slovenian rivers and lakes with an exception of Lake Bohinj. Diving is popular in Lake Bled, Ankaran, Portorož and many other tourist spots in Slovenia. But this time we aren?t talking about normal diving – we are going to talk about special type of diving – cave dive.…

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Slovenia caves – 3 very interesting, but not well known caves in Slovenia

  • January 29, 2010

As you may already know, Slovenia has more than 85.000 caves and many more are discovered every year. The possibility of discovering stalactites, stalagmites, flow stones, halls, natural windows and many more absorbing underground sights are the reason for Slovenia caves being more and more popular among tourists.

Two most known Slovenian cave systems are described in the articles about Postojna cave and Škocjan caves. In this article I will concentrate on three other, ?hidden? caves in Slovenia that are interesting from different perspectives.…

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Slovenia caves ? Škocjan caves

  • January 21, 2010

Škocjan caves are under UNESCO protection

Škocjan caves (?Škocjanske jame?), the series of limestone caves are the second most known cave system among Slovenia caves (the first one is Postojna cave) and are located in southwestern Slovenia. Škocjan caves and surrounding Regional Park are under UNESCO protection since 1986.

Škocjan caves are located 1.5km from highway Ljubljana-Koper. Nearest town is Divača, which is about 5km away. Divača has train and bus station as well.…

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Slovenia holidays ? Postojna cave

  • December 1, 2009

Postojna cave, in Slovenian language called “Postojnska jama” is second greatest Slovenian tourist attraction (first place belongs to Bled). Postojna cave is a name for a system of caves, typical for unique Slovenian landscape called Karst (Kras). The caves were hollowed out by the river Pivka. Postojna cave is with its 20.570 m also the longest cave system known in Slovenia and the most visited tourist cave in Europe. Postojna cave was opened to the public in 1819.…