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Danica Campsite is located near the Sava River in Bohinjska Bistrica, only a few kilometers from the Bohinj Lake and right below the mighty Triglav range. The shady site along the rustling Sava Bohinjka River offers peace and quiet on the area of 4.5 ha. Danica Campsite provides place for up to 700 guests.
The campsite offers many sport activities like tennis, badminton, volleyball, table tennis and a rent-a-bike. The campsite offers modernly furnished sanitary facilities including a modern laundry facility and a camper station. There is also a picnic place in the camp. The campground provides free WI-FI signal for internet connectivity.
Camping Danica Bohinj
Triglavska 60
4264 Bohinjska Bistrica
Slovenia
Tel.: ++386 4 572 10 55, ++386 4 572 17 02
Telefaks: ++386 4 572 33 30
info@camp-danica.si
www.camping-danica.si
Slovenia’s Biggest Tourist Attraction
– Postojna Cave
In 2006 a rather unbelievable 500,000 tourists visited one
single destination in Slovenia. Vast majority were, naturally,
foreign visitors. Postojna Cave is indeed a very unique
place to visit. Its nearly magical formation is still underway,
yet it has been – according to experts – for
hundreds of thousands of years. Famous emperors requested
to visit the cave, and it has functioned as a tourist attraction
for more than 400 years now.
Postojna Cave is the most spectacular of the caves. Appealing
visitor programs are designed for smaller groups (3 –
15 participants). The welcome advantage of these is the
fact that tourists may enter places not accessible to the
general public. A guide and essential equipment (helmet,
outer garments, appropriate footwear and lamp) are a necessary
part of the deal as well.
The whole intricate system of caves includes – apart
from Postojna Cave – also the Pivka Cave, Black Cave,
Vilenica Cave, and several other caves. According to some
estimates, there are approximately 30,000 caves in the region.
Some of them are filled with water, as the Reka River flows
through them. An interesting fact about the spectacular
cave system is that some of the remote areas were discovered
by mere accident.
The temperatures are relatively friendly all year around;
10 degrees Celsius is the average temperature which slightly
drops during the winter season and rises in the summer months.
As far as fauna and flora goes, scientists have studied
36 land-dwelling and 48 aquatic species here. The biggest
attraction though are local striking karst structures. The
stalactites and stalagmites are truly spectacular formations.
One of the most popular events luring the tourist to this
magnificent underground canyon takes place at Christmas.
Lamps are replaced by candles and the visitors get a unique
opportunity to admire the charming atmosphere of romantic
light
Slovenia, with a population of just under 2 million, was the
first republic to withdraw from the former Yugoslavia (now
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, though also known as Serbia
and Montenegro) in June 1991. A truce was negotiated after
only ten days of military action, and the federal army withdrew.
The country achieved international recognition as an independent
state in the following year, and since then it has managed
to avoid being involved in the conflicts following the break-up
of Yugoslavia. As a result, Slovenia has been able to develop
its status as an attractive tourist destination. It has a
varied landscape of snow-capped mountains (skiing and hiking
are both very popular), fine coastline, and lush plains planted
with vineyards. About one-third of the country is known as
the Karst, a limestone region of underground drainage and
gorges, with some fantastic rock and cave formations. With
half the population still rural-based, there are strong folk
traditions, while the capital, Ljubljana, is a sophisticated
central European city.
For almost 600 years, until the end of World War I, most
of Slovenia was governed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
and the coastal region was long part of the Venetian Republic.
Despite 70 years of subsequent affiliation with Yugoslavia,
Slovene culture exhibits many similarities to that of Germany
and Italy, as witnessed in the architecture and local cuisine.
This is not to deny a very strong sense of Slovene national
identity, helped by the fact that the country has a fairly
homogeneous population. Ljubljana and Maribor still have
the feel of typical Habsburg towns, while the coastline
has some extremely beautiful examples of Venetian Gothic.
The highlight of Slovenia is probably its rich cultural
heritage, with superb Gothic painting and sculpture to be
seen in churches around Ptujska Gora, Bohinj, and Hrastovlje,
and fine examples of baroque architecture in Ljubljana.
Slovene literature dates back to the 10th century, but
is comparatively unknown abroad. Perhaps the most famous
Slovene writer is the early 19th-century Romantic poet,
France Prešeren. The Slovene Philharmonic was started
in 1701, and there are several good second-ranking Slovene
classical composers: the best known are Anton Foerster and
Hugo Wolf. The arts flourished in the 20th century, partly
in the field of architecture, where designers such as Joûe
Ple¹nik have an international standing. The cultural
scene has been dominated since the 1980s by the multimedia
group Neue Slowenische Kunst and the artists' cooperative
IRWIN.
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