Dravograd: Hotels and Accommodation

Lake Dravograd is an artificial reservoir that has developed into a wetland with islands and reed beds. It is an ornithological reserve and part of the European Natura 2000 network. More than 150 species of waterbirds find shelter and breeding grounds here. At the same time, the lake is an important spawning ground for fish and a habitat for amphibians, reptiles, aquatic molluscs and water insects.

Nature

The Košenjak–Velka area is protected as the Košenjak–Velka Landscape Park. In the past century, a deposit of magnesium tourmaline dravite was discovered at Dobrova near Dravograd.

Trails and Landscapes

The Dravograd–Grad forest educational trail is a marked circular route approximately 2 kilometres long. It takes about two hours to complete and includes 15 themed stations. The Boberček Trail is an educational and experiential path in Dravograd. Pot za srce is a 5-kilometre circular route around the centre of Dravograd that starts and ends at the health centre; its course is marked by coloured signposts and information boards.

The Drava Cycling Route passes through Dravograd from the Vič border crossing through the town and via Bukovje towards Trbonje. Štrekna is a 35-kilometre-long, fully paved cycle path separated from other traffic between Velenje and Dravograd. At the rafting port near Trbonje, the Koroški splavarji present visitors with the former economic importance of rafting on the Drava in an entertaining way.

Anyone wishing to visit Dravograd can choose and book a hotel.

Culture and History

The Gestapo Prison Museum in Dravograd features five prison cells containing prisoners' final messages before their execution, survivors' accounts and a memorial room dedicated to events in the Dravograd region during the Second World War. The Church of St Peter on Kronska Gora has two bell towers. The Church of the Holy Spirit below Ojstrica dates from the early 17th century and contains Slovenia's largest surviving painted wooden ceiling.

In Libeliče, visitors can see the Carinthian Plebiscite Museum, a black kitchen and a former school classroom. The Fishing Hall at Lake Dravograd houses a natural history collection on the ecosystems of the Drava, Meža and Mislinja rivers. The ruins of Pukštajn Castle on the former Bukovje noble estate house a permanent exhibition on the 1991 Slovenian War of Independence and a learning centre with a biodynamic garden.

Geographical Setting

Eberwein Castle is a castle in the vicinity of the municipality of Dravograd. Kronska Gora is a mountain in the immediate vicinity of the municipality of Dravograd. Hühnerkogel, Jesenkov Vrh and Gortinski Vrh are mountains in the vicinity of the municipality of Dravograd.

Sankt Leonhard is a monastery in the vicinity of the municipality of Dravograd. Rabenstein is a ruin in the wider regional area around the municipality of Dravograd, and Sankt Josef is a monastery in the wider regional area around the municipality of Dravograd.

Further destinations: Vič, Dravograd, Tolmin, Škofja Loka, Sevnica, Lendava, Gornja Radgona, Logatec

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