Ilirska Bistrica: Hotels and Accommodation
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At 1,796 metres, Veliki Snežnik is the highest non-Alpine mountain in Slovenia. Lake Bačko is one of the periodically drying lakes in the Zgornja Pivka landscape and is located in the municipality of Ilirska Bistrica.
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Nature
The Snežnik-Ždrocle Forest Reserve is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests, covers 793.9 hectares and is the larger of Slovenia’s two forest reserves. The Mašunska Forest Nature Trail conveys the diversity of the Snežnik forests and their wildlife, with a particular focus on wolves, bears and lynxes.
Hiking and Cycling
The Mašunska Forest Nature Trail is a 1.7-kilometre circular route of easy difficulty. The Sviščaki–Snežnik hiking trail is approximately 5.3 kilometres long and has about 605 metres of elevation gain. Another hike from Mašun to Snežnik leads to Snežnik, the highest peak in the Notranjska region.
The Alpina Mediterranean Cycle Route starts or ends in Ilirska Bistrica. The Ilirska Bistrica–Opatija section is approximately 46 kilometres long; the cycling route follows quiet paved roads and shorter unpaved sections. The “K izviru Reke” cycling route follows the Reka River and crosses it several times via small bridges.
Culture and History
Prem Castle was first mentioned in 1213, when it belonged to the Lords of Duino. The exhibition “From Crumbs of the Past: Flavours of Home” at Prem Castle presents the diet and everyday life of the population in the Ilirska Bistrica area in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Church of St George has stood in the centre of Ilirska Bistrica since 1752. It houses Baroque altars, a Stations of the Cross painted by Tone Kralj, and a marble sculpture of Mary by France Gorše.
The memorial room of the Zalesje Partisan Hospital in Ostrožno Brdo contains a museum collection about the Partisan hospital, where wounded fighters and local residents were treated during the Second World War. Kette’s memorial room is located in the former primary school in Prem, where Dragotin Kette was born.
Škoromatija is listed as intangible cultural heritage in Hrušica (Ilirska Bistrica); a documented ban on dressing up for Carnival as a “scaramatta” dating from 1340 makes the Škoromati some of the oldest Carnival figures in Slovenia.
The visitor experience at Kmetija Slavec includes direct contact with goats, chickens, cows, donkeys, sheep and bees.
Additional pages are available for the sub-areas Mereče, Brce, Ilirska Bistrica, Podgrad and Knežak.
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