Natural features in Slovenia

Natural features

Lake Bled

Bled

A glacial lake beneath the Julian Alps, with a tiny island and a baroque church in the middle, reached by traditional wooden pletna boats; ring the '…

Natural features

Lake Bohinj and Savica Waterfall

Bohinjska Bistrica, Bohinj

Slovenia's largest lake, in the Triglav National Park, quieter and wilder than Bled, surrounded by mountains.

Natural features

Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle

Postojna

One of the largest show caves in the world, where an electric train runs 3.7 km into spectacular halls of stalactites, followed by a guided walk.

Natural features

Škocjan Caves

Divača

A UNESCO-listed cave system where the Reka River disappears underground into one of the largest known underground canyons in the world, 146 m deep.

Natural features

Velika Planina

Kamnik

A high plateau at 1,600 m in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, with one of the last herdsmen's settlements in Europe, where shepherds still live in summer in …