Radovljica: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Beekeeping Museum in Radovljica presents the Carniolan honey bee and Slovenian beekeeping. From May to October, the museum has an observation hive with live bees as well as interactive stations for all generations.

Anyone planning a stay in Radovljica will want to find a holiday apartment.

Culture and History

The Šivec House Gallery combines architecture, painting and illustration in one exhibition space. Šivec House is a bourgeois house dating from the second half of the 16th century and an important cultural monument of Late Gothic architecture. The central bus station and the railway station are each approximately 500 metres from the Šivec House Gallery. Radovljica is well connected by public transport to Ljubljana, Kranj and Bled.

The Hostages Museum in Begunje is housed in former cells of the Gestapo prison and displays the prisoners’ inscriptions on the walls as well as proclamations issued by the occupying forces. The Kropa Blacksmithing Museum displays 94 nails in different sizes and shapes. For registered groups, Vigenjc Vice offers a guided tour with a demonstration of traditional hand-forged nail making.

Since 1953, the market-centre area of Kropa has been a cultural monument of national importance. Katzenstein Manor with its prisons and park with cemetery, as well as Jožamurka and Brezjanka, are designated cultural monuments of national importance.

In the wider regional surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica lies Ajdovski Gradec, an ancient site. Stephans is a ruin site in the wider regional surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica; Hollenburg Castle, a castle, is also located there. Alt Sankt Leonhard is a place of worship in the surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica.

Activities

The Green Gourmet Route long-distance cycle route runs through the Radol’ca destination, combining cycling with culinary experiences. Tubing on the Sava covers a five-kilometre descent. From Radovljica and the surrounding towns, guides lead adventures of varying difficulty on the Sava Bohinjka, the Sava Dolinka and the Sava.

The Circular Trail through Kropa’s Sights is a walking route through Kropa, a former centre of ironworking, passing the most important sights and offering views of the town. In the immediate vicinity of the church on the Petrova pot Begunje trail there are a viewpoint and a hang-gliding launch site.

The Chocolate Festival includes children’s workshops and performances, concerts, culinary shows, exhibitions and performances by street artists.

Cuisine

Every November, the participating inns of Okusi Radol’ce present special dishes and culinary events. The establishments of Okusi Radol’ce use locally produced ingredients to prepare dishes characteristic of the Radol’ca region.

Radolška čokolada offers guided chocolate tastings and workshops. The Lectarska delavnica organises workshops on making Lect hearts for larger and smaller groups.

Landscape

Jelovica is a mountain in the surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica. Dobrča is a mountain in the surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica. Partizanski Vrh is a mountain in the surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica. Visoki Vrh is a mountain in the surroundings of the municipality of Radovljica.

Further Pages

Further pages: Radovljica, Lesce, Bohinjska Bistrica, Bled, Begunje Na Gorenjskem, Ribčev Laz, Ljubno, Bohinjska Češnjica, Podnart, Ukanc, Srednja Vas V Bohinju, Podjelje, Goreljek, Srednja Vas, Brezje, Jereka, Koprivnik V Bohinju, Spodnje Gorje, Bohinjsko jezero, Nomenj, Nemški Rovt, Studor v Bohinju, Krnica

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