Discover Sevnica: Holiday Apartments, Castle Culture and Hiking Trails

The Sevniška Mountain Trail is a circular hiking experience combining nature, views, cultural heritage and regional ties in Posavje. The hilly landscape on both sides of the Sava around Sevnica is criss-crossed by numerous marked trails of varying difficulty levels. Sevnica and its surroundings offer well-maintained and diverse cycling routes for road bikes and mountain bikes.

Nature

Lisca has a developed climbing route. Lisca is also a popular launch site for paragliding. The Sava offers opportunities for peaceful fishing as well as canoeing or boating. Thus, the places mentioned offer a wide range of activities, from movement on the rock face to peaceful hours on and by the water.

A path approximately 800 metres long around the castle hill allows visitors to explore nature. The area has been protected since 1976 and incorporated into a nature education trail. On the castle slope, a nature experience connects energy points with the history of the castle. The site is protected as a natural monument and equipped with warning signs and a fence.

Culture

The Lutheran Cellar is considered the southernmost Protestant chapel in Europe and is known for its distinctive acoustics and frescoes. The remains of Ajdovski gradec lie a few kilometres from the centre of Sevnica and are associated with settlement in the area more than 1,500 years ago. At Sevnica Castle, stories from more than 700 years of castle history are told.

Sevnica’s old town reflects the character of the former town centre and the old city walls. A miniature world in Sevnica brings the history of the railway back to life. Sevnica has also preserved the heritage of one of the old crafts.

Traditions

Sevnica Castle is surrounded by a castle park and a vineyard. A nighttime lantern tour through Sevnica Castle conveys its history and introduces Countess Mathilde Arco Zinneberg. In the wine cellar of Sevnica Castle, visitors can taste the velvety flavour of the castle wine Grajska kri.

The Blaufränkisch Wine Festival takes place at Sevnica Castle in summer. Sevnica’s Salami Festival, the Salamiada, takes place in March. The two events create different seasonal highlights within the local festival traditions.

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At the same level, there is also Šentjanž.

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