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Explore Idrija And Prepare And Taste Idrija's Traditional Food, Zlikrofi In This 8-Hour Tour

  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Nature, History, Cooking

  • Duration

    8 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    Croatian, English, German, Serbian, Slovenian

Description

Explore the highlights of Idrija, along with preparing Idrija's famous local delicacy, "zilkrofi", that you can enjoy with your fellow travellers. Head out to see the beautiful Wild Lake and explore 500 years of mining tradition, as the town once had the second-largest mercury mine in the world. Stroll around the market and admire how delicately intertwined are a thousand threads of handmade Idrija lace.

Highlights
  • Learn how to prepare Idrija's traditional dish, zlikrofi
  • Witness the beautiful site of the Wild Lake
  • Walk through the old city of Idrija 
  • Explore a 500-year-old underground mercury mine
  • Discover the natural gems in the Global Geopark
  • Idrija Day Tour expand_more
    • Meet the tour guide and start the day tour from Ljubljana. 
    • Prepare traditional Idrija food (zlikrofi) by yourself and taste your delicious dish!
    • Later, head out to see the Wild Lake (Slovene: Divje jezero), a lake near Idrija in western Slovenia and a karst spring of the Vauclusian type. The lake is the source of the Jezernica River, a tributary of the Idrijca and, at 55 metres (180 ft) long, the shortest river in Slovenia.
    • Discover the astonishing natural and cultural monuments of the UNESCO site of Global Geopark Idrija.
    • Visit an underground mercury mine.
    • Admire how delicately intertwined are a thousand threads of the handmade Idrija lace in the Slovenian capital of bobbin lace. 
    • Walk through the old town and see the castle before ending the tour.
What's Included
  • Guide
  • Transportation
  • Preparing zlikrofi 
  • The recipe for zlikrofi
What's Excluded
  • Entrance to mercury mine
Meeting Point

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 50% of the tour price.
Price Details
The group size and price
1 To 4EUR 350 Per Group

This is a private tour
Starting From

Fromss

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USD 389 / group