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Full-Day Tour Of Idrija - A UNESCO Heritage Pearl
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Art, Nature, History

  • Duration

    8 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, German, Serbian, Slovenian

Description

Sign up for the tour and explore Idrija, the town with 500 years of mining tradition and once having the second-largest mercury mine in the world. Visit an underground mine and the World Heritage Site of the Global Geopark, and see the beautiful Wild Lake. Admire how delicately intertwined are a thousand threads of handmade Idrija lace while strolling around. 

Highlights
  • Witness the beauty of the Wild Lake 
  • Explore Global Geopark of Idrija
  • See the beautiful art of Idrija lace
  • Go to an underground mercury mine
  • Taste some local food
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    • Meet the tour guide and start from Ljubljana. In 1 hour from Ljubljana, we arrive in a city of rich cultural and natural heritage, Idrija. 
    • Admire how delicately intertwined are a thousand threads of the handmade Idrija lace in the Slovenian capital of bobbin lace. 
    • Taste Idrija delicacies produced from chosen locally accessible ingredients. The Idrija žlikrofi is the staple of the restaurant offer in Idrija.
    • Discover the astonishing natural and cultural monuments of the UNESCO site of Global Geopark Idrija. 
    • 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. You will also visit an underground mercury mine.

    Tour ends.

What's Included
  • English-speaking guide
  • Private driving
What's Excluded
  • Entrance to the mine
Meeting Point

airport/hotel in Ljubljana

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 300 Per Group

This is a private tour

Starting From

Fromss

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USD 333 / group