Slovenia · UNESCO Heritage Sites

8-Hour Idrija UNESCO Heritage Tour with Mine and Wild Lake

8 Hours Round trip from Ljubljana Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Witness the beauty of Wild Lake
02 Explore the UNESCO-listed Global Geopark Idrija
03 See the beautiful art of handmade Idrija lace
04 Visit an underground mercury mine
05 Taste local Idrija delicacies, including Idrija želikrofi

Sign up for this tour and explore Idrija, a town with 500 years of mining tradition that once had the second-largest mercury mine in the world. Visit an underground mine, discover the World Heritage Site of the Global Geopark Idrija, and see the beautiful Wild Lake. Admire the delicately intertwined threads of handmade Idrija lace as you stroll around the town.

See Wild Lake (Slovene: Divje jezero), a lake near Idrija in western Slovenia and a karst spring of the Vauclusian type.

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At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Ljubljana, Idrija

Languages English, German, Serbian, Slovenian

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Discover Idrija's UNESCO Heritage and Mining Legacy

Meet your tour guide and depart from Ljubljana. After about 1 hour, arrive in Idrija, a city of rich cultural and natural heritage.

Admire the delicately intertwined threads of handmade Idrija lace in the Slovenian capital of bobbin lace.

Taste Idrija delicacies made from carefully chosen local ingredients. Idrija želikrofi is a staple of the restaurant offer in Idrija.

Discover the astonishing natural and cultural monuments of the UNESCO site of Global Geopark Idrija.

See 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.