Bovec Things to Do

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Get yourself a decent map (available in the visitors centre and online) and your walking gear on then head out on some of the many walks around the valley.
A particular favourite took in two forts (Herman and Kluze), 100m tunnel, Sv Lenart church and an old well.
I started by walking through woodland towards Herman, you're free to explore the ruins including the galleries which are reached by descending a ladder in to the darkness (bring a torch!)
From there, the well marked path heads to a lit 100m tunnel through to Kluze. Around the back of the fort is its old well.
The path is then signposted to Bovec, via the church of Sv Lenart

Perched high above Bovec, Kanin is Slovenia's only high altitude (i.e. over 2000m) ski centre and boasts the country's longest "winter" season, actually running all the way from November until well into spring and the May national holidays. Previously a medium sized resort with 15km of ski runs, this year Kanin is joined with a new lift to the Sella Nevea ski centre across the border in Italy, to make it Slovenia's only transnational resort. With a good range of slopes it will appeal to everyone from complete beginners to advanced skiers and boarders. If that's not enough for you, guests with a six-day Kanin pass can also ski in a third country for two days, at the Arnoldstein centre in Austria. There are off piste opportunities at Kanin, but we wouldn't recommend this without an experienced guide.

The imposing peaks of the mountain range overlook Bovec and the truly magnificent Soèa Valley, with its famous emerald river. The Soèa Valley was even featured in a Hollywood blockbuster, The Chronicles or Narnia. The panorama from Kanin extends all the way from the eastern Julian alps to Trieste, the mouth of the Soèa River and the Adriatic sea, the proximity of which ensures a tangible mix between crisp alpine air and Mediterranean-like warm breezes. In the spring this great combination really blossoms, when you can you can ski in the morning, then sunbathe on the snow-beach, or trek in the warm lush valley in the afternoon. It even makes skiing in a t-shirt a real possibility!

Summertime attracts hikers, climbers, paragliders and mountain bikers - the latter flocking to the 4.5km long and 600m high Kanin MTB park. There are also deep shafts for cavers, the biggest of which, Vrtoglavica Jama, has the longest vertical drop in the world (603m). Kanin is reached by way of a massive cable car, ascending from 436m to 2,200m above sea level it's an adventure in itself, as you can witness the vast change in flora and fauna in just a few minutes - it has to be seen to be believed.

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Kluže Fortress stands at the top of a narrow canyon between the slopes of Rombon and Izgora, which is shaped by the Koritnica River north of Bovec. It was erected as a control post at the crossing of the river. The time of origin of the older fortress at this site is not known, but a wooden building stood there already in the second half of the 15th century to defend the Friuli Plain and the Venetian Republic against the Turks.

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On the road between Kobarid and Tolmin, at the settlement Idrsko, turn towards the village Livek (5 km). At the crossroads in the centre of the village turn left, towards Kuk or Livške Ravne (4 km). From here, further gross three kilometers of asphalt road lead to the outdoor museum. The museum information board is located at a small parking site. From the parking site the path ascends to the cleaned and restored positions of the Italian army and then up to the top of Mt. Na Gradu (1115 m), where the state border with Italy runs.

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Approximate 1 km from Bovec, in the direction towards the border crossing of Predel/Predil and the valley of Trenta, a small parking site lies by the right side of the road, on the east rim of the Bovec plain. A board before the parking site calls attention to the outdoor museum. From the parking site a track runs to the information board, where the circular tour along the remains of the First World War begins. The access to the outdoor museum is easy.

The kanin cable car from the edge of town is modern and quick.

The views are, as you would expect, impressive. There are plenty of walks to do up here but just walking back to town is very pleasent in itself. It's easy to follow the route as you basically just keep the cable car in view.

Beware of bears in the woods! (I'm not kidding).

Kanin is the most western slovenian big mountain with many special features;
almost 4 square metres of its surface are covered with the distinguished karsic plateaus, on the south these are kaninski podi which lie 2200 m high;
kaninski podi are distinctive by the variety of the surface and underground karsic shapes characteristic for the alpine karst: žlebici, škraplje, lašte, kotlici…
at kaninski podi lies also the skalar pit, 911 m deep and 3200 m long underground cave system;
on the east edge of kaninski podi there is a ski-track.

This is a 2208 meters high mountain near Bovec. It was marked by the battles of the First World War. Along the way to the top you can see many remains from that time.
It is admired by nature- and mountain lovers.
The excursion to Rombon starts in Bovec.