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I met wonderful people
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No cons whatsoever
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Like sports, go there.
mtncorg Says: Bovec basin was a glacially-formed lake during the last Ice Age. There are several spectacular gorges found in the area along various streams which resulted from a rapid – in geologic terms – subsidence of the Bovec basin. Here, just east of Bovec and the hamlet of...
mtncorg Says: With only one hairpin to go on the south side of Vršic Pass - between 49 and 50 - there is a turnoff for Koca pri izviru soca. A short drive brings you to a small parking lot - come early in the day if you can - by the mountain hut. The walk up to the source of the šoca is...
10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION MEMORIAL
mtncorg Says: There is a memorial to the US 10th Mountain Division in the main square here in Bovec which remembers a post-WWII ski competition up on the slopes of the nearby Mangart. Having skied on the slopes in Colorado where the 10th Mountain Division had started from, it was...
mtncorg Says: A pleasant walk through the western part of the Bovec basin will take you past this little waterfall just downstream from the little stream’s – Glijuna – source. Like many streams in the area, the Glijuna pops out as a ready-made stream. The pool at the base of the waterfall...
mtncorg Says: This is one of the most impressive waterfalls in the whole country. The water comes out of the limestone rocks of the Kanin massif and bubbles forth just above the waterfall. The waterfall drops some 106 meters and, of course, is more spectacular in late spring or after a...
mtncorg Says: As you turn towards Vršiè Pass coming out of Bovec, a military cemetery is found on your right-hand side. Grave markers are only present for a quarter of the graves. Italian soldiers were removed after the war to the ossuary in nearby Kobarid. Many graves are unmarked and...
mtncorg Says: The views from atop the Mala Movjstroka are really special. The "easy" way up is from Vršiè Pass up the south east ridge, but between the wars this route was not an option for Slovenes as that ridge lay within Italy. In order to still get those views, Slovene mountaineers...
mtncorg Says: Wow! For once a Slovene trail with no iron pegs - maybe there was one? - or cables or with a route that doesn't go straight up. The first thirty minutes don't count as you move up from Vršiè Pass - 3 euro to park or use the summer bus up from Kranjska Gora - and you gain the...
mtncorg Says: From the top of Mala Mojvstroka you have a wonderful view. The Špik-Škrlatica-Prisank massif is close at hand to the east; Triglav dominates the southeast, then Kanajavec; the Trenta veers deeply away to the south; Krn is on the horizon next; Bavški Grintavec is closer at...
19 Opinions
1 Review and 20 Opinions This comfortable and rather large hotel, has everything you would expect: a bar and restaurant, a...
Pod Lipco: Don't miss this one
tamerinho Says: A highly recommended Gostilna (restaurant) in case you are visiting the cosy and wonderful town of Bovec (pronounced Bovets).It is quite big, with a huge outdoor setting as well as an indoor one.The ambiance is very relaxed and, and it makes one feel home as it is run by a...
Gostilna in Pizzerija "Letni vrt": The restaurant that changed my life
Mikebond Says: "Letni vrt" was the restaurant of Bovec where I had dinner the most often. I always ate pizza, because it was the cheapest dish and it was also good!If you eat a pizza, you receive a card where the waiter puts his signature. When you get nine signatures, you can eat a pizza...
Helpfulness
This gallery is a delight. It contains plenty of copies of the famous folk art, the Panjske koncnice or in English the 'Painted Beehive Box Endings'. These are the small front boards of the hive boxes, that beekeepers started to paint because they wanted to cheer themselves up. I found plenty of fine examples there and was able to purchase some to bring home. The actual copies of the Beehive Endings are sold in different sizes, you can also find them incorporated in, for example, clocks etc... a visit to this place is very useful when you are in Bovec as it is also an introduction to this type of folk art.
Some of the originals date from 1758 onwards. Most of them contain scenes of everyday life. Some of them religious, some educational, some satirical. All of them very colourful and artisticly painted.
What to buy: Here you can find a selection of copies of this original folk art. The pieces are not expensive and the selection is large. The shop assistant is not only helpful, she talked to me for an hour or so explaning in detail the history of Bovec, a revelation to be sure as I never realised the extend of the importance of Bovec in history, both first world war and Napolionic. She also helped me a gain a better idea of how the history has affected this area and its people, very interesting.
By the way this folk art is not local, it is found all over Slovenia.
Updated Apr 7, 2007
Address: Rene in Nadja Copi, Cezsoca 113, 5230 Bovec
Phone: +386(0)53886382
Website: www.panjske-koncnice.com
A MOST DELICIOUS TREAT FOR EASTER
songlines Says: In Bovec people make a special treat for Easter time, this is a desert made with a fine pastry and filled with a special type of pear, brown on the inside, and nuts. The pasty is boiled in water for a few minutes. The brown sause on top is made of breadcrumbs and butter. Not...
Some of the Slovenians I met were not so nice...
Mikebond Says: First of all, I must point out that I have nothing against Slovenija and the Slovenian people and that what follows are the impressions I got while staying in Bovec, so they must not be generalized. After this introduction, that will hopefully avoid misunderstandings or...
"Mala porcija" and "velika porcija"
Mikebond Says: All the restaurants where I have eaten in Bovec offer everything in small portion ("mala porcija") and big portion ("velika porcija"), but you are never informed about that and they often try to cheat tourists to earn more money. If only one price is indicated, it's for the...
Letišèe is the small grass airfield set on the south side of Bovec. It was originally built by Italian forces when the Soèa watershed was under Italian occupation between the two wars. The Yugoslav air force took over after 1947. Today, the grass fields are a popular landing site for paragliders. At the time I was here the whole ground was taken over by an international group of model sailplane enthusiasts. Rising above on the north side, high above Bovec is Rombon where heavy fighting took place in 1915-16.
Updated Oct 2, 2011
mtncorg Says: Bovec tries hard to make its claim as the capital for adventure sports in Slovenia: kayaking, rafting, canyoneering, hydrospeed – river boarding here in the US – as well as tandem paragliding, spelunking, climbing and skiing. Most come for the water sports and you can find...
sourbugger Says: Bovec is beginning to develop into an excellent mini-Queenstownb (as in NZ). Good range of activities, especially rafting and kayaking on the Soca river.The "X-point" company who work with Exodus travel are very professional - to quote them : "you must wear suit of neopreme"...
Jonatan: the angel I shared the room with
Mikebond Says: Jonatan from Deutschland is one of my two room-mates in Bovec. When I arrived at the hotel and got the room, neither he nor the other boy, Bernhard (who has not become a friend of mine), had arrived yet and I was worried. What if the other boys speak only Slovene and we...
Sara: an "elder sister" and a "friend for talks"
Mikebond Says: I have the impression that Sara was, among my new female friends, the one who grew the most fond of me and I grew the most fond of, for sure.She comes from Vittorio Veneto, a little town in Veneto, near Treviso and looks much younger than she actually is.As you have...
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