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Even if you don't have time to visit the interior, I'd still recommend at least driving by if you are visiting Postojna Caves as the setting, built into the side of a cave, is the coolest thing about this castle. It's easy to understand why they thought this was a good place for a fortress/castle, can't get to it from the top, can't get to it from the bottom and the caves provide secret passageways for the residents to elude invaders and get vital supplies. The formal entrance is through a drawbridge.
The 1st castle on this site was thought to have been built in the 12th century. At the time of Erasmus (Erazem) in the 15th century it was operating as a fortress, probably not very pleasant to live in but a safe place to hide from his pursuers. The castle was modified in 1570 by Ivan Kobenzl, the castle was restored to look like it was in his day. In the 1800s it was owned by a count and a prince and is now open for tourism. Leave a Comment
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If time is short or money really tight I don't think a visit to the interior of Predjama Castle is a must see but I thought it was interesting enough to make a stop should you have the time and the funds.
The interior has been restored to how it looked in the 16th century after the castle was modified by then owner Ivan Kobenzl, after the time of it's most famous resident Erasmus. The tour is self guided and while a little hard to follow with the directional signs, the printed guide shows the route. The visit took us around 40 minutes.
The wax people are a little creepy especially the friar who looks like he's ready to give birth any minute and the man suspended by a rope in the torture chamber.
We bought a combined ticket for Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle which saved us 2E per person, a combined ticket was 23E, a ticket just for the Castle 7E. Open every day:
January, February, March, November, December 10:00-16:00
April, October 10:00-18:00
May, June, July, August, September 9:00-19:00 Leave a Comment
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Looking out the window of the Castle, I noticed an area set up for jousting, from the website it looks like there is a an annual tournament here in August, Erasmus Knights Tournament. Rough Guide says it's the last or second to last Sunday, the last one listed on the website is August 20, 2006.
There's also a Cave under the Castle tour that you can do May-September at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00 for 7E or in combination with the Castle for 12E (2E cheaper than separately). No tours in the other months, apparently there are bats hibernating. You can get more information on the attached website. Leave a Comment
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I am a fanatic when it comes to castles. Slovenia has quite a few small but interesting castles. This one at Predjama must be the most unique.
It is built into the side of the cliff. When touring the interior you find that the castle has no rear walls. The rock forms the fourth wall for any rooms that are in the rear. It is quite interesting. Leave a Comment
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It is obvious that this castle was easily defended against marauding enemies. Apparently, one prince or duke was besieged for many months. The defenders of the castle taunted their attackers which infuriated the invaders. Even more infuriating was the fact that the occupants of the castle seemed to be well fed even though the hostile troops thought they had cut off lines of supply. There is a labyrinth of caves in the Predjama region and the defenders of the castle were able to spelunk their way to the nearby towns and villages to get their supplies and food.
The story ends on a macabre note: one day the duke was relieving himself on the commode when a lucky shot from a catapault did him in. Leave a Comment
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More than this "zebra-look" windows I wanted to show the coat of arms on the castle walls, however the colours of it are a kind of pale.
Bellow the castle, which perches in the cliff like a swallow's nest, is the entrance to what used to be the stables. Animals could not in fact enter the castle by the normal route. Leave a Comment
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The Predjama castle is a fascinating castle built in a cliff. It’s interesting to walk through this castle with its different rooms and see how it’s nestled into the rock. There’s also a very nice cave under the castle (see my other tip).
The building is from the 16th century with some remainders from an earlier castle and once was home of the robber baron Erazem (Erasmus). The castle was beset for more than one year until finally Erasmus was betrayed by a servant and killed – on the toilet! Each year end of August, the castle is place of the Erazem Knights’ tournament – unfortunately we couldn’t made it, but it must be interesting!
Open from 9:00 to 19:00 from June to August, shorter during other months.
Admission: 1100 SIT (adults). There are several packages (for example with the Postojna cave), rates can be found on the website. Leave a Comment Directions: Follow the signs to Postojna. At the cave continue the street and follow the signs to Predjama until the street ends.Website: www.postojnska-jama.si
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Under the Predjama Castle there’s also a nice cave. Every second person gets a torch light as there’s not electricity in the cave. It’s a complete different feeling do walk around in a cave with those torches, I loved it! Also in other caves you rarely can see bats as they avoid those illuminated parts, but here you could see lots of sleeping and flying bats. If you did lighten up a sleeping bat, it first started to turn, then the bat opened the eyes and suddenly flew around you! Very funny!
The guided tour takes 40 minutes, we had a tour in English.
Tours are at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00, only from May to September.
Admission: 1100 SIT (Package of the castle and cave is 2000 SIT). Leave a Comment
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This is a very nice cave which is part of the Postojna cave system. Actually this are two separate caves, but are visited together. It’s fortunately less touristy than the Postojna cave – we’ve been only four persons at the guided tour. So our tour could be in German, but the guide also spoke English. The cave is situated at a camping place. A nice camping place, by the way, with bungalows and a pool, situated in the forest with lots of place (and trees) between all the motor homes.
In the Pivka cave, you first go along the river Pivka, on a path that sometimes gets flooded. That’s why they only open in summer and do special tours at the other times if the situation permits. You’ll see some small halls with lots of nice dripstones. In the Black cave, all dripstones are black from soot, as formerly people went there with flambeaus and made fire inside the cave. Both caves are connected by a tunnel.
The guided tour takes about one and a half hours. 20 Minutes of this time are the way back to the camping as the exit is somewhere else.
Guided tours are at 9:00, 13:00 and 15:00 (May to September).
Admission: 1690 SIT (20% rabate with ‘Show your card’). Tickets at the camping reception. Leave a Comment Directions: After Postojna on the street into direction Predjama, turn right at the sign to the Pivka Cave. The street ends at the camping, you can park in front of the reception.Website: www.postojnska-jama.si
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The visit of the castle is interesting. You can see see some rooms with ancient furnitures and paintings. In some rooms you can see manikins that help you to understand the life in that epoch. Very nice is the Pietas that you can see in the church. From the terrace on the fourth floor you can have a great view over the valley. An unicum in the visit is the Castle in the cave: here crossing a drawbridge you can see a cave which is also called Erazem's den.
On the facade of the castle you can see the coat of arms of the Windischgrätz family.
More photos on my travelogue. Leave a Comment
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