En reise til Postojna er en reise inn i fortellingenes verden. Byen har både et eventyrlig slott og et nifst nettverk av underjordiske tunneler fulle av mystiske hulevesener og nesten uvirkelige formasjoner.
Ta toget forbi stalagmittene gjennom kilometervis med opplyste tunneler i PostojnagrottenÅpnes i et nytt vindu. Deretter kan du gå til fots gjennom en fantastisk naturlig labyrint før du til slutt kommer frem til den fabelaktige hvite hallen – Bela dvorana. Høydepunktet her er stalagmitten Briljant, og denne praktfulle hvite formasjonen, som glinser av vann, lever virkelig opp til navnet.
Ved nordenden av grottesystemet ligger Predjama slottÅpnes i et nytt vindu. Bygningen har en enkel, hvit fasade, og er et yndet fotomotiv der den ligger i inngangen til en hule. Ifølge legenden bodde en opprørsk ridder, som lå i skjul for den østerrikske keiseren, på dette slottet i ett år og én dag. Han skal ha kastet kirsebær på fiendenes styrker for å gjøre narr av dem. Du kan se hullene i taket der man kunne helle kokende olje over angripere – særlig barna synes dette er fascinerende. Ved siden av billettluken ligger en restaurant som også tilbyr overnatting med utsikt mot slottet.
Etter å ha opplevd slottet og grotten kan du rusle en tur gjennom den sjarmerende byen med typisk slovenske røde takstein. Her kan du besøke sognekirken eller byens kirkegård. Helt sørøst ligger en massegrav med uidentifiserte personer fra 2. verdenskrig, et sted for stille ettertanke.
Byen har varme somre og veldig kalde vintre. Om vinteren er huleinngangene og slottet ofte dekket av snø. Hvis du legger ferien til Postojna til sommeren, kan du ha en piknik i det frodige fjellandskapet, mens de koselige restaurantene er et bedre alternativ i de kjøligere månedene.
Postojna ligger i dalen rundt elven Pivka vest i Slovenia, i regionen Notranjska. Byen ligger 46,7kilometer øst for Trieste og 70,9kilometer nordøst for PortorožÅpnes i et nytt vindu. Du reiser til Postojna ved å ta fly til Ljubljana Jože Pučnik flyplass og deretter kjøre i 45minutter.
Det historiske slottet og de geologiske formasjonene i Postojnagrotten byr på en fascinerende reise gjennom både natur- og kulturhistorie.
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