Ferda and I had heard there was a lot to do in the Kranjska Gora area. When we finished our via ferrata in Mojstrana, we looked for a place to stay there for a few days. Everything seemed full. On the internet I found Boršt Apartments in Gozd Martuljek and booked an apartment for a few nights. It said the room had a “mountain view”. Ferda and I laughed because everywhere we turned in this area had a mountain view.
Well, uh, they weren’t kidding. This was the view from our room:
They also weren’t kidding about the things to do. We kept extending our stay. Here’s a list of our excursions while we were there:
- visit Jansa Lake by bicycle
- climb the Jerm’n via ferrata
- a 60 km 3-country (Slovenia, Austria, Italy) bicycle loop
- climb the ferrata Hvadnik
- visit Fusine Lakes (in Italy) by bicycle
- watch ski jumpers at Planica
- explore the Vrata Valley by bicycle, then on foot
- climb Jalovec
- explore the Krma Valley by bicycle
- walk to the lower Murtuljški waterfall (there’s an upper one as well)
Here’s a short list of some of the things we thought we might do but didn’t have time for:
- climb Triglav
- climb Špik
- explore the Kot Valley
- explore the network of trails below the mountains that we looked at everyday from our room
Yes, it’s a great part of Slovenia to spend a few days. Note that it’s all about sport and mountain scenery. There’s not much in the way of culture and history. Also, it seems difficult to get around if you don’t have a bicycle.
This is how we started most of our excursions, heading straight toward the mountains to access the bicycle path that heads up and down the main valley (Sava Dolinka):
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