If you ever visit Slovenia, be sure to visit the cave in Postojna! It's a major tourist magnet, but definitely worth the visit. The cave is absolutely huge and filled with amazing formations of stalagtites, stalagmites and pillars.
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The Postojna Cave is a 21 kilometre long cave system in Postojna, Slovenia. The cave system has emerged as a karstification and is the second longest cave in Slovenia. Today, the cave is a major tourist attraction, but only part of the cave is dry and open to visitors. Other parts are filled with water and inaccessible.
The cave in Postojna has been known for a long time. The oldest inscriptions are from the 16th century, and in the 19th century Russian convicts built a stone bridge in the centre of the cave. During World War II, the Nazis used the cave to store weapons.
In 1819 the cave opened to the public for the first time, and in 1972 the first small railway was opened in the cave. Initially, the locomotive was powered by gas, but over time it was switched to electricity. In 1968, the roads that are still used by visitors to Postojna Cave were built.
Visiting the cave in Postojna
The Postojna Cave is the longest cave in the world open to the public, with 5.3 kilometres to visit. A visit to the cave takes about one and a half hours. The visit starts with a train ride down the cave that felt like a roller coaster. It went fast and we (tall Scandinavians) sometimes had to duck. But it was fun!
Once inside the cave, we got to see large areas filled with cool formations. We can definitely recommend a visit to this cave! Just remember to take a jacket or thick sweater, because the temperature in the cave is always just below ten degrees.
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Just Another Crazy Blonde - With Just Another Stupid Blog says:
Cool! I've read about that cave online! 🙂
14 July 2011 - 13:50
NinaKatarina says:
Can you go with small children (4 years) or do you think it will be too scary if it is like a roller coaster? 🙂
14 July 2011 - 16:37
Anonymous says:
Enjoy your holiday, it's raining here and that's how it will be this weekend!
Ulla & Torgny
Widings.wordpress.com
14 July 2011 - 19:04
Krister in Beijing says:
Beautiful.
I like caves, and this one seems to be more tastefully lit than the Chinese ones, which are always lit in all colours at once, so they look like a Polish Christmas tree.
15 July 2011 - 2:21
Inger and Ingemar says:
Agree that this cave is incredibly beautiful. We were there 4 years ago.
Here you can, if you wish, read about our experiences during our trip to Croatia.
http://ieforever.nu/Kroatien.aspx
Getting nostalgic just thinking about the marvellous national parks in Croatia, the fabulous Bled in Slovenia, etc.
Have a nice trip!
15 July 2011 - 10:22
admin says:
NinaKatarina, I think it works well with quite small children if they sit with an adult. It did not go very fast, but faster than we expected. You have to hold on a little and not stick your head out too far to the sides because there are sometimes rock walls there... It was most "scary" because you felt a little long sometimes against the sometimes quite low cave "ceiling". Down there you had to walk a little bit too... There were quite a lot of children down in the cave, but most were probably a little bigger anyway...
Krister, yes, I have been to a cave in Guilin. There they were particularly obsessed with what all the formations represented...
Inger and Ingemar, we will definitely check it out!
15 July 2011 - 18:50
Matts Torebring says:
Of course it is cool to visit. It's been 3 or 4 years since we were there.
15 July 2011 - 19:52
Cross & Across // Anette says:
Yes the caves are really an experience! You look like you have great weather!
16 July 2011 - 17:28
Only British says:
Oh Postojna! I have it on my top ten list of sights in Europe when someone asks.
07 August 2014 - 14:20