Jesenice: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Culture and History

The Stara Sava settlement, formerly Fužinarsko naselje Sava, has been designated a cultural monument of national importance because of its outstanding urban planning, technical, architectural and historical significance. Today, the Stara Sava area is used for museum, cultural and tourist activities. Stara Sava preserves a fully intact central complex of buildings with most of the characteristics of an ironworks settlement from the late 17th century. Visitors can experience Stara Sava on guided tours led by historical figures who once lived and worked in the settlement, including ironworks owner Viktor Ruard, his wife, and Angela Boškin, the first Slovenian nurse. Kasarna is a late Baroque building from the late 18th century and is one of the oldest surviving examples of communal workers’ housing in Slovenia.

Those planning Jesenice as a travel destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

The Kosova Graščina Town Museum presents the history of the town of Jesenice and hosts changing exhibitions of fine art as well as museum exhibitions. The permanent exhibition on the town’s history is entitled “Mladost mesta rdečega prahu”. Kosova Graščina was built in 1521 by Baron Sigmund Dietrichstein. The Jože Bedič Geological and Paleontological Collection is considered the largest and most significant collection of Paleozoic fossils in Slovenia, as well as one of the most outstanding in Southeast Europe. The Jesenice meteorite is considered the eleventh meteorite in the world whose orbit astronomers were able to calculate precisely, and an outstanding object of Slovenia’s geological heritage. The traditional Čufarjevi dnevi takes place every year in November and presents local and other Slovenian cultural creators.

Nature

Part of the Mežakla karst plateau lies within Triglav National Park; the plateau offers numerous natural and cultural attractions in every season. Belska planina, also known as Svečica, offers views of the Julian Alps and colourful meadows with blooming mountain flowers in summer. The natural bridge on Mežakla is estimated to be 15 metres long; its three-metre-wide arch rises up to eight metres above the bottom of the gorge. Snežna jama on Mežakla lies at an altitude of 1,109 metres, is 70 metres long and 20 metres deep.

In Javorniški Rovt above Jesenice lies Zois Park, with special plant and tree species as well as three small lakes. Blooming mountain daffodil meadows are a seasonal natural attraction in May. The Javorniški waterfalls consist of two waterfalls on the Javornik stream beside the present-day road to Javorniški Rovt.

Trails and Activities

The themed trail “Spomini starih Jesenic” runs from Murova, the oldest district of Jesenice, via Čufar Square and the Stara Sava museum complex to Podmežakla Sports Park. Guided walking tours with a local tourist guide can be booked in Jesenice. Stages 2 and 3 of the Juliana Trail pass through the Jesenice area and include a stop in Jesenice. Stages 3 and 4 of the purple route of the Via Alpina pass through the Jesenice area: Stage 3 runs from Dovje to the Koča na Golici mountain hut, while Stage 4 continues to Prešernova koča hut on Stol.

The Slovenian Mountain Hiking Trail runs through the Jesenice area along the ridge of the Karawanks from Stol to the checkpoint at the Koča na Golici hut, then descends into the valley to the Slovenian Alpine Museum in Mojstrana. The D2 long-distance cycling route passes through the Municipality of Jesenice and has two access points with car parks in Jesenice: at Stara Sava and at Podmežakla Sports Hall. The “Po Jesenicah” cycling excursion is an easy route measuring 23.1 kilometres with 270 metres of elevation gain. A 19.6-kilometre, moderately difficult feeder stage of the Juliana Bike trail also runs through the Municipality of Jesenice.

The Jesenice Tourist Information Centre is located in the centre of Jesenice, opposite Jesenice railway station.

Winter

The Savske jame natural toboggan run in Planina pod Golico is 700 metres long when there is sufficient snow and is particularly suitable for family sledding. Public ice skating is available at Podmežakla Sports Hall on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and during school holidays, according to the current hall schedule.

More local pages: Kranjska Gora, Rateče, Mojstrana, Gozd Martuljek, Jesenice, Žirovnica, Hrušica, Zgornja Radovna, Podkoren, Rodine, Planina pod Golico, Breznica.

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