25-01-2017, 10:22 PM
This is a Day Trip we made in 2010 into Slovenia, just by car, from the caravan pitched on the Ossiachersee.
The closest pass from here is through the Karawanken Tunnel and then by non toll road to Bled just 1 hour.
This is over the Wurzen Pass impassable by Caravans which is the further West Pass of Karawanen Tunnel.
A New 1 day trip to Slovenia.
This is a trip into Slovenia we did and the scenery is stupendous.
We left Jodl Camping on Ossiachersee at 10 am and made for Villach and onto the start of the Wurzen Pass then past the Bunker Museum a series of Bunkers built to protect Austria date 1955-2005. As the Museum was closed and we were not able to visit them see websites http://www.bunkermuseum.at/ and http://www.fsgfort.com/ for more information.
Further up the road, at the top of a steep hill, is a World War Tank on the left hand side of the road for info on this see the above websites.
Continuing over the border into Slovenia for which there is no toll, and as the roads are not Motorway, no Vignette is needed either. You will reach a fertile valley and the village of Podkoren, tuning left at the crossroads takes you on to the famous skiing town of Kranska Gora arrival time 10.40 am. So it took just 40 minutes to reach this town in Slovenia from our Campsite in Austria. This is worth a stop to walk around and get a cup of coffee. There are many ski runs and chairlifts close to the town. Leaving here at 11.44 am we reached the entrance of the Triglavski National Park at 11.51 am. and negotiated the 49 S bends and steep inclines. We stopped at some Russian Military war graves from the First World War which was most interesting. This road is also know as the Russian Road as it was built by their soldiers, as prisoners, during that war. Further on we reached the summit of the road at 1600 metres where there was quite a lot of snow.
The next stop was a viewing platform over the valley we were a going to decend into later on, what a wonderful view! This is the valley of the Soca River winding on its way to Kal Koritinica. The water is very blue and there are many single foot suspension bridges of wood slates and metal spanning the river with wider ones for cars to various houses on the opposite side. Also on the top here are the remains of the Austro-Hungarian Military telpher line over Vrsic during the First World War.
Further on you will pass through the villages of Trenta where there is a very good Information Office and a campsite, Camping Trenta, here we stopped nearby for our picnic lunch, beside the river, before entering the next village of Soca, there is Camping Triglav here, which looked quite nice, as did the site in Trenta. Obviously to get to these sites with a caravan you cannot take the route we are on as they are Prohibited together with Lorries and Coaches. You would have to approach from Bovec and Lubliana. From the next village, Kal Koritinica, you can go on to Bovec a largish town for skiing and Rafting. Plenty of cafes, hotels and shops here. This was our journeys end at 2.30 pm with mileage from Jodl Camping of 55 miles. For an alternative you could go right in Kal up to the Italian Border and along the top road back to Kranska Gora but we decided against it as Tom Tom said it was an unpaved road. Incidentlly Slovenia is now covered on the Tom Tom maps in detail.
On the return journey we stopped to take photo's of the Golobar Telpher Line built in 1931-35 and used up to 1989 when it was partly dismantled. Then another stop to photo the statue of Botanist Dr. Julius Kugy at Bend No. 46, I believe that was the number. You can understand his interest in this area is there is an abundance of wild flowers of all sorts, size sand colours. Leaving here we then traced our steps back to Jodl Camping arriving at 5.15 pm with total mileage of 111 miles. It was a wonderful day out and certainly the best of the 4 passes we have taken over the Karawanken over the years. The Scenery was wonderful as was the weather.
The closest pass from here is through the Karawanken Tunnel and then by non toll road to Bled just 1 hour.
This is over the Wurzen Pass impassable by Caravans which is the further West Pass of Karawanen Tunnel.
A New 1 day trip to Slovenia.
This is a trip into Slovenia we did and the scenery is stupendous.
We left Jodl Camping on Ossiachersee at 10 am and made for Villach and onto the start of the Wurzen Pass then past the Bunker Museum a series of Bunkers built to protect Austria date 1955-2005. As the Museum was closed and we were not able to visit them see websites http://www.bunkermuseum.at/ and http://www.fsgfort.com/ for more information.
Further up the road, at the top of a steep hill, is a World War Tank on the left hand side of the road for info on this see the above websites.
Continuing over the border into Slovenia for which there is no toll, and as the roads are not Motorway, no Vignette is needed either. You will reach a fertile valley and the village of Podkoren, tuning left at the crossroads takes you on to the famous skiing town of Kranska Gora arrival time 10.40 am. So it took just 40 minutes to reach this town in Slovenia from our Campsite in Austria. This is worth a stop to walk around and get a cup of coffee. There are many ski runs and chairlifts close to the town. Leaving here at 11.44 am we reached the entrance of the Triglavski National Park at 11.51 am. and negotiated the 49 S bends and steep inclines. We stopped at some Russian Military war graves from the First World War which was most interesting. This road is also know as the Russian Road as it was built by their soldiers, as prisoners, during that war. Further on we reached the summit of the road at 1600 metres where there was quite a lot of snow.
The next stop was a viewing platform over the valley we were a going to decend into later on, what a wonderful view! This is the valley of the Soca River winding on its way to Kal Koritinica. The water is very blue and there are many single foot suspension bridges of wood slates and metal spanning the river with wider ones for cars to various houses on the opposite side. Also on the top here are the remains of the Austro-Hungarian Military telpher line over Vrsic during the First World War.
Further on you will pass through the villages of Trenta where there is a very good Information Office and a campsite, Camping Trenta, here we stopped nearby for our picnic lunch, beside the river, before entering the next village of Soca, there is Camping Triglav here, which looked quite nice, as did the site in Trenta. Obviously to get to these sites with a caravan you cannot take the route we are on as they are Prohibited together with Lorries and Coaches. You would have to approach from Bovec and Lubliana. From the next village, Kal Koritinica, you can go on to Bovec a largish town for skiing and Rafting. Plenty of cafes, hotels and shops here. This was our journeys end at 2.30 pm with mileage from Jodl Camping of 55 miles. For an alternative you could go right in Kal up to the Italian Border and along the top road back to Kranska Gora but we decided against it as Tom Tom said it was an unpaved road. Incidentlly Slovenia is now covered on the Tom Tom maps in detail.
On the return journey we stopped to take photo's of the Golobar Telpher Line built in 1931-35 and used up to 1989 when it was partly dismantled. Then another stop to photo the statue of Botanist Dr. Julius Kugy at Bend No. 46, I believe that was the number. You can understand his interest in this area is there is an abundance of wild flowers of all sorts, size sand colours. Leaving here we then traced our steps back to Jodl Camping arriving at 5.15 pm with total mileage of 111 miles. It was a wonderful day out and certainly the best of the 4 passes we have taken over the Karawanken over the years. The Scenery was wonderful as was the weather.