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In the Karst region, August is the month when we celebrate Terano wine and Karst prosciutto. In 2020, the Terano & Prosciutto Festival would have celebrated its 50th year. However, the global circumstances sadly did not allow this to happen. That is why, this year, we have prepared five themed events, dedicated to all those who have been making the festival possible and attracting visitors to our doors for over 50 years. 
#visitkras #ifeelsLOVEnia #praznikteranainpršuta #mojaslovenija #tastesLOVEnia #karst 
[📷]  Jaka Koren & Sol&Poper food+product styling

 Book your holiday on the Karst! Enjoy enchanting   nature and total tranquillity, with   starry skies at night and a feeling of warm hospitality at every step. In the striking Karst and Brkini landscape, you will truly feel like you have come far from the everyday world. It doesn’t matter where you decide to stay – an authentic Karst experience is always within reach.
 https://bit.ly/KarstAccomodations

#visitkras #visitbrkini #ifeelslovenia #idejezadopust

[📷] Jaka Koren in Sol&Poper food+product styling 

Experience the same adrenaline rush as the first 🔎🥾 explorers of the Škocjan Caves Park, Slovenia, in the Hanke Channel, one of the largest underground canyons in the world!
More info and reservations: → http://bit.ly/HankeChanel
#visitkras #ifeelslovenia #škocjancavespark #caveexploring 
📷 Borut Lozej

 Come and experience the hospitality of the authentic homely environment, with delicious local cuisine. Visit an ‘osmica’ traditional event!  http://bit.ly/Osmica2021
#visitkras #Kras #mojaslovenija #ifeelslovenia #osmica #tasteslovenia 
[📷]  Adrian Durm

 On this day in 1907 the Slovenian academic painter and graphic artist LOJZE SPACAL was born. He is considered one of most prominent fine artists  in post-war Slovenia and Italy, and also received global recognition with the pinnacle of his creativity – graphic techniques. He is known as an artist of Istria and the Karst, as he was inspired by motifs from both regions, transforming them into his own artistic language.
 Visit the Lojze Spacal Gallery (http://bit.ly/SpacalGallery) at Visit Štanjel and take a walk along the Spacal Trail (http://bit.ly/SpacalTrail), which links the villages of Štanjel and Škrbina where Spacal spent much of his time and was also buried.
#visitkras #ifeelslovenia #Kras #lojzespacal #škrbina #štanjel #visitštanjel #nadanasnjidan

[World Environment Protection Day]    
It is everyone’s responsibility to take care of the environment. Every single one of us can add their own piece into this puzzle. Every little gesture makes a change:
- supporting our local  farmers
- buying  recycled products
- using reusable  shopping bags
-  walking short distances rather than driving there
- not littering  nature 
- … 

#svetovnidanokolja #worldenvironmentday #narava #Kras #visitkras #MojaSlovenija #ifeelslovenia
[📷] Ivana Žigon

It’s 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲!      Human beings are essentially connected with other living beings in nature. Through millions of years of evolution, billions of different living beings have developed and each of them has its unique place in nature. 
Owing to its diverse species, the 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐭 ranks among the richest areas in Europe and also among biodiversity hotspots in the world.
#visitkras #biodiverziteta #kras #MojaSlovenija #ifeelsLOVEnia
[📷]  Borut Lozej, arhiv Park Škocjanske jame, Slovenija

There are plenty of hiking and cycling trails in the Karst and Brkini, beckoning you to come and take a walk, and breathe some fresh air, while still following the advice regarding the containment of the coronavirus.
🚶 hiking trails: http://bit.ly/visitkarst-hiking-trails
🚴 cycling trails: https://www.visitkras.info/en/things-to-do/cycling/

#visitkras #pohodništvo #kolesarjenje #kras #brkini

Are you familiar with these fluffy flowery plants of the Pulsatilla genus that turn the still uncut grass of karst meadows into a beautiful sight? They bloom at this time of year, around Easter, so they were named greater pasque flowers. ⚠️ In Slovenia, these flowers are endangered and protected, so do not pick them – you can admire them where they grow. ⚠️

#Kras #karstlandscape #easter #flowers #spring #nature #extinctspecies #flora

Did you know that about 400 shepherd’s corbelled huts have been preserved in the classical Karst? 🏚 Most of them were built in the second half of the 19th and the first half of 20th century. With solid walls and roofs, they used to provide shelter to shepherds, as well as to farmers and stonecutters. Similar dry-wall huts were built also in other regions in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean that has plenty of stones. 🪨

Explore the beautiful tree-lined paths in Lipica on the back of a Lipizzan horse, across endless meadows and into the forests of the Karst Living Museum, where you can admire karst phenomena at every step. Get to know the Karst while riding a Lipizzan horse!

#visitkras #ifeelsLOVEnia #lipicaexperience #lipicastudfarm

In the silence of the mysterious Karst underground world, the water droplets slowly but persistently create new shapes. 💧

#visitkras #ifeelsLOVEnia #vilenica #cave #karst #tripideja #buckletlist2021 #slovenia #visitslovenia

📷Peter Gedei, archive: @jama vilenica

TBT – Štanjel in the past and today. Do you have any old photos of Štanjel?

#tbt #throwbackthursday #štanjel

Which was the last Karst or Brkini hill you climbed and when was it? Let us know in a comment. 🗯👇

#visitkras #ifeelslovenia #Karst #Kras #brkini #spoznajtenašepravebarve #meetourtruecolors #walkingpaths #hills #karst #niceview #active #pohodništvo #pohodniškepoti #idejazaizlet #hiking #walkingpath #outside #adventureseekers

[Škoromati] 🤡🥳

The Shrovetide carnival called “Škoromatija” is listed in the Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovenia. 🇸🇮 In the Brkini region, for at least 700 years, “Škoromati” have succeeded in preserving their traditional name, costumes and ceremony. Besides the preparations that start on the day following Christmas and the burial of the “Pust” figure on Ash Wednesday, the most important part is the act of “Poberija” (collecting gifts from house to house) on Carnival Saturday, when the “Škopiti” figure 👺 chases girls with big tongs, the “Škoromati” figures wear bells and smear soot on faces, while the bare-faced “Poberin” figure enters houses to gather gifts. 🥯🍷

Find more about Škoromati here: https://www.visitkras.info/en/brkini

Winter, along with cold days in late autumn and early spring, is the season of one of Slovenia’s traditional events, namely pig slaughtering when farmers make homestyle sausages and other meat products. 🐷🐮 In the past, the day of this event, called ‘koline’, used to be a holiday. Although this tradition has slowly been fading away, the lore of ‘koline’ is still preserved.

Photo: Ivana Žigon