A half-day trip for groups – Following the footsteps of the good-hearted and hard working people
Franja Partisan Hospital – CLOSED due to storm damage
Gewerkenegg Castle
The Wild Lake (Divje jezero)
Franja Partisan Hospital – CLOSED due to storm damage
Gewerkenegg Castle
The Wild Lake (Divje jezero)
Franja Partisan Hospital – CLOSED due to storm damage
Well, where is Franja hiding?
A hospital hidden behind the name of the doctor and manager Dr Franja Bojc Bidovec was established in World War II in the wild Pasica gorge. Between December 1943 and May 1945, it ensured care and shelter to 578 wounded of various nationalities. It is a symbol of resistance, courage and kindness in times of difficult experiences. The hospital even the 2007 flood couldn’t destroy is a museum with a major communication value for us and future generations. Franja is all this and much more – since 2015 a holder of the European Heritage!
After the visit
Drive from Dolenji Novaki near Cerkno towards Idrija alongside the Idrijca river. We recommend busses park at the bus station, around 10 minutes walk from the castle.
Plan your visit
Location
Dolenji Novaki pri Cerknem, Cerkno
Opening hours
From 01/04 to 30/09 every day: 9am–6pm
From 01/10 to 31/10 every day: 9am–4pm
From 01/11 to 31/03: In case of favourable weather conditions for scheduled groups.
Tour time
1h 30min
Gewerkenegg Castle
The exhibition of Idrija lace
Idrija is a bobbin lacemaking centre, famous at home and abroad. Just as Idrija mercury travelled to the world in the past, so did Idrijan lace – to earn extra money for mining families. Only few products of the hardworking women and girls remained in the home. The most beautiful ones are chosen for the exhibition. A special place at the exhibition belongs to Jovanka’s tablecloth, a protocol bobbin-lace tablecloth for 12 persons and one of the largest preserved bobbin-lace products from the 1970s. An impressive bobbin lace masterpiece!
After the visit
A little over a kilometre from Idrija toward Ljubljana, there is the mysterious Wild Lake (Divje jezero). There’s a carpark there and information boards directing visitors to the viewpoint.
Plan your visit
Franja Partisan Hospital -> Gewerkenegg Castle
45min by bus
Location
Prelovčeva 9, Idrija
Opening hours
Every day except Monday: 10am–5pm
Tour time
30min
The Wild Lake (Divje jezero)
Sometimes wild, sometimes peaceful
After visiting cultural attractions, we recommend a visit to the Wild Lake – the first Slovenian museum in nature. It is wild mostly when it rains heavily, when the water is blasting out of the karst spring, which is nicely seen on the lake surface. The special conditions in its surroundings make it possible for alpine plants to grow, including the Primula carniolica from the primrose family, which was supposedly first found here in the 18th century by the famous Idrijan physician Joannes Antonius Scopoli. In the cave part that the divers have explored to a depth of 160m, even the olm is supposed to live! The magical secret of the lake will follow you all the way home…
Plan your visit
Gewerkenegg Castle -> Wild Lake (Divje jezero)
5 minutes by bus
Location
1km from Idrija in the direction Idrija-Ljubljana, exit for Idrijska Bela
Informative price of visits per programme
Franja Partisan Hospital – CLOSED due to storm damage
ADULTS (group / guided group tour): EUR 7.50 / EUR 9.00
DISCOUNT TICKETS (students, seniors): group / guided group tour: EUR 6.50 / EUR 8.00
PRIMARY- AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS: group / guided group tour: EUR 4.50 / EUR 6.00
Gewerkenegg Castle
The exhibition of Idrijan lace
ADULTS, SENIORS, STUDENTS: group / guided group tour: EUR 4.00 / EUR 4.50
PRIMARY- AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS: group / guided group tour: EUR 3.00 / EUR 3.50
FREE ADMISSION: Pre-school children
The Wild Lake (Divje jezero)
Free of charge
Pay for 2 tours, get the 3rd one free!
A 3rd museum site visit is free of charge upon submitting your invoice.
