Vineyard-covered Tr拧ka Gora (428m) can be reached by road from Ma膷kovec, about 5km southwest of Oto膷ec. From there, follow the road north for 1km to Sevno then continue along the winding track for 2km until you reach the summit and the Church of St Mary, from where there are wonderful panoramas of the Gorjanci Mountains, Ko膷evski Rog and the Krka Valley.
Alternatively, from Oto膷ec another track, popular as a cycling route, leads north for 3.5km via 膶re拧njice to Tr拧ka Gora.
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This is an unexpected treat: superbly varied art in a magnificent setting, surrounded by a garden full of sculptures. The museum's galleries showcase the鈥
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Housed in Bre啪ice Castle, the Posavje Museum is one of provincial Slovenia鈥檚 richest museums, particularly for its archaeological and ethnographic鈥
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The Dolenjska Museum's impressive collection is spread over a campus of buildings. The oldest, which once belonged to the Knights of the Teutonic Order,鈥
沤umberak Samoborsko Gorje Nature Park
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Samobor is a good jumping-off point for hiking into the 沤umberak Samoborsko Gorje, a mountain system that links the high peaks of the Alps with the鈥
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Located 10km southwest of Kostanjevica na Krki, the enormous Pleterje Monastery belongs to the Carthusians, the strictest of all monastic orders. The鈥
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This branch of the Celje Regional Museum's collection is housed in a grand Renaissance building called the Old Count's Mansion. The 1st floor is home to a鈥
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Nestled in the Sutla River valley near the Slovenian border, the village of Kumrovec has been transformed into an open-air ethnographic museum. A re鈥
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Set amidst the hills of the Kozjansko region, Podsreda Castle is one of the best-preserved Romanesque fortresses in Slovenia. It looks pretty much the way鈥
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Perched in the centre of the Krka River and reached via a wooden bridge, Oto膷ec Castle, 1.5km east of Oto膷ec village, showcases both late-Gothic and鈥
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The Old Town's main square, home to the neo-Renaissance town hall, was busy undergoing a restoration in 2018; expect it to be fully brushed up when you鈥
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On the Old Town's main square, the neo-Renaissance town hall, out of step with the square鈥檚 other arcaded buildings, ostentatiously calls attention to鈥
4. Franciscan Church of St Leonard
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Southeast of Glavni trg is the yellow Franciscan Church of St Leonard, originally built by monks fleeing the Turks in Bosnia in 1472, and the attached鈥
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Perched above the Old Town, this Gothic cathedral is Novo Mesto鈥檚 most important historical monument. It has a 15th-century vaulted (and very floral)鈥
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The Dolenjska Museum administers Jakac House, which exhibits some of its 830-odd works by prolific painter and local boy Bo啪idar Jakac (1899鈥1989). The鈥
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The Dolenjska Museum's impressive collection is spread over a campus of buildings. The oldest, which once belonged to the Knights of the Teutonic Order,鈥
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The little Open-Air Museum Pleterje, to the west of the Pleterje Monastery car park, has thatched peasant houses, hayracks, a pigsty and even an outhouse鈥