Alpe Adria Trail

LONG-DISTANCE TRAIL THROUGH THE PARADISE GARDEN OF EUROPE

The Alpe Adria Trail is a long-distance trail consisting of a total of 43 stages and approximately 750 km in length. It connects as many as three regions:

 

  • Austrian Carinthia
  • Slovenia and
  • Friuli-Julian Region.

 

The trail leads from the foot of Austria’s highest mountain, Veliki Klek, through the most beautiful Carinthian mountain and lake landscape and past the junction of the three countries of Austria, Slovenia and Italy, to the Adriatic coast and the town of Milje. The stages are about 20 km long, require about 6 hours of walking and are uniformly marked with signs.

The Alpe Adria Trail runs along already existing hiking trails and boasts the appropriate quality of hiking trails. On each stage there are many distinctive signs and on each stage you can find at least one ‘magical place’, a special place of harmony of the four elements.

The trail passes us through the following stages:

 

  • Kranjska Gora-Trenta (22,6 km)
  • Trenta – Bovec (21,3 km)
  • Bovec – Drežnica (25,1 km)
  • Drežnica – Tolmin (23,2 km)

 

In the following, we will present the Trenta-Bovec stage, which passes directly by us. You can find the entire route on the official link.

Alpe Adria Trail

Stages of the Alpe Adria Trail distance trail, source: Alpe Adria Trail

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Signpost

TRAVEL INSTRUCITONS

This stage takes place along the marked Soča trail. Along almost the entire stage, we walk along the Soča River. We start the journey at Dom Trenta, which offers a presentation of TNP and several exhibitions about Trenta’s nature, environment and people in it. We walk along the Soča valley and follow the river down the valley towards Bovec. At the sign, cross the main road and follow the Soča along the left bank. We walk through forests, meadows and pastures, past a huge landslide. On the information boards, you can read some information about the avalanche and the vegetation in the area.
Reka Soča

River Soča

Reka Soča, v ozadju greben Velikega špičja

Soča River, in the background the ridge of Veliko Špičje

 

The trail continues into the valley towards the village of Soča. Before the center of the village of Soča, we go at the turnoff for Vas na Skali and Vrsnik, past the Small Soča Gorge. These are 100 meters long and up to 6 meters deep.

 

In the village of Soča, behind the church of St. Jožef with paintings by Tone Kralj, there is a military cemetery from the 1st World War. After the village, the path soon leads us to the Great Soča Gorge which represent the most beautiful natural attraction of the Soča trail. They are located at the beginning of the Lepena valley. The gorge are 750 meters long, in some places only 2 meters wide, and are surrounded by walls up to 15 meters high. Here you can see the beautiful green-blue color of the river Soča.

 

We continue to follow the signs in the direction of the Lepena valley, where the gorge ends. We make a short stop at the camp, where we see the confluence of the Lepenica and the Soča. We cross the bridge over Lepenca and now walk along the right bank of the river.

Great Soča Gorge

Small Soča Gorge

Razgledi ob poti

Views along the way

soška pot

Emerald river Soča

The trail leads us to a larger bridge, where we have the road on one side and the river Soča on the other. When we reach the bridge, cross it and continue along the macadam road along the left bank of the river and soon we will reach the riverbed near Kršovec. We cross the Brijeka bridge and continue in the direction of Vodenca, where we can see the confluence of the Soča and Koritnica rivers and go through the camps in the direction of Bovc. After a steep but short climb, we only go through a small forest and across fields, where we can already see the church of the Virgin Mary in Polje, past which we walk to the center of Bovec.

At the river Soča

We cross quite a few suspension bridges

AFTER AN ACTIVE DAY

 

Our modern apartment complex comprises 4 buildings and offers 19 above-standard apartments in which tradition and comfort join hands. Our accommodation offers excellent opportunities to relax after an active day:

 

  • whirlpool and sauna,
  • massages in the apartment,
  • rental of sports equipment (including hiking poles and electric bicycles),
  • help in organizing additional activities
 

The apartments are designed with respect for the pristine nature of the Triglav National Park and the cultural heritage of the local environment. They are characterized by spaciousness, brightness, carefully selected natural materials and top-quality equipment in a modern Alpine style.

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