The Triglav National Park is the only national park in Slovenia. It is located in the north-west of Slovenia, close to the border with Austria and Italy.
This post is my preparation for a 1-day hike (1 day to get there, 1 day of hiking, 1 day to get back). I will update it after I did the hike, but please keep in mind that I might not know everything first-hand I write about.
How to get there
From Munich, you can get to Bovec in 4-5 hours.
You can also get to the Ljubljana airport (LJU) and continue your journey to Bled or Tolmin.
All three towns are likely a good start for getting to the Triglav National Park.
Best time to visit
I'm not sure. Probably not in winter. I guess from April to October after looking at the Climate diagram of Ljubljana's?
Soča-Trail
The Soča-Trail (German: Soca-Weg, Slovene: Soška Pot) is stage 24 of the Alpe Adria Trail (see map). Usually people walk it from Trenta to Bovec. It is about 24 km and about 6:30 h in total.
The complete trail is almost all the time next to the Soča river.
I first planned to walk it in reverse, but it turns out that driving to the source from Bovec by taxi and hiking back is most practical for such a short trip.
Soča Source
The source of the Soča river (German: Soča-Quelle, Slovene: Izvir Soče) is at 46°24'44.6"N 13°43'26.0"E. It is the starting point of this route. It is number 14 on the map.
Trenta
- Dom Trenta (German: Trenta Nationalparkhaus & Museum) seems to be a "popular" museum.
- Gostilna Metoja could be a place to eat / sleep.
The Small Soča Gorge
(German: Kleine Soča-Tröge, Slovene: Mala korita Soče)
The Great Soča Gorge
The Great Soča Gorge (German: Große Soča-Tröge, Slovene: Velika korita Soče) is between 8 and 7.
Kršovec Gorge
Just before the Kršovec Gorge is a bridge at 46°19'59.3"N 13°35'33.6"E (Number 4). The town Kal Koritnica is nearby on the north side of the river. Even closer to the Kršovec Gorge (German: Kršovec-Schlucht) on the north side of the river is an old ropeway station (Slovene: Žičnica Golobar).
Koritnica and Soča Rivers
The river Koritnica (Slovene: Koritnica) empties into the river Soča (also called Isonzo) at 46°19'48.7"N 13°34'32.0"E.
The next steps are easy.
- The bridge at 46°19'29.6"N 13°36'15.1"E at 5 in the image. Cross it to get north of the river.
- The bridge at 46°19'29.6"N 13°33'12.6"E is no. 3 in the image.
- At 46°19'29.6"N 13°33'12.6"E is a bridge (2 in the image).
Bovec
Possible places to stay:
- Gostišče Hedvika Hedvika Mlekuž s.p.
- Kamp "Liza" Maksim Mlekuž s.p.
- Hotel Kanin
- Hostel Bovec
Possible parking spots:
- 46°19'26.7"N 13°33'10.6"E
- Wherever you stay at Bovec
Vocabulary
| English | German | Slovene |
|---|---|---|
| Where is ...? | Wo ist ...? | Kje je ...? |
| Soča-Trail | Soča-Weg | Soška Pot |
| Soča source | Soča-Quelle | Izvir Soče |
| Great Soča Gorge | Große Soča-Tröge | Velika korita Soče |
| Small Soča Gorge | Kleine Soča-Tröge | Mala korita Soče |
| bus stop | Bushaltestelle | avtobusna postaja |
| food | Essen | Hrana |
| restaurant | Gaststätte | restavracija |
| please | bitte | prosim |
| Thank you | Danke | Hvala vam |
| One | Eins | Ena |
| Two | Zwei | Dva |
| Three | Drei | Tri |
| Four | Vier | Štiri |
Packing list
We planned to arrive at Bovec in the evening of Friday, hike on Saturday and go back on Sunday. The Bovec hostel includes breakfast. Quite a bit of the following will just stay in the car.
- Food: (Friday evening, Saturday lunch and evening, Sunday lunch)
- Water (at least 1.5L for the hike)
- Clothes:
- Hiking shoes
- Dry shoes you can leave in the car
- Rain coat / Rain trousers
- Sleeping clothes
- Dry clothes for the car in case you get really wet
- Backpack for lunch, water
- Money (e.g. for having dinner on Saturday)
- Camera (loaded batteries)
- Smartphone + charging cable
- Map (the ones from the blog)
- Sleeping bag
- Towel
- Hygiene (toothpaste, brush, shampoo)
- Card game
Notes
- You need a vignette which costs 15 Euro for 7 days (source)
- For Austria, you might have to buy a vignette and/or road charge.
- The Vintgar Gorge (Slovene: Soteska Vintgar) is 6 km from Lake Bled.
- Savica Waterfall looks nice.
- Tolminer Klammen are at the very south of the Triglav National Park.
- Bus
See also
- Evamaria Wecker: Slowenien. 53 Touren zwischen Julischen Alpen und Adriaküste.
- Bergwelten.com: Elevation profile