| Karst,
Coast and Istria
Postojna Cave–Sečovlje–Portorož–Piran
Our first stop will be at the
world famous Postojna Cave with its unique endemic inhabitant
– the human fish. The program will then lead us to Sečovlje
Nature Park, which covers about 650 ha. Here salt is still
harvested in the traditional 14th-century way, but mostly as a
tourist attraction. After a typical Istrian meal, we will visit
an ethnological museum, the Toni House (Tonina hiša). Among
other things, we will be shown how olive oil is produced. After
briefly stopping in Portorož, Slovenia’s best known seaside
resort, we will head towards the harbour town of Piran and enjoy
a stroll through the old town.
DID YOU KNOW ...
... that the
Sečovlje Salina Nature Park is cited on the UNESCO list of
wetlands of international importance? Today the abandoned salt
works areas are a treasury of plant and animal life, including
the Etruscan shrew, the smallest mammal in the world. |

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