Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kobla Ski Centre
( 574 71 00;
www.bohinj.si/kobla
;
Cesta na Ravne 7, Bohinjska Bistrica; day pass
adult/child €22/16)
The lower (up to 1480m) Kobla ski centre is about 1km east of Bo-
hinjska Bistrica. It has 23km of slopes and 13km of cross-country runs served by three
chairlifts and three T-bars.
SKIING
Swimming
Lake Bohinj's chilly waters warm to a swimmable 22°C in July and August. Swimming is
not restricted and you can enter the water from any point on shore, though there are de-
cent, small beaches on both the northern and southern shores. Some beaches on the north-
ern shore are reserved for naturists.
WATER PARK
Aqua Park Bohinj
(
www.vodni-park-bohinj.si
;
Triglavska cesta 17, Bohinjska Bistrica; adult/child 3hr
€11.50/7.50, day €13.50/9.90; 9am-9pm)
This lively water park is open year-round
and has 380 sq metres of indoor and outdoor pools with slides, as well as saunas, steam
rooms, and fitness and wellness centres. If you're travelling with kids, it can be a lifesaver
in winter or a rainy-day treat in summer. It's located in Bohinjska Bistrica, next to the Bo-
hinj Park Hotel (
Click here
)
.
ZLATOROG & HIS GOLDEN HORNS
The oft-told tale of Zlatorog, the mythical chamois (
gams
in Slovene) with the golden horns that lived on Mt
Triglav and guarded its treasure, almost always involves some superhuman (or, in this case, super-antelopine) feat
that drastically changed the face of the mountain. But don't let Slovenes convince you that their ancient ancestors
passed on the tale.
The Zlatorog story first appeared in the
Laibacher Zeitung
(
Ljubljana Gazette
) in 1868 during a period of Ro-
manticism and national awakening. This one tells of how the chamois created the Triglav Lakes Valley, a wilder-
ness of tumbled rock almost in the centre of Triglav National Park.
Zlatorog roamed the valley (at that time a beautiful garden) with the White Ladies, good fairies that kept the
mountain pastures green and helped humans whenever they found them in need.
Meanwhile, down in the Soča Valley near Trenta, a plot was being hatched. It seemed that an innkeeper's
daughter had been given jewels by a wealthy merchant from Venice. The girl's mother demanded that her daugh-
ter's suitor, a poor but skilled hunter, match the treasure with Zlatorog's gold hidden under Mt Bogatin and
guarded by a multi-headed serpent. If not, he was at least to bring back a bunch of Triglav roses to prove his fidel-
ity. This being mid-winter, it was an impossible task.
