Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bookshop Knjigarna Goga
( 393 08 01; Glavni trg 6; 9am-7pm Mon-Fri,
9am-1pm Sat)
Lovely arcade bookshop with regional maps, guides and cafe.
Post Office Post Office
(Novi trg 7)
Tourist Information Tourist Information Centre Novo Mesto
(TIC; 393 92 63;
www.novomesto.si
; Glavni trg 6; 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm Sat, 9am-noon Sun
Apr-Oct, shorter hrs Nov-Mar)
Next door to the town hall.
Travel agency Kompas Novo Mesto
( 393 15 20;
www.robinson-sp.si
; Novi trg 10;
8am-6pm Mon-Thu, 8am-4pm Fri, 9am-noon Sat)
Organises excursions and adventure
sports in Dolenjska.
Getting There & Away
Bus
There are frequent departures to Dolenjske Toplice (€2.20, 20 minutes), Otočec ob
Krki (€1.80, 10 minutes), Šentjernej (€2.70, 30 minutes) and Šmarješke Toplice (€2.30, 20
minutes). Up to 10 buses a day go to Brežice (€5.20, 70 minutes) and Kostanjevica na
Krki (€3.10, 40 minutes), with four to Ljubljana (€7.20, one hour). One or two daily buses
go to Črnomelj (€5.20, one hour).
Train
Up to 14 trains a day serve Novo Mesto from Ljubljana (€5.50, 1½ hours) via
Ivančna Gorica and Trebnje Gorica. Ten of these continue on to Črnomelj (€2.90, 45
minutes) and Metlika (€3.60, one hour), where there are connections to Karlovac in Croa-
tia. There are two train stations - the smaller Novo Mesto-Centro is more convenient for
the town centre than Novo Mesto station.
Getting Around
Book taxis by calling
332 57 77 or
041 625 108. The TIC rents bicycles.
Otočec ob Krki
07 / POP 700 / ELEV 173M
The castle at Otočec, on a tiny island in the middle of the Krka River, 7.5km northeast of
Novo Mesto, is one of Slovenia's loveliest and most complete fortresses. The first castle
here stood on the right bank of the river, but during the Mongol onslaught in the mid-13th
