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Sleeping & Eating
Gostilna Žolnir €
( 041 626 717, 498 71 33;
www.zolnir-sp.si
;
Krška cesta 4; s/d/tr €30/48/60, apt
€50-56; )
This comfortable
gostilna,
about 700m northwest of the island, has 12
double rooms and an apartment as well as a wonderful
restaurant
(mains €8.30-11.90;
7am-10pm daily)
. The owners are very serious about the food and wine they serve. A
speciality of Kostanjevica is duck served with
mlinci
(thin dried flatbread) and, of course,
Cviček wine.
INN
SLOVENIAN
Gostilna Kmečki Hram €€
( 031 369 750, 498 70 78;
www.gkh.si
; Oražnova ulica 11; starters €5.50-6.50, mains
€9.90-18; noon-10pm Tue-Thu, noon-3am Fri, 9am-3am Sat, 9am-9pm Sun)
This
wonderful old-style inn with retro decor really looks like the Peasant House it calls itself
and offers excellent home-cooking - among the best grilled dishes and roast lamb in
Slovenia, locals say. Note the old wine press outside.
Drinking
Rock Cafe
( 041 233 312; Talcev ulica 28; 6am-midnight Mon-Fri & Sun, 6am-2am Sat; )
At the northeastern end of the island, the Rock attracts a relatively raucous (for a co-
matose town) crowd.
CAFE
Bar Štravs
( 041 520 960; Talcev ulica 31; 5.15am-midnight Mon-Thu, 5.15am-1am Fri &
Sat, 6am-midnight Sun)
Fronting the Krka, this pleasant little bar and cafe is the ideal spot
in which to while away a warm and lazy afternoon in Kostanjevica.
BAR
Information
Nova Ljubljanska Banka
(Ljubljanska cesta 6)
Southwest of the bus stops on the main
road into town.