Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting Around
Maribor and its surrounds are well served by local buses. They depart from the stands
south of the train station near Meljska cesta.
Maribor Bike
( 234 66 11; per 2hr/1 day €1/5; 8am-8pm Apr-Oct)
has bikes
available from outside the TIC.
For a local taxi, call
250 07 77 or
031 801 339.
Maribor Pohorje
02 / ELEV TO 1347M
Maribor's green lung and central playground, the eastern edge of the Pohorje Massif is
known in these parts as the Maribor Pohorje (Mariborsko Pohorje). It's in easy reach of
the city and has countless activities on offer - from skiing and hiking to horse riding and
mountain biking.
Activities
The
Pohorje Sport Centre
(Športni Center Pohorje; 220 88 00;
www.pohorje.org
;
Mladinska ulica 29)
in Maribor organises most of the activities in the Maribor Pohorje. It
can also offer excursions to the Pohorje Adrenaline Park.
Walking
There are heaps of easy
walks
and more difficult
hikes
in every direction from the Hotel
Areh (
Click here
)
. Following a stretch of the marked
Slovenian Mountain Trail
, which
originates in Maribor and goes as far as Ankaran on the coast, first west and then southw-
est for 5km will take you to the two
Šumik waterfalls
and
Pragozd
, one of the very few
virgin forests left in Europe. Another 6km to the southwest is
Black Lake
(Črno Jezero),
the source of the swift-running Lobnica River, and
Osankarica
, where the Pohorje bat-
talion of Partisans was wiped out by the Germans in January 1943. PZS and GZS each
produce their own 1:50,000-scale
Pohorje
map (€8.10 to €8.50).
Adventure Parks
Pohorje Adrenaline Park
ADVENTURE SPORTS
