Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Prekmurje Highlights
Satisfy that sweet tooth with a helping of calorific
prekmurska gibanica
,
pastry with poppy seeds, walnuts, fruit, cheese and cream
Take the waters at the spa resort (
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)
at Radenci
Visit Prekmurje's last remaining floating mill (
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)
on the Mura
River at Ižakovci, near Veržej
Admire the wonderful 14th-century frescoes at the Church of St Martin (
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)
in Martjanci
Marvel at the arrival of the storks (
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)
, those big white birds with
long skinny legs responsible for the population explosion
Murska Sobota & Around
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Slovenia's northernmost city, Murska Sobota sits on a plain flatter than a
palačinka,
the
pancake filled with jam or nuts and topped with chocolate that is so popular here. The city
itself has little to recommend it except for its odd architectural mix of neoclassical, Seces-
sionist and 'socialist baroque' buildings. But the surrounding countryside, pottery villages
and thermal spas make it a good springboard for the entire region.
History
The town of Murska Sobota was once little more than a Hungarian market town until the
opening of the railway in 1907, which linked Murska Sobota with Šalovci in Hungary
proper. With the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 and the
transfer of territory, Murska Sobota found itself more or less in the centre of Prekmurje
and development really took off.
