LOGARSKA DOLINA AND THE NORTHERN VALLEYS - Croatia and Slovenia - page 995

$$ Ojstrica Country House has nine simple rooms andarestaurant halfway along Log-
arska Dolina (Db-€64, €82 with dinner, cheaper for multinight stays with dinner packages,
free Wi-Fi, Logarska Dolina 13a, tel. [phone], mobile [phone], www.logarska-
ojstrica.si , [e-mail] ).
$$ Na Razpotju Guesthouse (“At the Crossroads”) is designed for families, with 10
colorful rooms and a mini-theme park of carved fairy tales (Sb-€45, Db-€70, dinner-€10/
person, free Wi-Fi, a quarter-mile from Hotel Plesnik toward the far end of the valley, Log-
arska Dolina 14, tel. [phone], www.logarska-narazpotju.si , [e-mail] ) .
Near Logarska Dolina
In Robanov Kot: $$ Tourist Farm Govc-Vršnik (pronounced “goats vurshnick”)—in the
smaller, relaxing valley of Robanov Kot (a scenic 15-minute drive from Logarska Do-
lina)—ismyfavoriteoptionintheregion,andthemostmodernandaccessible ofmytourist
farm listings. English-speaking Marjana and the Vršnik family run this farm with a soft-
spoken, warmhearted hospitality. They have cows, a traditional beehive, and 10 cozy rooms
with bright, woody decor (Db-€60, €80 with dinner, 20 percent more for 1- or 2-night
stays, cheaper mid-Oct-late April, cash only, free Wi-Fi, Robanov Kot 34, tel. [phone],
www.govc-vrsnik.com , [e-mail] ).AsyouenterthevalleyofRobanovKot(just
south of Sol č ava), watch for signs (it's the second tourist farm on the left).
Between Sol č ava and Logarska Dolina: $ Firšt Gostiš č e, situatedalongthepicturesque
riverside road just outside Logarska Dolina, feels like a rural rest stop, with a popular res-
taurant, six straightforward rooms, and a small museum about local prehistoric finds (Db-
€50, 1-night stay-€12 extra, 2-night stay-€6 extra, dinner-€9/person, cheaper Oct-May, free
Wi-Fi, Logarska Dolina 1a, tel. [phone], www.first-logarska.si ) .
On the Panoramic Road: $ Tourist Farm Žibovt is dramatically situated at the far
end of the Panoramic Road, a few minutes' walk from the Austrian border. It perches on a
ledge with fine views of a tranquil meadow that ends at a sheer cliff plunging to the bot-
tom of Logarska Dolina. In addition to renting six cheery rooms, the Poli č nik family serves
mealsandturnsoutawiderangeofdairyproducts—includingtheunforgettable kislo mleko
(“soured milk”). They also make traditional wooden games and have beehives that produce
homemade honey; a small marble quarry is nearby (Db-€52, or €70 with dinner, extra for
1-night stays, cash only, closed mid-Oct-mid-April, Logarska Dolina 24, tel. [phone],
www.nad1000m.si/zibovt , [e-mail] , Žarko and Martina Poli č nik). The
farmiswell-markedatthefarendofthePanoramicRoad(neartheAustrianbordercrossing
at Pavli č evo Sedlo).
Overlooking Matkov Kot: $ Tourist Farm Perk is the most rustic of my listings, with
seven simple, older-feeling, but budget-priced rooms (some of which have a private bath-
roomonthehall).It'sscenicallyperchedontheparticularlyremote-feelinggravelroadhigh