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(pick up the English flier). Second, in the white house across the way, is a museum of the
history of cave exploration.
You'll see a model of the valleys and villages of the region,
along with a cutaway model of the caves, plus lots of old photographs (admission to both
parts covered by cave ticket in summer, open June-Sept daily 11:30-19:30, Oct and April-
MaySat-Sun11:30-18:30;Nov-Marchopenbyrequestonly,€4).Abithigheristhehumble
Škocjan village church, boldly perched on a bulb of land that overlooks cliffs in all direc-
tions.
The Lipica (LEE-peet-suh) Stud Farm, a 10-minute drive from the Škocjan Caves, was
founded in 1580 to provide horses for the Habsburg court in Vienna. Today you can tour
the Lipizzaner stables to visit these magnificent animals, whose stalls are labeled with their
purebred bloodlines. While the stuffy Viennese cousins of Slovenia's Lipizzaners perform
under chandeliers, a visit to Lipica is a more intimate experience: You can get nose to nose
with the stallions, learn how they're raised and trained, and—on most days—watch them
train or perform. The Lipizzaners' clever routine—stutter-stepping sideways to the classic-
al beat—thrills visitors. Horse lovers will be in heaven here; even those who don't know a
mare from a gelding will find it interesting.
