Primorska, the Kras and the Gorica region
This region is a world of its own. It is the most varied Slovene territory: it covers wild alpine world, high snow-capped rocky peaks, deep wild valleys, the karst world with famous caves and other karst phenomena, and the blue Adriatic sea. This is a country of mild Mediterranean and harsh Alpine climates, of noble Lipizzaners, mysterious underground and a hymn to the mountains. A holiday or an excursion to the seaside, to the Kras, the land of pršut and Teran, or to the wild Soča Valley can be so thrilling and joyful that it is always a pleasure to return. The Trenta Valley It is from the Vršić saddle, the highest mountain pass in Slovenia, that we can first enjoy the magnificent view of the wild mountain ridges stretching to the south. Deep under the steep, mainly precipitous cliffs, winds the Trenta Valley, the valley that the famous mountaineer dr. Julius Kugy (1858 -1944) loved so passionately and described so poetically in his works. The upper, blind part of the valley is called Zadnja Trenta. Scattered all over the valley are typical isolated Trenta homesteads. Trenta is from all sides encompassed by mighty mountains: Mojstrovka (2366 m), Jalovec (2654 m) Prisojnik (2547 m), Razor (2601 m), Planja (2453 m), Goličica (2101 m), Trentarski Pelc (2109 m) and rocky ridge of Veliki Pelc (2388 m). Under the steep slope...
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