Cerknica
The town beside Lake Cerknica, Slovenia’s largest intermittent lake — which disappears most summers.
- Best time to visit
- Mar · Apr · May · Oct · Nov
- Elevation
- 560 m
- Population
- 4,000
- Suggested stay
- Day trip
Why visit
Cerkniško jezero is a karst polje that floods each year and drains through sinkholes, so it can be 26 km² of open water in spring and dry grassland by late summer. This makes it one of the more unusual things to see in the country, and also means checking the current state before going. Nearby Rakov Škocjan is a small collapsed cave valley with two natural bridges, and Križna jama is a water cave visited by boat with a guide.
Things to do
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Nature
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karst valley · Cerknica
Rakov Škocjan
Slovenia’s oldest landscape park — a collapsed cave valley with a natural bridge at each end.
- 1 h 30 min
- 3.0 km
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Food & drink
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Family
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karst valley · Cerknica
Rakov Škocjan
Slovenia’s oldest landscape park — a collapsed cave valley with a natural bridge at each end.
- 1 h 30 min
- 3.0 km