Vipava Valley
Vipavska dolina
A warm wine valley between the Karst and the Alps, known for indigenous white varieties and the burja wind.
- Best time to visit
- Apr · May · Jun · Sep · Oct
- Elevation
- 110 m
- Suggested stay
- 1–3 nights
Why visit
The Vipava valley runs west from Ajdovščina to the Italian border, sheltered to the north by the Trnovo plateau. It is warm, and it grows two white grapes found almost nowhere else: zelen and pinela. The valley is also where the burja — a violent north-east downslope wind — hits hardest in Slovenia, which shapes the architecture, the stone roofs and the vineyards. It has become the country’s most interesting small-producer wine region, and it is barely 45 minutes from Ljubljana.
Things to do
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Julien Maury 
Janezdrilc 
Alessandro Sgambati 
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Nature
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Food & drink
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restaurant · Vipava Valley
Gostilna pri Lojzetu — Zemono Manor
Tomaž Kavčič’s restaurant in a sixteenth-century hilltop manor above the Vipava valley.
- 2 h 30 min
- Highly rated
- winery€€€
winery · Vipava Valley
Batič
A Vipava valley family estate working without added inputs, and a reference point for Slovenian natural wine.
- 1 h 30 min
- Highly rated
- restaurant€€
- cafe€€
- bar€€
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restaurant · Vipava Valley
Pizzeria & restaurant Pigal
Restaurant serving regional, pizza in Ajdovščina.
- 1 h 15 min