--- title: "Solkan – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Solkan, Slovenia: Solkan is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Nearby…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/solkan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/solkan.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Solkan1.JPG" --- Place in Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia · Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica # Solkan Solkan is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. ![Solkan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Solkan1.JPG) Solkan · Wikimedia Commons The place Solkan is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solkan), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Solkan 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Solkan Bridge The Solkan Bridge is a 219.7-meter arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. With an arch span of 85 meters, it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge. 1.1 km · stone arch railway bridge over Soča near Solkan, Slovenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solkan_Bridge) 2. Sabotin Sabotin is 609-metre-high mountain ridge overlooking Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and Solkan on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot stands the Solkan Bridge spanning the Soča River. 2.3 km · mountain in Italy and Slovenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotin) 3. University of Nova Gorica The University of Nova Gorica, UNG, is the fourth university in Slovenia. It is located in the towns of Nova Gorica, Vipava, and Ajdovščina. 3.1 km · University in Slovenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nova_Gorica) 4. Kostanjevica Monastery The Kostanjevica Monastery with Annunciation Church stands on a 143 m -tall hill dividing the town of Nova Gorica and the settlement of Pristava. It is located in Slovenia just 200 m from the Italy–Slovenia border. 2.3 km · monastery · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostanjevica_Monastery) 5. Transalpina/Europe Square Transalpina Square "; Slovene: Trg Evrope, meaning "Europe Square"), is a square divided between the towns of Gorizia, northeastern Italy, and Nova Gorica, southwestern Slovenia. The railway station of Nova Gorica is located at the eastern end of the square, on the Slovenian side. 1.8 km · square divided between Gorizia, Italy, and Nova Gorica, Slovenia. · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transalpina/Europe_Square) 6. Synagogue The Synagogue of Gorizia is a Jewish synagogue in Gorizia, Italy. 2.7 km · building in Gorizia, Italy · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_of_Gorizia) 7. Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Nova Gorica The Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, also called Nova Gorica Cathedral, is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and serves as the co-cathedral or alternate cathedral of the Diocese of Koper. It is located in Nova Gorica, a city in the European country of Slovenia. 1.1 km · church in Nova Gorica, Slovenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour,_Nova_Gorica) 8. Škabrijel Škabrijel is a 646-metre hill above the town of Nova Gorica in Slovenia. The hill is named after the Archangel Gabriel. 2.6 km · mountain in Slovenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0kabrijel) 9. Castle of Gorizia Gorizia Castle is an Italian fortification dating to the 11th century on the hill which dominates the city of Gorizia, Italy, from which it takes its name. The medieval House of Gorizia was named after the castle. 3.1 km · castle in Gorizia, Italy · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorizia_Castle) 10. Oslavia War Memorial The Oslavia War Memorial is an Italian monument to soldiers who fell in battle during the battles of the Isonzo, particularly those who died during the taking of Gorizia in 1916. It stands on a 150m hill in the village of Oslavia, on the outskirts of Gorizia. 2.4 km · Italian fascist monument · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslavia_War_Memorial) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Solkan **Airports:** Trieste (TRS), 21 km · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 69 km · Klagenfurt (KLU), 92 km\ **Stations:** Nova Gorica railway station, 1.8 km\ - Zgornji Brnik → Solkan 71 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · €13–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zgornji-brnik-to-solkan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zgornji+Brnik&to=Solkan) - Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Solkan 88 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · €19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/klagenfurt-am-worthersee-to-solkan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Klagenfurt+am+W%C3%B6rthersee&to=Solkan) - Rijeka(Omišalj) → Solkan Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rijeka-omisalj-to-solkan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rijeka%28Omi%C5%A1alj%29&to=Solkan) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Solkan) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Solkan Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Solkan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 371 km 2. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 385 km 3. [Korčula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/korcula) HR 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 434 km 4. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 455 km 5. [Mljet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mljet) HR 9 ways of moving, 28 sources 473 km If you know how people move in Solkan – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Csolkan&title=Solkan&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fsolkan), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Solkan - [Nova Gorica](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nova-gorica) city in Western Slovenia 500 m - [City Municipality of Nova Gorica](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/city-municipality-of-nova-gorica) city municipality of Slovenia 1.7 km - [Sveta Gora](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sveta-gora) settlement in Nova Gorica, Slovenia 3.4 km [The place page for Solkan](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/solkan) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Slovenia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-SI) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/solkan, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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