Žirovnica
Žirovnica is a settlement in northwestern Slovenia, in the Municipality of Žirovnica.
Žirovnica is a settlement in northwestern Slovenia, in the Municipality of Žirovnica. It is located in the historic Upper Carniola region, on the southern slope of the Karawanks mountain range, close to the border with Austria.
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Worth seeing in and around Žirovnica
5 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.
- 01Ajdna
Ajdna is a peak in the Karawanks in the Municipality of Žirovnica in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Access to it is easiest from the village of Potoki in the neighbouring Municipality of Jesenice.
2.4 km · mountain in Slovenia · Wikipedia - 02St. Martin's Church of Bled
St. Martin's Parish Church in Bled is the parish church of the Parish of Bled.
4 km · church in Bled, Slovenia · Wikipedia - 03Prešeren House
The Prešeren House is a house in the village of Vrba in the Municipality of Žirovnica in Slovenia. It is the house where the Slovene poet France Prešeren was born in 1800.
1.7 km · house in Municipality of Žirovnica, Slovenia · Wikipedia - 04Finžgar House
The Finžgar House is a house in the village of Doslovče in the Municipality of Žirovnica in Slovenia. It is the house where the Slovene writer Fran Saleški Finžgar was born in 1871.
2.4 km · House in Žirovnica, Slovenia · Wikipedia - 05St. Mark's Church, Vrba
St. Mark's Church is a small church on the outskirts of the village of Vrba in Upper Carniola in Slovenia.
1.8 km · church building in Žirovnica Municipality, Slovenia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Žirovnica
- Airports
- Klagenfurt (KLU), 31 km · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 32 km · Trieste (TRS), 82 km
- Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste → Žirovnica83 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · €17–24
- Feldkirchen bei Graz → Žirovnica120 km · quickest by road, 3h · €20–29
- Rijeka(Omišalj) → Žirovnica136 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · €19–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Žirovnica
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 Žirovnica. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe traditional way to reach the lake's island is by a pletna boat, which resembles a huge gondola.
- Get aroundCycling off-road or off-track is not allowed in Slovenia.
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Next door to Žirovnica
- Municipality of Bledmunicipality of Slovenia3.9 km
- Vrbavillage in Slovenia1.6 km
- Potokihuman settlement in Slovenia2.2 km
- Selo pri Žirovnicivillage in Žirovnica municipality, Slovenia700 m
- Smokučhuman settlement2.9 km
- Studenčicesettlement in Upper Carniola, Slovenia3.3 km