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Kamnik
Town in Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Kamnik

Kamnik is the ninth-largest town of Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper Carniola.

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It is the seat of the Municipality of Kamnik, which encompasses a large part of the Kamnik Alps and the surrounding area. The town of Kamnik has three castles as well as many examples of historical architecture.

Get in

Getting to Kamnik

Kamnik is 15 km away from Ljubljana's Brnik Airport. A taxi costs around €25. Airport Taxi, +386 41 670216, taxibrnik@gmail.com. SŽ has hourly commuter services from Ljubljana, taking about 40 minutes. There are three stations in Kamnik, with

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    Kamnik-Mesto

    There are no services on weekends or holidays.

See

Worth seeing

It roughly covers the area from the southern end of Šutna (pedestrian zone), over glavni trg, up to medvedova ulica in the northern part of the city center (including some of the side roads) and offers many very nice historic buildings.

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    Mali
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    Stari
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    Medobčinski muzej Kamnik

    Musejska pot (on the Zaprice Hill in the centre (go the pedestrian street Šutna up to the southernmost end, where you hit the main road, turn right, cross the rails and walk up the hill)),.

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    Galerija Miha Maleš
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    Volčji

    Kamnik's best-known sight is this arboretum specializing in flowers from the Kamnik Alps (the mountains between Austria and Slovenia).

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    Cerkev Marijinega
Do

Things to do

Kamfest. Kamfest is a summer arts festival held every year over a week or more in August at the grounds of the Mali grad and surroundings, with concerts, arts performances, workshops and other events.

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    Kul
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    Big Pasture Plateau
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    Kamniški
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    Kamniško
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    Grintovec
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    Terme Snovik
Eat

Where to eat

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    Korobač

    Trg svobode 1, kamniski.original@gmail.com.

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    Pri

    Trg svobode 1 (just around the corner from main square),.

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    Pizzeria Napoli

    Sadnikarjeva 5 (from Glavni trg, head south towards the pedestrian zone and just after the hill turn into the road at your left, which goes somewhat down).

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    Pri Cesarju

    Tunjiška 1,.

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    La Piñata

    Mon,Tue 10-15, Wed-Fri 10-22, Sun 12-17, Sat closed.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.