Municipality of Bovec, Bovec

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The Municipality of Bovec is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia. Its center is the town of Bovec. As of June 2016, its mayor is Valter Mlekuž. ()

Local name: Občina Bovec Area: 141.82 mi²Coordinates: 46°19'60"N, 13°33'0"E

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Municipality of Bovec – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Boka Waterfall, Hotel Kanin, Kluže Fortress, Čehi 2 cave.

2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Boka Waterfall, Srpenica
73 min walk • Boka is a waterfall in the western part of Slovenia, near the Soča River. It begins at a karst spring and has two stages, of which the first is 106 meters high and 18 meters wide, and the second is 33 meters high.
~1580 ftNE
Winter sport, Ski area
Hotel Kanin, Bovec
8 min walk • Kanin-Sella Nevea is a joint Slovenian-Italian ski resort located on the slopes of Mt Kanin and Sella Nevea Pass at the Slovenian-Italian border. The nearest locality is Bovec about an hour away from the Slovene capital Ljubljana. On the Italian side, Tarvisio and Chiusaforte are the closest settlements.
2.7 miNE
Historical place, Museum
Kluže Fortress, Triglav National Park
70 min walk • The Kluže Fortress is a fort near the town of Bovec in northwestern Slovenia. The original fortress was built in 1472 near Bovec on the road between Cave del Predil and Carinthia. Its likely original purpose was defence of Friuli against the Turks.
3 miNW
Cave
Čehi 2 cave, Triglav National Park
77 min walk • Čehi 2 on Rombonski podi is the deepest sinkhole in Slovenia and the 13th deepest cave in the world. It is 1505 meters deep and 5536 meters long. There is a siphon at the bottom. The entrance is located 2033 meters above the sea level. The cave was discovered in 1991.
3.6 miNW
Mountain pass, Nature, Natural attraction
Sella Nevea
93 min walk • Sella Nevea, at an altitude of 1,195 m, is a high mountain pass in the Julian Alps, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Svinjak, Triglav National Park
70 min walk • Mount Svinjak is a 1,653-meter mountain in northwestern Slovenia in the Julian Alps. It stands east-northeast of Bovec. The name of the mountain is derived from *Svitnjak 'shining one' because it is illuminated by the rising sun when viewed from Bovec.
~1690 ftN
46°20'16"N • 13°33'4"E
Srnica park pustolovskih doživetij - Adventure park Srnica, Bovec
9 min walk • Adventure park, Hiking and camping tours, Tours
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Vrtiglavica
101 min walk • Vrtiglavica, also Vrtoglavica, is a karst shaft on the Kanin Plateau, part of the Kanin Mountains, Western Julian Alps, on the Slovene side of the border between Slovenia and Italy. It has the deepest single vertical drop in the world, at 603 metres.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stol
152 min walk • The chair is a narrow and stretched mountain in the Breginje corner on the border between the Julian Alps and the pre -alpine world. This is the highest hill in the eastern part of the chair ridge, Gran Monte in Italian. It is the...
2.4 miN
Nature, Mountain
Rombon, Triglav National Park
61 min walk • Rombon or Veliki vrh is a 2208 m high peak north of Bovec. Rombon is a rocky peak, in the Kanin group, which falls steeply into the valley of the Možnica stream on the north side, and from the south it is accessible along the light...
3.3 miW
Natural attraction, Waterfall
Boka Waterfall
86 min walk • Boka is a waterfall in the western part of Slovenia, near the Soča River. It begins at a karst spring and has two stages, of which the first is 106 meters high and 18 meters wide, and the second is 33 meters high.