Potok Cave, Solčava

Name: Potok Cave
Address: Solčava, Slovenia

#1 among attractions in Solčava

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Cave

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Potok Cave is a cave in northern Slovenia, declared a high-elevation archaeological and paleontological site, occupied approximately 35,000 years BP by anatomically modern humans of the Aurignacian culture during the Upper Paleolithic. The cave is named after the Potok Farm in Podolševa. The Slovene term zijalka or zijavka refers to a flat-bottomed cave with a gaping mouth on a cliff face. Systematic excavations were carried out from 1928 through 1935 by Slovenian archaeologist Srečko Brodar. ()

Local name: Potočka zijalka Length: 377 ftWidth: 131 ftCoordinates: 46°26'57"N, 14°40'8"E

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Solčava Slovenia

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Day trips

Potok Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Raduha Mountain, Koča na Loki pod Raduho, Frischauf Lodge at Okrešelj, Rinka Falls.

4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Raduha Mountain
109 min walk • Raduha is a mountain in the eastern part of Kamnik–Savinja Alps in northern Slovenia.
5.1 miSE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Koča na Loki pod Raduho
130 min walk • The Loka Lodge at Raduha is a mountain hostel that stands on the Loka Plateau in northern Slovenia. It is open from the start of June to the end of August.
6.7 miSW
Hiking, Alpine hut, Vernacular architecture
Frischauf Lodge at Okrešelj, Logar Valley
172 min walk • The Frischauf Lodge at Okrešelj is a mountain lodge that stands above the Logar Valley in northern Slovenia. It is surrounded by the following peaks: Cold Mountain, Styria Mount Rinka, Carinthia Mount Rinka, and Mount Turska. Nearby is 80-meter Rinka Falls.
5.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Rinka Falls, Solčava
144 min walk • Rinka Falls is a waterfall in the Logar Valley, in the Municipality of Solčava in northern Slovenia. It is the source of the Savinja River. It has been proclaimed a natural heritage feature. Rinka Falls is one of the most beautiful and best-known waterfalls in Slovenia. It is also a popular tourist destination.
5.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Krofička
135 min walk • Krofička is a mountain in the eastern part of the Kamnik Alps. Together with Ute Peak and nearby Strelovec Peak, it forms a barrier between the Logar Valley and the Roban Cirque.
4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Matk Cirque
104 min walk • The Matk Cirque, in older sources also the Jezera Valley is an Alpine glacial valley in Slovenia.
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Olševa
26 min walk • Mount Olševa is a ridge mountain in the eastern part of the Karawanks near the border with Austria. The mountain separates Carinthia from Styria. Its highest point, Govca, is 1,929 meters high.
3.5 miNE
Church
St. Anne's Church
89 min walk • St. Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Koprivna in the Municipality of Črna na Koroškem, northern Slovenia. The altar of the Black Madonna dates to the 14th century.
5.2 miS
46°22'42"N • 14°38'2"E
Koča na Klemenči jami pod Ojstrico, Logar Valley
132 min walk • Hiking, Alpine hut
4 miSE
46°25'25"N • 14°44'36"E
Koča v Grohatu pod Raduho
101 min walk • Alpine hut, Hiking