Sella Nevea

#94 among destinations in Slovenia

Mountain pass, Nature, Natural attraction

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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. Sella Nevea also lends its name to a frazione of the Chiusaforte municipality and the nearby Kanin-Sella Nevea Ski Resort. ()

Local name: Na Žlebeh Maximum elevation: 3921 ftCoordinates: 46°21'46"N, 13°29'11"E

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GoriškaSlovenia

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Sella Nevea – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Boka Waterfall, Srpenica
79 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.
3.7 miSE
Winter sport, Ski area
Hotel Kanin, Bovec
94 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.
4.9 miE
Historical place, Museum
Kluže Fortress, Triglav National Park
126 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.
1.2 miE
Cave
Čehi 2 cave, Triglav National Park
30 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.
5.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Svinjak, Triglav National Park
143 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.
5.9 miNE
Scenic, alpine pass known for bicycling
Predil Pass, Triglav National Park
150 min walk • The Predil Pass or Predel Pass is a high mountain pass on the border between Italy and Slovenia.
3.5 miSE
46°20'16"N • 13°33'4"E
Srnica park pustolovskih doživetij - Adventure park Srnica, Bovec
90 min walk • Adventure park, Hiking and camping tours, Tours
2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Vrtiglavica
52 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.
6.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Prestreljenik
175 min walk • Mount Prestreljenik is a 2,499-meter mountain in the western range of the Julian Alps, in the Tolmin region of Slovenia on the Italian–Slovenian border. It is the second-highest peak in the central part of the Kanin group. Prestreljenik is known for the Window, an erosion-arch feature located on its western ridge.
3.3 miE
Nature, Mountain
Rombon, Triglav National Park
83 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...
2.8 miS
Natural attraction, Waterfall
Boka Waterfall
72 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.