Vrtiglavica

#202 among destinations in Slovenia

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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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. The cave formed in a glaciokarst landscape; that is, a karst landscape that was subjected to Pleistocene glacial activity. ()

Alternative names: Discovered: 1996Length: 2110 ftDepth: 2110 ftCoordinates: 46°20'12"N, 13°28'2"E

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GoriškaSlovenia

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Vrtiglavica – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Boka Waterfall, Hotel Kanin, Čehi 2 cave, Sella Nevea.

1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Boka Waterfall, Srpenica
47 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.
4.1 miE
Winter sport, Ski area
Hotel Kanin, Bovec
105 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.
2.9 miNE
Cave
Čehi 2 cave, Triglav National Park
75 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.
2 miNE
Mountain pass, Nature, Natural attraction
Sella Nevea
52 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.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Breginj Combe
139 min walk • The Breginj Combe is a valley in extreme western Slovenia. It lies between the elongated ridge of Mount Stol to the north and Mount Mia to the south. To the east it expands into the broad Staro Selo Lowland, and to the west it meets the border with Italy.
4 miE
46°20'16"N • 13°33'4"E
Srnica park pustolovskih doživetij - Adventure park Srnica, Bovec
102 min walk • Adventure park, Hiking and camping tours, Tours
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Prestreljenik
125 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.
4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stol
104 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...
4.7 miNE
Nature, Mountain
Rombon, Triglav National Park
119 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...
1.2 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall
Boka Waterfall
32 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.
1.2 miN
46°21'13"N • 13°28'7"E
Dom Petra Skalarja
30 min walk • Hiking, Alpine hut