The Julian Alps
This little known corner of the European Alps, where Italy, Austria and Slovenia meet, is astonishingly picturesque. The Julian Alps are a stunning limestone mountain range, home to Slovenia’s only National Park and rising up to a height 2864m at the summit of Mount Triglav (‘Old Three Heads’). The peaks are jagged and spectacular, presenting the walker with wonderfully varied and beautiful mountain scenery, and with evocative evidence of the fierce struggles between Austrian and Italian troops in World War One. The wooded slopes lead down to deep gorges and ravines, where turquoise rivers, such as the pristine Soča, have carved out beautiful watercourses, waterfalls and caves. The region is carefully protected, so the spring flowers bloom in carpets, and deer, boar, chamois, wolves and even brown bears and lynx survive in relative abundance.
| Dates: | 12 – 19 July 2008 20 – 27 September 2008 |
| Prices per person – land only: | £715.00 (sharing twin room with other) £85.00 single room supplement |
Price includes group airport transfers* and transportation, accommodation, all breakfasts & packed-lunches, 2 dinners, all organised and self-guided walks, the services of the Upland Manager(s). * see designated flight details below |
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| Group Departure prices are based on two people sharing a twin room. If you are a single traveller willing to occupy a non-smoking twin-share room with another traveller of the same gender, please indicate this on the booking form. If you would rather receive a room for single occupancy, this can be arranged on request (subject to availability) and the single room supplement rate will apply. | |
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Designated Flight and Airport Transfers
On Group Departures, Upland Escapes will provide airport transfers to coincide with a designated flight arrival and departure. Those wishing to travel on different flights should meet at the airport at the ETA of the designated flight to join the transfer or alternatively a private transfer can be arranged at additional cost. On the last day of the tour, the transfer will arrive at the airport some 2 hours before the departure of the designated flight.
The designated flight details for Group Departures to the Julian Alps are:
| Outbound: | Ryanair FR168 |
London Stansted | Trieste (Italy) |
11.35 – 14.35 |
| Return: | Ryanair FR 169 |
Trieste (Italy) | London Stansted | 15.10 – 16.10 |
NB - Please note that flight times are subject to change, so please check with the airline or with Upland Escapes prior to making your travel arrangements.
For those wishing to make their own way to the Trieste airport pick-up point or directly to Kobarid, please contact Upland Escapes if you would like travel suggestions.
Itinerary
Day 1 – Saturday Transfer from Trieste airport, followed by a welcome dinner.
Day 2 – Sunday Join an organised walk through villages, woods and pastures to the church of Sveti Lovrenc, burial place of Slovenia’s greatest poet. (7.1 miles) (↑↓ 500m). Or head out on a self-guided walk – a historical circuit of Kobarid and along the Soča River.
Day 3 – Monday Today, take a self-guided walk across the lovely Drežnica plateau (5.3 miles, ↑↓ 300m) and/or visit the frescoed chapel of Sveti Just and some spectacular woodland waterfalls (2 miles, ↑↓ 150m). Or relax in Kobarid, and visit the fascinating WW1 museum.
Day 4 – Tuesday Join an organised walk climbing to a spur of the Krn massif, to enjoy magnificent views (6.6 miles, ↑↓ 520m). Or choose another self-guided walk through the charming villages of Svino and Suzid.
Day 5 – Wednesday Today’s self-guided walk takes you to the meadow summit of Mt Matajur, on the border with Italy, then descends through wonderful beech woods (8.4 miles, ↑↓ 850m). Or you might relax at your hotel, and enjoy Kobarid’s cafés and shops.
Day 6 – Thursday Your last organised walk takes you to the crest of Krasji Vrh and some extensive ruins of Italian WW1 fortifications (9.2 miles, ↑↓ 1030m). Or enjoy another self-guided walk to the village of Magozd and the dramatic Kozjak waterfall.
Day 7 – Friday Take it easy today on a final self-guided walk to the gentle river Nadiža where you can picnic and paddle at your leisure (2+ miles, ↑↓ 20m). Tonight join your fellow travellers for a delicious farewell dinner.
Day 8 – Saturday Transfer to Trieste airport.
