SLOVENIA: Lake Bled, Triglav NP, Julian Alps
94 images Created 28 Sep 2011
View Tom Dempsey's Slovenia photo collection Part 1, including: the Julian Alps, Lake Bled (Blejsko jezero) reflections and Pletna boats, Bled Castle, Triglav National Park (Triglavski narodni park/TNP), Pericnik Waterfall, Vrata and Krma valleys, Vintgar Gorge, Tolmin gorges (Tolminska korita), Soca Trail (Soska pot) along Soca River gorge, Kluze Fortress, Boka waterfall, Veliki Kozjak Waterfall, and Predjama Castle.
![Drive or walk the scenic Soca Trail (Soska pot) along the Soca River gorge, Trenta Valley, Triglav National Park (Triglavski narodni park, TNP), Slovenia, Europe. The crystal clear Soca retains an unusually beautiful emerald green color throughout its length. From 1915-1917, over 600,000 Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers lost their lives in the Soca River valley in twelve battles of the Isonzo on the Italian front in World War I. The Julian Alps (Slovene: Julijske Alpe, Italian: Alpi Giulie) stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia in the Southern Limestone Alps. The namesake for the Julian Alps, Julius Caesar, founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at their foot. [Some Slovene letters ? and ? may not appear correctly in this media, as in So?a Trail / So?ka pot.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000.4KDsihcCnk/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000V_LjbOxsPSc/I0000.4KDsihcCnk.jpg)
![Drive or walk the scenic Soca Trail (Soska pot) along the Soca River gorge, Trenta Valley, Triglav National Park (Triglavski narodni park, TNP), Slovenia, Europe. The crystal clear Soca retains an unusually beautiful emerald green color throughout its length. From 1915-1917, over 600,000 Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers lost their lives in the Soca River valley in twelve battles of the Isonzo on the Italian front in World War I. The Julian Alps (Slovene: Julijske Alpe, Italian: Alpi Giulie) stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia in the Southern Limestone Alps. The namesake for the Julian Alps, Julius Caesar, founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at their foot. [Some Slovene letters ? and ? may not appear correctly in this media, as in So?a Trail / So?ka pot.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000lC0IjaJT0vI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000V_LjbOxsPSc/I0000lC0IjaJT0vI.jpg)
![Drive or walk the scenic Soca Trail (Soska pot) along the Soca River gorge, Trenta Valley, Triglav National Park (Triglavski narodni park, TNP), Slovenia, Europe. The crystal clear Soca retains an unusually beautiful emerald green color throughout its length. From 1915-1917, over 600,000 Austro-Hungarian and Italian soldiers lost their lives in the Soca River valley in twelve battles of the Isonzo on the Italian front in World War I. The Julian Alps (Slovene: Julijske Alpe, Italian: Alpi Giulie) stretch from north-eastern Italy to Slovenia in the Southern Limestone Alps. The namesake for the Julian Alps, Julius Caesar, founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at their foot. [Some Slovene letters ? and ? may not appear correctly in this media, as in So?a Trail / So?ka pot.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000aMyYGvPpZmA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000V_LjbOxsPSc/I0000aMyYGvPpZmA.jpg)
![At the end of the road in Vrata Valley, Slovenia, admire the close mountain grandeur of Triglav, Dolkova Spica, Skrlatica, and Stenar from Aljazev Dom hut [a dormitory refuge at 1015m elevation which serves meals, has 8 rooms with 23 beds, 115 communal beds; Tel: +386 (0)4 589 51 00 or +386 (0)4 589 10 30]. Walk easily 0.5 km to wide views at the "Monument to fallen Partisans," and higher trails lead to steeper, technical routes. Mount Triglav (9396 feet) is the highest peak in the Julian Alps, which were named Julius Caesar, who founded some nearby cities. The scenic Vrata valley extends from Mojstrana village through a mixed forest of beech, spruce and fir, along crystal clear Triglavska Bistrica creek, to the north face of Triglav, in Triglavski narodni park, Slovenia’s only national park. In 1991, Slovenia declared full sovereignty from Yugoslavia, in Europe. 80% of its 2 million people speak Slovene. In 2004, Slovenia joined NATO and the EU (European Union), and later adopted the Euro € currency. Slovenia is the richest Slavic nation per capita.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000RgoPFHNYHn8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000V_LjbOxsPSc/I0000RgoPFHNYHn8.jpg)
