Travel Guide Vřsič

In the Triglav National Park. Crossing the Col pass makes it possible to reach the Primorska region (high valley of La from Bovec). Take 50 épingle turns and 25 km before you reach Trenta and cross the valley of the same name. In winter, due to the closure of the Col Pass, the inhabitants of the Trenta valley must reach Tarvisio in Italy by crossing the border to Predel and then cross the border in Rateče for a second time before they can reach Kranjska Gora. On this road, many curiosities are to be discovered. The bends (numbered) are counted from Kranjska Gora.Turn 8. A 6,5 km. Russian Orthodox Chapel of a touching simplicity. Surrounded by trees, she has a companion of birds and water runoff. It was built in memory of the Russian soldiers killed during an avalanche in 1916. It is they who have built the road you take.Turn 24. Col de Vršič. 1 611 m. Before you reach the left, the hostel Erjavčeva Koča na Vršsiču. Beautiful view of Rogljica and its 2 547 m. and discover the gaze of the sad young girl called "Jama deklica" in the great cliff on the face.Turn 48. Memorial Julius Kugy. An enlightened mountaineer and amateur botanist, he attacked most of the sommets Alps summits and wrote six books in which he reported his discoveries. At the end of the th century, it attracted many Austrians and the indigenous people turned into guides. He was the friend of the botanist Albert Bois du Oak, creator of the Alpinum Juliana Botanical Garden, which is a little further away.Turn 49. On the right, the road leads to the source of the Soča (Izvir Soča). A 15 min walk from the hostel with good shoes. This is where the journey from the Soča to the Adriatic begins.