Highlights:

• Monument to the defenders of the Slovenian land on Cerje
• Fajtji hill
• war cemeteries in Lipa,Sveto, Komen and Gorjansko
• Caves: Valska, Krompirjeva and Ruska
• monument in Klanec by Komen
• general Borojević’s throne.

Price includes:

• morning snack
• lunch
• entrance fees to attractions according to the program
• travel management and guidance

Route description:

The starting point of our cycling is at the top of the Cerje hill, where there is a Monument to the Defenders of Slovenian Land. We will visit it’s interesting interior first and continue by cycling by a cart track along the northern viewing slope of the “Black Hills” near Trstelj. We will descend to the valley where burial grounds were being built in the hinterland of the front – two near village of Lipa and one each in the village of Sveto, Komen and Gorjansko.

Of course, in addition to beautifully maintained cemeteries, the trail offers many other beauties. The villages we will cross are one more beautiful than the other and everywhere is full of traditional stone houses with artfully carved building details. Along our way we will pass by Velika griža – one of the best preserved prehistoric hillforts and many other interesting attractions.

in the second part of our journey we will “move” from the cemeteries to the caves, as we will move from the former hinterland to the front areas. Most of the beautifully stalagmite caves served as effective shelters for soldiers and wounded during the war, for storing food and ammunition supplies, and for various technical and administrative needs. In addition to the spacious natural caves, the soldiers took advantage of every small opening to widen it into a protective cavern. There are dozens of these everywhere on the surrounding slopes.

The cycling will end at the Monument to the Defenders of the Slovenian Land..
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Overall Tour Level:: 

Irena Hlede is an architect by her profession, but she has worked in the fields of graphic design, journalism and sustainable mobility as well. It was engaged in many sports activities, from sailing to skiing or badminton, but the common thread throughout remains cycling. She regularly participates in the non-governmental organization Slovenska kolesarska mreža (Slovenian Cyclists network) as well as with the European Cycling Federation ECF, lectures on cycling and remains loyal to long-distance cycling. In this field, she completed several trainings – among others for the Assessor under the scheme “Cycle Friendly Employer”, Development of Mobility Plans and for the EuroVelo Route Inspector. She obtained the title and knowledge of a tourist guide at the national level, too, and is the founder and owner of the travel agency GremoZeleno – GoGreenWay. In addition to the in the university obtained areas of architecture and art, she is also keenly interested in ethnology, geography and history with an emphasis on everything related to the local tradition, especially some less known areas, such as the indigenous religion and the people who followed it. She also researches many “borderline” skills, such as dowsing or geomancy. It is a convinced environmentalist and an opponent of violence and wars in general.

She speaks English and French and, of course, Croatian and Serbian.