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Guided tour of the Lipica Stud Farm and Skocjan Caves from Trieste

Validity: Flexible
Do this because
  • Admire the Lipizzan white horses
  • Explore the UNESCO Škocjan Caves
  • Visit one of the oldest stud farms in the world
  • Marvel at one of the world's largest underground canyons
What to expect

Discover the Lipizzan white horses and the colourful UNESCO Škocjan Caves with one of the largest underground canyons in the world on this half-day Slovenian guided tour.

Starting from your journey to the Lipica Stud Farm, you'll venture in the middle of meadows, oak and chestnut trees plus learn and see the Lipizzan white horses. Then, you'll walk on the Stud Farm estate, the old manor house, the stables and learn the history of when horse carriages were the most prominent way of transport.

Next, continue your travels of the Karst landscape to the Škocjan Caves and explore how, together with the underground stream of the river Reka, represents the most important natural phenomenon of the Karst region and one of the largest underground canyons in the world. Plus, why it was entered on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural world heritage sites in 1986. You'll journey through its colourful underground world with giant stalactites, water rapids, lakes and the world’s largest underground canyon. Walk across the bridge which is situated 40 meters above the underground river with a view at the exit of the cave that will leave you speechless. At the end, you'll visit the Škocjan Caves Regional Park, an open-air like museum, with ethnological, karstological, geological and archaeological monuments.

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