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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Mon December 5, 2011 06:42 AM UTC
We were there this year... but only Postojna.
I think which ever you choose you will be inspired. Postojna was quite busy...we went in by a special train and then were sorted into groups by language. Bit difficult to hear unless you were close to the guide.
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Mon December 5, 2011 05:30 PM UTC
I thought Skojcan was much cooler than Postojna, we visited both of them in one day along with Predjama Castle. If I had to pick one I'd do the extra bit of driving and see Skojcan, if you have the full day, get up early, see Skojcan when they open and then head back to Ljub. via Postojna which offers more frequent tours.
The thing I didn't like about Postojna was that they had sort of Disneyfied it, the little tourist train, all of the shops and stuff around it. What I thought was really cool about Skojcan was that the cave experience was much less touristy, it seemed like we had been dropped into the world of the Lord of the Rings, it's vast, it's dark, really I thought any minute that little creature was going to pop out and hiss "Precious"
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Tue December 6, 2011 12:36 AM UTC
Thank you Bristolnewbie, Mystery and kristi for your replies. It appears that Skocjan is the hands down favorite. and Wow! Kristi, what an exciting description. I'm sold.
Skocjan, here we come!!!!
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Sun December 11, 2011 11:03 PM UTC
Skocjan was awesome, did not do the other one but we decided to go to that place on the day they were calling for bad weather since it was underground it wouldn't matter, right? LOL...It was pouring rain and the entrance to the caves is 500 meters from where you buy your tickets. We were pretty much the only ones without an umbrella and we were totally drenched by the time we reached the caves. Then spent 2 hours in the underground temperature of the caves, that part was pretty miserable but it was so great that I still came away from it as a wonderful experience.
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Thu December 15, 2011 03:04 PM UTC
Thanks Ellen. May I know when did you visit Skocjan? Is it easy to travel by bus?
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Thu December 15, 2011 08:48 PM UTC
We were there the first week of October. We had a car so I do not know about the ease of a bus. There were plenty of buses there, but they may have been tours or something.
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Tue December 20, 2011 01:14 AM UTC
Hello VTers!
In reference to the query, I found this great little blog about the caves that was quite amusing and almost made me spill my coco! http://www.sloveniaforyou.com/RonaleesTips.htm
I think she prefers Postojna but I could be wrong!
Susan
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Sat January 21, 2012 08:23 PM UTC
I have visited both. They are very different. I loved both but I fully agree with all what have been written by others. However, there is in Postojna a museum of cave animals (especially with the "human fish"). Most visitors skip it and while the caves have thousands of visitors, the museum has hardly a handful, which is a real pity as, IMHO, it is the best part of Postojna. When you buy the tickets, you can chose cave alone, cave plus Prejama or cave plus Predjama plus museum. But the museum can be visited separatly from the cave : you can buy a ticket for the museum alone.
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Wed January 25, 2012 02:37 AM UTC
Thank you for the new input.
My wife and I were able to visit Skocjan cave. We didn't have the time to visit Postojna anymore, but Skocjan alone made our day.
The shuttle bus from Divaca to Skocjan wasn't timed with the bus schedule, so we had to take a "taxi" (which was nothing more than a private car owned by the gentleman manning the train station) who tried to overcharge us with €40.00 for a short 3km trip. We managed to haggle it down to €20.00.
The cave itself is wonderful. Our only disappointment was that picture taking isn't allowed inside.
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Wed January 25, 2012 03:51 AM UTC
I am disappointed to hear about the taxi ripoff, we found the people in Slovenia to be more then generous and accommodating. I understood why they did not allow the picture thing and respected it although the girl in front of us certainly did not and it was most annoying.
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Re: Postojna or Skocjan Posted: Thu January 26, 2012 08:36 AM UTC
Oh. Wifey and I have nothing but praises for Slovenes. With the exception of the gentleman manning the train station at Divaca, They're just the kindest and warmest people we've had ever encountered.
We enjoyed Slovenia so much in large part because of her people. They're always ready with a big smile. People we don't know waved at and say hello to us. They'd talk to us and offered to assist us without us asking for it. They're simply fantastic!!!
I already told my wife that I'd like to include Slovenia again in one of our future trips.
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