South we drive to the famous Postojna Jama (Cave) and its lesser known and just as interesting Predjama castle set in the mountain. Postojna Cave is one of the largest and deepest caves in the world and one of over 7000 caves in Slovenia itself, a speleologists dream.

Postojna Jama is nicely setup for tourist but they need to explain more how it works before people enter. The impression given is you do the cave tour on a little train, which you do for the first part as its transports you quickly 2km’s underground, then you get off for the walking tour which goes for an hour. Isabella got very heavy by the end, the baby carrier would have come in handy but we didn’t think we would need it as we thought she would be sitting on our lap on the train. She loved the wild ride though, as she loved having the wind in her face, we think she’s going to be a little thrill seeker….The tour was great and you get to see the Human fish, named as they have hands like humans, they only live in their cave system, normally in pitch black. (they’d moved some to a viewing tank for the visitors)

10km’s North of the town is the castle of Predjama built into the side of a cliff, while not impregnable certainly a hard nut to crack. It was never successfully taken by siege. One robber baron that controlled the castle, tormented the local ruler so badly he laid siege to the castle but couldn’t force a surrender was further antagonised when the robber baron would sneak out the bolthole and leave fresh fruit in the local rulers siege tent at night. Eventually the robber baron was betrayed by one of his men who hung a cloth to mark his location within the castle (he was on the toilet) where he was removed from the living with a cannon ball.

As you can see from the cave its makes a great image in the side of the mountain, the castle was built-up over the centuries with medieval foundations being laid inside the cave (behind the castle) and entrance and the later exterior constructions being built during the renaissance period. You can buy tickets to both the cave and castle at a discount on a combined entry ticket from either site and save a bit of money.