Stage 5: Šentjernej – Novo mesto
16 June 2024
The final stage of this year’s tour is a circular route in the Dolenjska region, traditionally finishing in Novo mesto. Visitors to this region of vineyard cottages and Cviček wine are enchanted by its landscape of rolling hills. Kostanjevica na Krki, also called Slovenia's "Venice" due to its location on an island on the Krka River, boasts the Božidar Jakac Gallery in the former Cistercian monastery. But this is not the only populated area on the Krka River. Further upstream there is also the magnificent Otočec castle. The route continues along the Sava River with the mighty Rajhenburg and Sevnica castles on its banks. Hayracks, a special feature of Slovenia, are exhibited at the open-air museum in Šentrupert.
