Srednja Dobrava

Srednja Dobrava is a small village on a plain between Jelovica plateau and the Karavanke range. It is peaceful, yet close to the popular tourist sights. Bled is 15 km away.

By train
Get off at Podnart (4.4 km or 50 min on foot), at Otoče (1.5 km or 20 min on foot) or at Globoko (2.6 km or 35 min on foot).

By bus
There is a bus connection from Kranj to Kropa (your stop at Lipnica) twice a day and more frequent lines from Radovljica to Podnart.

By car
From the motorway Ljubljana-Jesenice take the exit Brezje, then turn towards Globoko, cross the Sava River and go through Mišače uphill to Srednja Dobrava. You may access Dobrava also via exit Radovljica or exit Podtabor. Follow the sign Kropa first, then take the sharp uphill exit to Srednja Dobrava 2 km before Kropa.

Dobrava is accessible by road from four directions:
 * 1) from the south from the road from Kranj to Kropa,
 * 2) from the north from the highway or the old route from Kranj to Radovljica via the Brezje (Dobro Polje) exit,
 * 3) from the north from the road from Radovljica to Kropa at the Lipnica exit, and
 * 4) from the south from the road from Kranj to Kropa at Podnart exit.

See




Do

 * Cycling - there are marked paths for cyclists, one of them running through Sr. Dobrava
 * Hiking - climbing to the Vodice meadow (1 hour from Kropa) with the hospitable guest house Partizanski dom Vodiška planina; hiking to the Talež hut (45 min, good food), starting under Bodešče at the bridge over the Sava River
 * Walking uphill from Lipnica (factory Iskra) to Brezovica and along the range Barigla to the church St. Primus and Felicijan on Jamnik
 * Renting a raft at Tina rafting centre on the Sava near Radovljica
 * Swimming in the Sava near Bodešče, or in the lakes Bled and Bohinj, or in the pools in Kropa, Radovljica, Tržič, etc.
 * Mountaineering, e.g. climbing the highest Slovene mountain, Triglav, from Rudno polje (6 hours); there are mountain lodges on the way where you can have a meal, but for overnighting early reservations are recommended.

Buy
There are shopping centres in Lesce, Kranj and Jesenice. Local food products: honey, plum brandy (Schnaps), cider, and meat products.

Eat
There are many homey restaurants nearby offering fish, pizzas, continental, Mexican, Chinese, Slovenian cuisine. At Srednja Dobrava there is a fairly good restaurant Marička, closed on Tuesdays. Mlin at Kamna Gorica, Jarm in Kropa, Jošt with Serbian dishes at Podnart, Moby Dick at Črnivec, and many more a bit farther.

Drink
Though the old hospitality is slowly dying out, you may be offered beer, wine, juice, biscuits by the locals after contacting them.

Go next

 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.
 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.
 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.
 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.
 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.
 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.
 * Bohinj (41 km, 47 min). Near Lake Bohinj parking is expensive, so park in Bohinjska Bistrica (or there is a free car park on the grassy area on the right some kilometers before the lake) and switch onto a bike. Don't expect a friendly attitude towards tourists from the locals. Eating is recommended at Ema restaurant at Srednja vas. If you order malica ('today's special', till 13:00 at weekdays), you will get a lunch quantity of good food at a low price. There are too many hiking, mountaineering and biking destinations and sports in Bohinj to list them here, so consult the local brochures and Uskovnica.

By bike

 * Easy. Srednja Dobrava–Kamna Gorica–Ravnica-Fuxova brv (Fux's footbridge)–Radovljica–Gozdna učna pot (Forest educational path)–Globoko–Mišače–(Otoče–Zaloše–Podnart–Prezrenje)–Srednja Dobrava
 * Medium. Srednja Dobrava–Kropa–Jamnik–Podblica–Nemilje–Njivica–Rovte–Češnjica–Srednja Dobrava
 * Difficult. Srednja Dobrava–Kamna Gorica–Spodnja Lipnica–Talež–Vodiška planina (meadow Vodice)–Jamnik–Kropa–Srednja Dobrava

Hiking

 * Partisan monuments roundtrail (4 h, 850 m ascend). Lipnica. Here Stanko Podlipnik, the first partisan of the area, was killed on 10. 9. 1941. Go uphill past the homestead Miklavžovc along the marked path till the end of the forest road, past the signed trail for Vodice, 200 m further. Trace the sign K spomenikom (to the monuments) and follow the steep tractor road. After 20 minutes the signs will lead you to the monument stone just above the upper edge of the quarry, dedicated to the illegal communist party conference in 1936 that took place there. After another 20 minutes you can reach another monument located some 100 m higher, dedicated to the meeting when a decision to start an armed resistance against nazi occupation on the 20th of July 1941. Another 20 minutes of following the signs brings you to the top of the mountain (1139 m) with the monument dedicated to the forming of partisan battle group Jelovška četa (Jelovica troop formation) that occurred on 29 July 1941. Stane Žagar, a teacher at Srednja Dobrava, was among the first partisans. Descend to the guest house Partizanski dom na Vodiški planini, where you can have a delicious meal (jota, golaž, ričet, štruklji) and a friendly welcome by the landlady Hajdi. In August 5th 1941 Cankarjev bataljon (battle group named after the writer Ivan Cankar) was formed in the vicinity, you can reach the monument after 15 minutes, if you turn south from Vodiška planina. A marked path runs along the edge of the mountain Kropa (Kroparska gora) to Jamnik (1 hour from Vodiška planina). Along the path there are another two monuments: Anton Jelovčan and Ciril Osterman were killed on March 20th 1945. The second one is dedicated to the partisan illegal print site Meta. Six partisan monuments are located at Jamnik and its vicinity: to the village, burnt on February 27th 1944, at st. Primož, to the war hero Lojze Kebe - Štefan, to the villager Katrašnik, and to the victims Janez Gartner and Franci Hlebce. Descend to Kropa along the paved road using the marked shortcuts. Close to Slovenska peč there are three partizan monuments, additional 4 in Kropa and 2 in Lipnica. You may shorten the whole way by driving through the quarry (you have to 'check in' at the entrance for your safety) to the end of the forest road, however, somebody will have to bring the car back after finishing the tour.
 * Partisan monuments roundtrail (4 h, 850 m ascend). Lipnica. Here Stanko Podlipnik, the first partisan of the area, was killed on 10. 9. 1941. Go uphill past the homestead Miklavžovc along the marked path till the end of the forest road, past the signed trail for Vodice, 200 m further. Trace the sign K spomenikom (to the monuments) and follow the steep tractor road. After 20 minutes the signs will lead you to the monument stone just above the upper edge of the quarry, dedicated to the illegal communist party conference in 1936 that took place there. After another 20 minutes you can reach another monument located some 100 m higher, dedicated to the meeting when a decision to start an armed resistance against nazi occupation on the 20th of July 1941. Another 20 minutes of following the signs brings you to the top of the mountain (1139 m) with the monument dedicated to the forming of partisan battle group Jelovška četa (Jelovica troop formation) that occurred on 29 July 1941. Stane Žagar, a teacher at Srednja Dobrava, was among the first partisans. Descend to the guest house Partizanski dom na Vodiški planini, where you can have a delicious meal (jota, golaž, ričet, štruklji) and a friendly welcome by the landlady Hajdi. In August 5th 1941 Cankarjev bataljon (battle group named after the writer Ivan Cankar) was formed in the vicinity, you can reach the monument after 15 minutes, if you turn south from Vodiška planina. A marked path runs along the edge of the mountain Kropa (Kroparska gora) to Jamnik (1 hour from Vodiška planina). Along the path there are another two monuments: Anton Jelovčan and Ciril Osterman were killed on March 20th 1945. The second one is dedicated to the partisan illegal print site Meta. Six partisan monuments are located at Jamnik and its vicinity: to the village, burnt on February 27th 1944, at st. Primož, to the war hero Lojze Kebe - Štefan, to the villager Katrašnik, and to the victims Janez Gartner and Franci Hlebce. Descend to Kropa along the paved road using the marked shortcuts. Close to Slovenska peč there are three partizan monuments, additional 4 in Kropa and 2 in Lipnica. You may shorten the whole way by driving through the quarry (you have to 'check in' at the entrance for your safety) to the end of the forest road, however, somebody will have to bring the car back after finishing the tour.
 * Partisan monuments roundtrail (4 h, 850 m ascend). Lipnica. Here Stanko Podlipnik, the first partisan of the area, was killed on 10. 9. 1941. Go uphill past the homestead Miklavžovc along the marked path till the end of the forest road, past the signed trail for Vodice, 200 m further. Trace the sign K spomenikom (to the monuments) and follow the steep tractor road. After 20 minutes the signs will lead you to the monument stone just above the upper edge of the quarry, dedicated to the illegal communist party conference in 1936 that took place there. After another 20 minutes you can reach another monument located some 100 m higher, dedicated to the meeting when a decision to start an armed resistance against nazi occupation on the 20th of July 1941. Another 20 minutes of following the signs brings you to the top of the mountain (1139 m) with the monument dedicated to the forming of partisan battle group Jelovška četa (Jelovica troop formation) that occurred on 29 July 1941. Stane Žagar, a teacher at Srednja Dobrava, was among the first partisans. Descend to the guest house Partizanski dom na Vodiški planini, where you can have a delicious meal (jota, golaž, ričet, štruklji) and a friendly welcome by the landlady Hajdi. In August 5th 1941 Cankarjev bataljon (battle group named after the writer Ivan Cankar) was formed in the vicinity, you can reach the monument after 15 minutes, if you turn south from Vodiška planina. A marked path runs along the edge of the mountain Kropa (Kroparska gora) to Jamnik (1 hour from Vodiška planina). Along the path there are another two monuments: Anton Jelovčan and Ciril Osterman were killed on March 20th 1945. The second one is dedicated to the partisan illegal print site Meta. Six partisan monuments are located at Jamnik and its vicinity: to the village, burnt on February 27th 1944, at st. Primož, to the war hero Lojze Kebe - Štefan, to the villager Katrašnik, and to the victims Janez Gartner and Franci Hlebce. Descend to Kropa along the paved road using the marked shortcuts. Close to Slovenska peč there are three partizan monuments, additional 4 in Kropa and 2 in Lipnica. You may shorten the whole way by driving through the quarry (you have to 'check in' at the entrance for your safety) to the end of the forest road, however, somebody will have to bring the car back after finishing the tour.