Mirna Peč	Soteska Manor

9.Mirna Peč
address Mirna Peč, Trg 2, 8210 Mirna Peč telephone/fax +386 (0)7 307 87 06 / +386 (0)7 307 87 07 gsm +386 (0)41 754 024 e-mail obcina.mirnapec@siol.net location Mirna peč season spring, summer, fall visiting hours by prior arrangement group reservations yes reservations contact Jože Barbo local guide yes, by prior arrangement maximum number of participants: 100 restaurants Gostilna Novljan (150 seats, 10 beds, 4 km) Gostilna Špolar (100 seats, 5 km) Gostilna Ogulin (100 seats, 5 km) Okrepčevalnica na Klančku (100 seats, 5 km) picnic area yes excursion possibilities Kastelic Apiary, nearby Sv. Ana Hill with succursal church of Sv. Ana, karst Globodolsko polje, parish church of Sv. Kancijan, and succursal church of Sv. Jurij special features unspoiled natural landscape bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes	Slovenia's longest disappearing river, the Temenica, runs through Mirna Peč. One of its two springs is called Zijalo and the other erupts during high water below a 35-meter-high cliff at the end of a blind valley near settlement of Vrhpeč. Here, sixty-three meters of a system of underground passages has been explored, and in the wall above the spring are two smaller karst caves, Ajdovska jama and Fantovska luknja. The course of the Temenica continues through exceptionally interesting karst valley system of the Mirna Peč valley to Goriška vas, where it disappears. The parish church of Sv. Kancijan was renovated in 1917, but an old Gothic presbytery from the 15th century was preserved as a side chapel.
10.Soteska Manor
address Soteska Manor with Hudičev turn ("Devil's Tower"), TIC Dolenjske toplice, Zdraviliški trg 8, 8350 Dolenjske Toplice telephone/fax +386 (0)7 384 51 88 / +386 (0)7 384 51 89 e-mail tic.dtoplice@volja.net internet www.dolenjske-toplice.si location Dolenjske Toplice season year round visiting hours by prior arrangement group reservations yes, for a guided tour reservations contact Majda Gazvoda tour length guided tour: 1 hour independent visits: 30 minutes local guide yes, by prior arrangement number of participants: maximum 80 persons length of tour: 1 hour languages: Slo, Eng, Cro restaurants Gostilna Henrik (200 seats, 2 km) Gostilna Štravs (140 seats, 6 km) Gostišče Račka (70 seats, 4 km) Gostilna Kolesar (120 seats, 6 km) Gostilna Rog (116 seats, 4 km) excursion possibilities Dolenjske Toplice, Podturn, Base 20 souvenirs, shopping yes, K2M in Dolenjske Toplice special features richly painted Hudičev turn, remains of a sawmill, steam and turbine engine, unspoiled forests of Kočevski Rog, fishing in Krka River bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes access for invalids partial access	The once magnificent Soteska Manor on the left bank of the Krka was one of the most beautiful manors in Carniola. Its surroundings were enhanced by a Renaissance-style castle park with a garden pavilion called "Hudičev turn" ("Devil's Tower") in which rich murals by the master Almanach are still partially preserved. From 1733 until 1943 when it was burned down by the Partisans, it was owned by Counts of Auersperg. Beside the ruins of the manor, the remains of a sawmill, a steam engine, and a steam turbine are still visible today. The parish church of Sv. Erazem is also worth visiting.