Otočec Castle	Stopno

13.Otočec Castle
address Terme Krka d.o.o., PE Hoteli Otočec, 8222 Otočec ob Krki telephone/fax +386 7/ 38 48 600, 38 48 900 e-mail booking.otocec@terme-krka.si internet www.terme-krka.si/si/otocec/, www.terme-krka.si location Otočec season year round visiting hours by prior arrangement group reservations yes reservations contact Hoteli Otočec, Terme Krka, d.o.o., Novo mesto tour length 30 - 60 minutes local guide yes number of participants: minimum 25 persons length of tour: 2 hours languages: Slo, Eng, Ger, It, Cro restaurants Castle Restaurant Restaurant Tango picnic area yes excursion possibilities Trška gora, Struga Castle, Novo mesto special features a castle on an island bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes access for invalids partial tour possible	Otočec Castle, which stands on an island in Krka River, is the only water castle in Slovenia and together with the castle park and the river banks forms one of the most beautiful sights in Slovenia. Its foundations reach back to the 13th century, but it was substantially rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries. It was first the home of the Otok knights, and when they died out at the end of the 14th century, their estates were passed to other noble families. In 1629, the castle was bought by Janez Sonce, the hero from the novel of the same name by Ivan Tavčar.
14.Stopno
address Cerkev Rožnovenske Matere božje Stopno, 8275 Škocjan telephone +386 (0)7 307 70 23 gsm +386 (0)41 628 715 location Škocjan season year round group reservations yes reservations contact Vlado Kocjan tour length 15 minutes local guide yes languages: Slo restaurants Pivnica Golobič Bučka Gostilna Luzar Gostilna Marinčič Gostilna Bobič in Škocjan picnic area by prior arrangement excursion possibilities Štritovsko jezero Lake special features gilded statue of Pilgrimage Mary bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes	Frescoes by Janez Ljubljanski are preserved in the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Rosary from the mid 15th century on Stopno. The church was renovated in the early 18th century. It has an interesting outside altar built as an independent chapel. The side altars belong to the group of so-called "golden altars." A gilded wooden statue of Pilgrimage Mary from the 17th century stands in a wall niche.