Pogorelec - Češarek pottery	Bojc pottery

51. POGORELEC-ČEŠAREK POTTERY
address Lončarska ulica 22, 1331 Dolenja vas telephone 01 836 46 67 gsm 040 746 202 location Dolenja vas season year round visiting hours by prior arrangement group reservations yes reservations contact Ana Češarek length of tour independent visit entrance fee for one busload (about 50 visitors): 3,000 SIT local guide yes number of participants: 50 length of tour: by agreement languages: Slo souvenirs, shopping pottery items restaurants Gostišče Dallas, 2 km excursion possibilities yes special features more than 200-year-long tradition of pottery making bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes	The Pogorelec-Češarek pottery workshop continues a tradition of more than two hundred years by manufacturing pottery used in the past: casserole dishes, milk bowls, wire-reinforced pottery storage vessels, and various toy whistles. Their Christmas creches and crucifixes are especially popular. Here you will always find tasteful and suitable gifts, and if you have an idea for a special pottery item, they will happily make it for you. They also manufacture items for decorating restaurants. Visitors are welcome in the workshop to observe closely this venerable tradition of pottery making.
52. BOJC POTTERY
address Za vodo 3, 1331 Dolenja vas telephone 01 836 40 32 gsm 041 384 102 / 041 875 449 fax 01 836 40 32 location Dolenja vas season year round visiting hours all week, anytime; larger groups by prior arrangement group reservations yes reservations contact Janez and Andreja Bojc length of tour guided tour: 1 hour or more local guide yes number of participants: 40-80 length of tour: 1 hour (can also be longer) languages: Slo, Cro, Ger souvenirs, shopping handicraft items in workshop restaurants Motel Jasnica picnic area yes excursion possibilities yes special features The Bojc family uses local natural clay without added materials; all earthenware and figurines are handmade or made on a potter's wheel; the entire family is engaged in pottery making bus parking yes parking for automobiles yes access for invalids yes, complete tour possible toilets equipped for invalids yes	The Bojc Pottery boasts more than two hundred years of tradition in this handicraft in which the entire family is engaged. Useful pottery vessels are created on the potter's wheel, and the skillful hands of the Bojc family also create various whistles (among which the characteristic Ribnica horse is most popular), Christmas creches, and figurines of Saint George on horseback as well as items to order. They prepare and use the local natural clay without any added materials.