Emerald Adventure near the Ajdovski zid Wall

Route Description

The zavod Škrateljc Institute has quite a few inspiring thematic trails prepared for both children and parents. All include a notebook to spice up the trip. You collect stamps, solve puzzles ... and above all, have fun and in the meantime learn some more interesting history facts.

How to get to the starting point: Turn off the motorway at the Vrhnika exit and continue on the main road in the direction of Logatec. After a while, look for the second road sign for Zaplana and exit the main road. Turn right and leave the car by the road. On the opposite side from the exit is the Zaplana bus station, so theoretically you can also get to the starting point by bus.

The footpath is well-marked, circular and about 4 kilometers (2.8 miles) long, so you can easily take the younger kids with you. The Ajdovski zid Wall has been abandoned for several centuries. It used to be around 7 km (4.6 miles) long, and it included 35 defensive towers. Two of them have been partially reconstructed, giving us an approximate idea of what the construction used to look like. The Ajdovski zid Wall represented the longest section of the Roman prison system claustra Alpium luliarum.

Pay attention to the Latin sayings and numbers carved into the rock, as you need to write them down in the notebook. If you look closely, maybe you also spot an emerald earthworm and his little friend, a Roman boy named Julian :).