Town walk · Bovec · Slovenia
Jakob, carter of Bovec
1872–1934
An old mountain carter: dry, slow, fond of animals, suspicious of crowds, soft when he speaks of the dead.
Read what Jakob says
My name is Jakob. I drove carts and sheep in this valley, and I knew every stone on the road out to the fields. Today they have put bronze animals in my village, and young people who jump off mountains with cloth wings. Walk with me from the village to the church in the meadow, the way I walked it every autumn. I will tell you what is here now, and what was here before.
7 stops · 2.6 km
about 35 min walking, 28 min listening at the stops — going inside is extra · Tap a stop on the map for a preview.
Where it takes you
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Best time to walk: Morning or after 5pm; the village and the field road have little shade at midday, and the church in the fields is best in late light.
63 min · 2.6 km · 7 stops · medium
You’re walking this one before anyone at Walk & Tell has. If something looks wrong, tap Report at any stop — we’ll fix it for everyone after you.
Partly shadedBest time to walk: Morning or after 5pm; the village and the field road have little shade at midday, and the church in the fields is best in late light.
The walk
A slow line through Bovec, from the bronze animals in the village to the old church standing alone in the meadow. The guide is a shepherd and carter who worked these roads before and after the First World War, when the valley was a front line. No puzzles: just seven places, a story at each, and something to notice with your own eyes. It ends where Bovec people have walked for centuries, out in the open fields under the mountains.
Start here
203, Bovec
Start in the village centre of Bovec, at the bronze eagle statue, a short walk east of the main crossroads.
DirectionsWhere Jakob takes you7 stops
Best from stop 1 — the story is told in order. Tap Start here on any stop to begin there instead; the guide will catch you up.