Village walk · Lake Bohinj, Ribčev Laz · Slovenia
Žiga Zois
1747–1819 · a real person
an ageing Enlightenment baron, dry and courteous, in love with rock, water and stubborn mountain people
Read what Žiga Zois says
My name is Žiga Zois, and iron paid for every book I ever bought. My family's forges stood in this valley; the villagers still carry the word for them in the name of their settlement. I could not climb these mountains myself — my legs failed me young — so I paid other men to climb, to measure, to bring me back stones. Walk this line for me, from the water that cut the gorge down to the lake it feeds. I want to see what my valley has become.
Lake Bohinj · 8 stops · 4.8 km
about 88 min walking, 32 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, before the lakeshore fills; the Dairy Museum keeps short seasonal hours, so check before counting on going in.
2 h · 4.8 km · 8 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, before the lakeshore fills; the Dairy Museum keeps short seasonal hours, so check before counting on going in.
The walk
A single line from the Mostnica Gorge down through Stara Fužina to the lakeshore at Ribčev Laz. The guide is Žiga Zois, the Enlightenment baron whose family ironworks gave Stara Fužina its name, and who paid men to climb Triglav and write the valley down. It is a story walk: no puzzles, just one tale handed on from stop to stop. It ends where everyone ends, at the water.
Start here
Korita Mostnice
Begin at the entrance to the Mostnica Gorge trail above Stara Fužina, by the gorge ticket hut; the walk runs from there down to the lake.
DirectionsWhere Žiga Zois takes you8 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.
