The first show cave in the world

The Vilenica Cave was formed in the Cretaceous limestone of the Lipica Formations and faces Southeast. The cave consists of a uniform, slanting gallery rich in flowstone formations and rockfalls that follow us from the first hall onwards and get increasingly abundant and varied with depth.

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Hours of operation

FROM APRIL 1 TO OCTOBER 31

Sunday and holidays (individuals)

3:00 PM

Organized groups

Advance reservation required

FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO MARCH 31

Individual visitors

Unavailable

Organized groups

Advance reservation required

Latest news

10.07.2024
Extraordinary tour of the Vilenica cave July 11, 2024
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12.09.2023
Special tour of Vilenica 11.11 at 15:00
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25. 03. 2020
Song in Vilenica – Chamber Choir from Gorica
Recording of the concert of the Chamber Choir from Gorica in the Vilenica Cave on June 8, 2019.

Jamarsko društvo Sežana

The subterranean halls of the Vilenica Cave would never have been this enchantingly beautiful if the glistening dripstones, rock figures, and colorful flowstone draperies had not been formed by fairy creatures spending the days of old in the peaceful quietness of this subterranean realm. – Dušica Kunaver