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| Twenty-five kilometres up the valley from Kobarid, the village of
BOVEC straggles between imperious mountain ridges. A useful base for the
Soca Valley, it has more in the way of accommodation than Kobarid
because of its status as a winter ski resort. It's also the location of
most of the rafting and adventure sport companies, and is the departure
point for any number of alpine walks. The quickest route up into the
mountains is provided by the gondola ( gondolna zicnica ; daily July,
Aug & Dec-May; 2200SIT return) at the southern entrance to the village,
which ascends to the pasture-cloaked Mt Kanin over to the west. The
tourist office is in the Bovec Community Centre at Trg golobarskih zrtev
8 (July & Aug daily 9am-8pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat & Sun
9am-2pm; tel 05/384-1919, www.bovec.si ). Private rooms
(£5-10/$8-16/¬9-18) and apartments are available from either Gotour , at
Trg golobarskih zrtev 50 (Mon-Sat 9-5pm; tel 05/389-6366 ,
www.gotourbovec.com ), or Avrigo , at no. 47 (Mon-Sat 8am-6pm; tel
05/384-1150). The nearest campsite is Polovnik , Ledina 8 (tel
05/388-6069); follow the road north out of the village and it's signed
to the right after 500m. There are plenty of places to eat and drink on
and around the main square, although the atmosphere in all of them
ranges from the boisterous to the deathly depending on how many tourists
are in town. Stari Kovac, down from the main square on Rupa 3, has a
long list of inexpensive pizzas alongside the usual schnitzels. Soca
Rafting, up the road from the tourist office in the Sports Centre (tel
05/389-6200 , www.arctur.si/soca_rafting ), is the biggest of many
companies grouped around the main square offering rafting trips (with
prices working out much the same as in Kobarid). It also organizes
kayaking and canyoning and rents out mountain bikes. |
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