OK, I'll try to make this my last thread about Slovenia for a while. ;)

Velika Planina is an old mountain settlement in the Kamnik-Savinja (Kamnisko-Savinjske) Alps that is a popular winter and summer tourist destination, easily accessible by cable car. Its most remarkable characteristic are small wooden houses/cottages traditionally used by herdsmen.

http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/SlikaVelikaPlanina_Zima.jpg
Source: burger.si

http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/TRAK_GojskaPlanina_a4.jpg
Click here (http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/GojskaPlanina_a4.HTM) to view this panorama.

http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/VRH_ZVP_06.jpg
Click here (http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/360_ZVP_06.html) to view this panorama.

http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/TRAK_VelikaPlanina_a2.jpg
Click here (http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/VelikaPlanina/VelikaPlanina_a2.HTM) to view this panorama.

http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/pictures/photoalbum/2003/238_big_SA_025.jpovecava.jpg
Source: B. Kladnik and slovenia-tourism.si

http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/pictures/photoalbum/2003/SA_051.jpovecava_514_big.jpg
Source: Bobo and slovenia-tourism.si

http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/pictures/photoalbum/2003/SA_21.jpovecava_501_big.jpg
Source: B. Kladnik and slovenia-tourism.si

http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/pictures/photoalbum/2003/312_big_SA_146.jpovecava.jpg
Source: B. Kladnik and slovenia-tourism.si

Here's a phone card featuring a Velika Planina house:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/100-plansarska_hisa.jpg
Source: telekom.si

Beautiful countryside.

I found some more photos of Velika Planina at http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/ . They are not the highest quality, but they will give you a good feel for the area:

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/na-jamah-700.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/velpl-pl-naselje-750.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/panorama3-600.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/junij-2000/planina1-600.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/Silvester-2001-2002/Ivje_5.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/planina-plansarsko-600.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/preskarjeva-koca-750.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/junij-2000/domzalski_dom1-600.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/junij-2000/koca-600.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/planina-poletje-600.jpg

Source: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972

BTW, the official site of Velika Planina is http://www.velikaplanina.si/, but it doesn't have an English-language section.

P.S. Please let me know if you are not seeing the pictures (I'm worried about the GeoCities address).

Stunnng pictures. In which part of Slovenia is Velika Planina located?

Stunnng pictures. In which part of Slovenia is Velika Planina located?

Thanks! Here's the location of Velika Planina:

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/slo-map-osnova-750.gif
Source: www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972

Velika Planina is a part of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. The other two Slovenian Alpine subranges are the Julian Alps and the Karavanke (Karawanken), both towards the west.

More information about Velika Planina:
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/velpl-gen-an.htm

BTW, here's a panorama of the area...

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/panorama-prospekt-750.jpg

...and here's a pic of the cablecar that makes Velika Planina so accessible nowadays:

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972/gondola-700.jpg

Source:www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/4972

BTW, it is possible to stay in many of Velika Planina's traditional chalets. Some even have running water and electricity.

Thanks for these pics, AZ2SI :)
I've been always in love with Slovene mountains which i find to be among the most gorgeous ones in entire Europe.

Slovenia's beauty is always impressive.

I'm glad you like it! Here, BTW, are some pics of Kamnik, a small town that serves as the main gateway to Velika Planina, and after which the Kamnik-Savinja Alps are named:

http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/SlikaKamnikAlpe.jpg
Source: burger.si

http://turizem.kamnik.si/ekartice/erazglednica9.gif
Source: turizem.kamnik.si

http://www.burger.si/Kamnik/SlikaNaKamnikCenter.jpg
Source: burger.si

http://turizem.kamnik.si/ekartice/erazglednica16.gif
Source: turizem.kamnik.si

beautiful, the ause's have big roof's!!

Kamnik looks great. Thanks AZ2SI!