European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Prait my if 3 town at narrow streets and arched passages. Roving above an old Lishing Village it now Docking spot for pleasure Craft. Made for the Ibdih anniversary of Portoro tourism and the drink is available Normal size of course in local bars. It s called 100 roses Coc Tovani is one third dry vermouth one third Gin and one third sparkling wine with a dash of Blue Adriatic liqueur set on a Hill Between por Voroz and Piran is the Bernadin tourist Complex built around the rums of the Church of St. Bernard. Three hotels stand on the Ocean front and each hotel has its own Sand Beach. The Complex has its own Post office travel Agency and plenty of souvenir shops and restaurants. The night club is behind the Arches Ufa preserved ancient summer the Complex sponsors four activities each week a fish picnic a country music evening a Beer fest and a Grill festival featuring to specialities including a whole of roasted on a spit. Rooms in the hotel Emona the category a hotel in the Complex Range from 35 Marks Aboul $16 in Winter to 74 Marks about $34 in july and August per person half Board. The Bernadin category a has rooms at 31 Marks about $14 in Winter to 63 Marks about $29 in july and August per person half Board. All rooms have private Halh and toilet. The Emona has a sea water Pool on the 111h floor. The Complex has its own Lille Harbor Loo and one can take Short cruises from there. One might want to take the Short ride Down to the Salt Flats and lunch Al the restaurant Ribic. Its name Means Fisherman and ils fish Are delicious so is its White House wine Don l look for a Label on the bottle because this wine can t be bought in shops. There Are Terrace tables and inside rustic rooms. The fresh inca lillies on the table come from the greenhouse next door. After lunch ask to see the Cactus museum. It s a private collection of Aboul 1,500 kinds and Small ones Are for Sale. For information Contact top Portoro Senna pal 10, Yu-66320 Poroto Yugoslavia. Tel 066-73054. Or yugoslav National tourist office goeth Platz 7, d-6000 Frankfurt a.m., Germany. Tel. 069-20798. Or tourism association of Yugoslavia Mose Pilade 8/iv, Yu-11000 Belgrade Yugoslavia Yugoslavia s underground world the s1.ind.ird Dayl rip in Lipica includes 3 visit to the pos Lorna caves they ire certainly in Rah seeing Iii the Wilder Kocjan caves nearby Are even Beller. Postogna is considered the oldest tourist attraction in what is now Yugoslavia the first visitor s Book was begun in 1bi9, and in 1821 the firs Guidebook to the caves was published. Since then 86 guides have been published and in million visitors have poured the underground Chambers needless to say one must Wail in line for a combination walk electric train ride through the Cave. The Cave s 21 Kilometres Lead past breathtaking formations through Litu mingled Halls beside Aby and underground streams the or aleut Angui Nus a Blind amphibian whose skin is so transparent that it can sense Light lives in the streams. A few specimens have been established in a tank for tourists i is e. The Postogna tour is no Loo difficult but visitors to Kocjan should be in reasonably Good physical condition. The two hour walk includes a Iol of climbing. It begin at the Village Mata Vun and if you arrive Early you can walk up a Small marked path to a Lookout Point. You hear the Nolan ska River before you see it. There is a monotonous Roar i Hen the water foams whiter than the tool Cliffs from which ii emerges. It was from this Lookout Point that the racists threw villagers to i heir deaths in retaliation for partisan attacks in world War ii. Now there Are no More bloodstains Only the yellow Green of new leaves stooping to the Wales at the fool of the Giddy Cliff. Back in Malaun a guide English Tours be arranged starts the hike inward the Cave s Mouth. The Only Idmon Ilion ill i hi1 entry in several languages is ii is strictly forbidden to break the an artificial Tunnel suddenly emerges at the is Lenl Cave a room of Rock draperies thai seems to be a Deaden. Bui there is a Way Forward through forests of stalagmites through Rocky wastelands through City Gates to a huge Silon the Hall with an Oval ceiling and statuary around he edges. You begin to hear the water again now Ihk Lime with the added dimension of Echo and log. The River runs through the Cave ind emerges in Nlaly As the River Tim Avo. The guide shows you tin High water Mark where the River crested to almost 260 feet in 1965. You realize How Reep is when you walk to the Cliff rim and look Down Al the sinister swirling Waters and you hurry across Hanke s Bridge though the guide wants to Slop and Tell you the Devil s legend about the terrifying rope Bridge far above. Kocjan is divided Inlo three distinct parts the stalactites and stalagmites the River and the pans. The last is a unique formation terraced rocks thai took like miniatures of Pamuk Kate in Turkey. During heavy Rains the basins fill up. A Short walk and Daylight streams in. You climb round the Edge of the Cliff pass through several tunnels and come upon a Pyramid of Earth left As a reminder of archaeological finds there. The guide says goodbye and locks a Gate across the path behind him but nevertheless accompanies you on the Steep climb Back to Malaun. A lift from the exit to the lop will be ready for the summer crowds he says you wish in were ready now. Entry fee to i Stojna is 20 German Marks about of for adults and 12 Marks Aboul $5.50 for children to age 12 and students. It is open year round but Louri Are less frequent of season. Entry to Kocjan is 8 Marks labour 43.70. In is open year round but Tours november through March Are made Only on sundays and holidays. For information Aboul the caves Contact yugoslav National tourist office Goethe Slalz 7. D-60oo Frankfurt a.m., Germany. Tel. 069-20798. Or told Costin Stevo Suezana partizan ska 1, Yu-66210 Suezana Yugoslavia. Tel. 067-73361. Or top Portoro Senna pot 10, Yu-g6320 Porolow Yugoslavia. Tel. 066-73054. Or tourist association of Yugoslavia Mose Pilade big Yu-11000 Belgrade Yugoslavia. . Sugatt 14, i9s6 it Loti Magazine
