There is a mountain glacial valley in the Slovenian Solčavsko region and its upper part is named Logarska Dolina, a magical and breathtaking place surrounded by fairytales forest and peaks over 2000 meters high. There are several legends and old stories that originate from this area, some of them have come down to the present days through oral history, then represented by modern Slovenian renowned authors. For the time being, a Fairytale Forest Park that cover 20,000 square metres of woods have been created to represent all of this. It features all the Slovenian folk tales and legends originating from the Solčavsko region and the best world-famous classic stories. Children, and even adults who still have the ability to dream and have imagination, can roam the forest freely or can be guided through by gnomes and witches. Next to the tales park, a mountain eco farm named Na Razpotju offers fine local gourmet food, as žlikrofi, deer fillet and porcini mushroom plates, as well as the possibility of overnight stay.
The atmosphere that reigns there seems out of time. The picturesque appearance of the Logar valley was created by a glacier during the last ice age. The beauty of the Logar Valley is reflected by pristine state of the environment. Featuring beautiful meadows, the area beyond the green curtain of the forest reverberates with the magnificent roaring of the Rinka Falls. Right there the Savinjia river was born. Nowadays, tradition and nature have found harmony there, serving as a good example of sustainable development. It is a place where to find a real representation that empathy between man and nature is possible.
The signs of the fist people living in the upper Savinja valley are from the Roman period. However, people did not systematically advance up the Savinja river until the arrival of Slovenian ancestors. They came here from the heavily populated lower Savinja valley. The people settled next to the river, close to the area where on present days lies the village of Ljubno ob Savinji, the slopes further upriver were populated later. Ljubno was first mentioned in historical documents in 1247 in relation to the ministerial of the Gornj Grad Benedictine monastery that, among others, also had authority over Ljubno.
Bruno Generali.