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Places through the time

The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic

The walk of the Peace interconnects the areas and people and rich cultural and natural heritage along the onetime Isonzo Front. Is it a memorial to all who auddered in the time of the 1st World War and a warning against wars which sholuld never happen again. Above all it promotes the value of peace and the opportunities for common development. Numerous remains have been left behind the front which are now perfectly restored and maintained through the efords of various institutions and societes. Military cemeteries caves, trenches, charnel houses, chapels, monuments, outdoor museums and other memorials – are part of significant material and non material heritage of European history. Their testemony, mood and stories form the spin of today's Walk of Peace of Julian Alps to the Adriatic. The Walk is uniformly market , suit – able for hikers and bikers. Major places worth seeing are also accessible by car or bus. The Walk of Peace is the right coise for everyone who whises to spend their leisure time actively, experience magnificent views and beauties of nature, learn about history and culture, meet the locals, experience the life stile of today and taste delicious local food.
Recommended are guided tours, with local tourist guides.

Prižnica Memorial park

The Great War left a lot of remains in the areas along the Soča. Military cemeteries, caves, trenches, monuments, outdoor museums and other memorials represent important historical heritage and constituate part of the Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic which also crosses the municipality of Kanal ob Soči. One branch of the Walk runs along the ridge of the Kolovrat range, the other runs along the left bank of the Soča and links the Prižnica memorial park and the Vodice outdoor museum.

Through the memorial park Prižnica and Vodice you can take one of our quides (upon prior notice):

• Matej Šuligoj - 0038641 914 831
• Visitor centre »The Walk of Peace« (Kobarid) - 00386 (0)5 389 01 67


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The map of the Prižnica Memorial park

Heritage of 1st World War on the territory of the municipalities of Brda, Kanal and Nova Gorica

Important points on the Walk of peace in the area of the municipality Kanal ob Soči:

• Memorial park Prižnica
• Outdoor museum Vodice
• Globočak and Korada (St.Genderca)
• Private collections (in Melinki, Avšje, Kanal, Kambreško)

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More information in tourist map with points of historical interest: map1, map2