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Two surface education trails are actually even more spectacular than the dark underground
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点评：Two educational trails around the collapsed dolines are also part of the “Škocjan Caves Park” and are actually even more spectacular than the caves themselves, not even to mention much less chances of intrusive other tourists' backs obstructing your frames. BTW, as one information board will also teach you, many karst formation words in other languages actually are derived from Slovenian since they were first researched at the Karst Plateau, including the word “doline”, originating from the Slovenian word “dolina”, meaning a valley.
There are actually two educational trails that can actually be easily combined into an ∞-loop as their directions are in general not prescribed. If starting from the visitor center in a clockwise direction, initially both trails overlap. Pretty soon it reaches the so-called Princess Stéphanie’s viewpoint, this is also as far as most uneducated visitors (a great majority) will go. Later follows a junction where both trails turn right. At this point it is worth proceeding a bit further towards “železniška postaja” (the Divača railway station) and after just a few meters you’ll encounter an unofficial and unmarked but pretty obvious viewpoint from a cliff on your right. Return back to the junction and the educational paths. Initially pay attention to your left as at some point you may reach another unofficial (and unprotected!) viewpoint of another doline, pretty soon thereafter follows a junction where the official trails separate. The shorter one turns right and leads over the natural arch separating both main dolines (the Little Doline on your left and the Large Doline on your right), needless to say with spectacular views of both. There are plenty of stairs up and down at the shorter trail, if your knees and fitness allow, at another junction you may turn right again and descend the numerous stairs all the way to Exit 2’s gate. A few more viewpoints until the shorter reaches the village of Matavun and joins other trails and/or roads.
Perhaps it’s even better to take the longer trail that eventually takes you to more villages (is it really necessary to mention numerous lookouts along the way?), first to Betanja, then to Škocjan, an eponym of the caves. Oh wait, the real eponym is actually St. Cantianus, patron saint of the village’s church. But hey, the Škocjan village is also located on a sort of a bit wider natural arch. And right before reaching the church it’s possible to descend a badly trodden and very steep path down to its eastern bottom and see the last few meters of the Reka river (just in case you didn’t know, the river’s name also means a river) before it sinks to the Mahorčič Cave, the easternmost of the Škocjan Caves. With a bit of exploring, at this descent one may also encounter a higher dry entrance to this cave and proceed until Exit 3’s gate.
Since not many other options exist, you can only ascend back to Škocjan, take a look at the church and lovely village core, when the deep Okroglica Pit (yes, as the name implies, it is indeed of circular shape) appears on your left, no need to worry this time as it is well protected. The marked trail then proceeds to the J’kopin’s Barn (today a small museum) and then to Matavun, where the shorter trail joins.
Even without a PhD in rocket science, one may quickly conclude, the best time to visit the trails is when not being disturbed by the most annoying subspecies of tourists. Certainly you should avoid approx. half an hour before each tour starts and right after tours’ ends. Perhaps the ideal time would be around 8AM or possibly even earlier, i.e. at least 2 hours before the first tour starts. The only “disadvantage” is that views from the Stéphanie’s Viewpoint might be “spoilt” as you’ll be looking right into the Sun. In any case, if you decide to do the trails before visiting caves, at least you’ll have an idea of what you are actually walking under.
There are actually two educational trails that can actually be easily combined into an ∞-loop as their directions are in general not prescribed. If starting from the visitor center in a clockwise direction, initially both trails overlap. Pretty soon it reaches the so-called Princess Stéphanie’s viewpoint, this is also as far as most uneducated visitors (a great majority) will go. Later follows a junction where both trails turn right. At this point it is worth proceeding a bit further towards “železniška postaja” (the Divača railway station) and after just a few meters you’ll encounter an unofficial and unmarked but pretty obvious viewpoint from a cliff on your right. Return back to the junction and the educational paths. Initially pay attention to your left as at some point you may reach another unofficial (and unprotected!) viewpoint of another doline, pretty soon thereafter follows a junction where the official trails separate. The shorter one turns right and leads over the natural arch separating both main dolines (the Little Doline on your left and the Large Doline on your right), needless to say with spectacular views of both. There are plenty of stairs up and down at the shorter trail, if your knees and fitness allow, at another junction you may turn right again and descend the numerous stairs all the way to Exit 2’s gate. A few more viewpoints until the shorter reaches the village of Matavun and joins other trails and/or roads.
Perhaps it’s even better to take the longer trail that eventually takes you to more villages (is it really necessary to mention numerous lookouts along the way?), first to Betanja, then to Škocjan, an eponym of the caves. Oh wait, the real eponym is actually St. Cantianus, patron saint of the village’s church. But hey, the Škocjan village is also located on a sort of a bit wider natural arch. And right before reaching the church it’s possible to descend a badly trodden and very steep path down to its eastern bottom and see the last few meters of the Reka river (just in case you didn’t know, the river’s name also means a river) before it sinks to the Mahorčič Cave, the easternmost of the Škocjan Caves. With a bit of exploring, at this descent one may also encounter a higher dry entrance to this cave and proceed until Exit 3’s gate.
Since not many other options exist, you can only ascend back to Škocjan, take a look at the church and lovely village core, when the deep Okroglica Pit (yes, as the name implies, it is indeed of circular shape) appears on your left, no need to worry this time as it is well protected. The marked trail then proceeds to the J’kopin’s Barn (today a small museum) and then to Matavun, where the shorter trail joins.
Even without a PhD in rocket science, one may quickly conclude, the best time to visit the trails is when not being disturbed by the most annoying subspecies of tourists. Certainly you should avoid approx. half an hour before each tour starts and right after tours’ ends. Perhaps the ideal time would be around 8AM or possibly even earlier, i.e. at least 2 hours before the first tour starts. The only “disadvantage” is that views from the Stéphanie’s Viewpoint might be “spoilt” as you’ll be looking right into the Sun. In any case, if you decide to do the trails before visiting caves, at least you’ll have an idea of what you are actually walking under.
翻译：两条环绕塌陷落水洞的教育路线也是“斯科契扬洞穴公园”的一部分，实际上比洞穴本身更加壮观，更不用说其他游客的后背干扰您的构图的可能性要小得多。顺便说一句，正如一个信息板也会教给您的那样，其他语言中许多关于喀斯特地貌的词汇实际上都源自斯洛文尼亚语，因为它们是在喀斯特高原首次被研究的，包括“doline”这个词，它源于斯洛文尼亚语“dolina”，意思是山谷。
实际上有两条教育路线，它们实际上可以很容易地组合成一个∞环路，因为它们的方向通常没有规定。如果从游客中心顺时针方向出发，最初两条路线会重叠。很快就到达所谓的斯蒂芬妮公主观景点，这也是大多数未受过教育的游客（绝大多数）会去的最远的地方。后来沿着一个交叉路口，两条路线都向右转。此时，值得继续向“železniška postaja”（Divača 火车站）前进，仅几米之后，您就会在右侧的悬崖上看到一个非官方且未标记但非常明显的观景点。返回交叉路口和教育路径。最初请注意左侧，因为在某个时候，您可能会到达另一个非官方（且未受保护！）的观景点，那是另一个落水洞，之后不久，您将沿着一个交叉路口前进，官方路径在此分开。较短的那条路向右转，穿过将两个主要落水洞（左侧的小落水洞和右侧的大落水洞）分隔开的天然拱门，不用说，两个落水洞的景色都很壮观。较短的那条路上有很多上下楼梯，如果您的膝盖和体力允许，在另一个交叉路口，您可以再次向右转，沿着无数楼梯一直走下 2 号出口的大门。再经过几个观景点，较短的那条路就会到达 Matavun 村，并与其他路径和/或道路汇合。
也许走更长的路会更好，最终会带你到更多的村庄（真的有必要提到沿途的众多了望台吗？），首先到 Betanja，然后到洞穴的同名地 Škocjan。哦，等等，真正的同名地实际上是村庄教堂的守护神圣坎提亚努斯。但是嘿，Škocjan 村庄也位于一个稍宽的天然拱门上。在到达教堂之前，可以沿着一条人迹罕至且非常陡峭的小路下到其东部底部，看到雷卡河的最后几米（以防你不知道，这条河的名字也意味着一条河），然后它流入 Mahorčič 洞穴，这是 Škocjan 洞穴最东边的一个。经过一番探索，在这个下降过程中，你还可能遇到一个更高的干燥入口，进入这个洞穴，然后继续前行，直到 3 号出口的大门。
由于没有太多其他选择，您只能爬回 Škocjan，看看教堂和美丽的村庄中心，这时，左侧会出现一个深邃的 Okroglica 坑（是的，顾名思义，它确实是圆形的），这次不用担心，因为它受到了很好的保护。标记的小径然后继续前往 J’kopin’s Barn（今天是一个小型博物馆），然后前往 Matavun，较短的小径在此汇合。
即使没有火箭科学博士学位，人们也可以很快得出结论，游览小径的最佳时间是没有被最烦人的游客打扰的时候。当然，您应该避免在每次旅行开始前半小时和旅行结束后的半小时内游览。也许理想的时间是早上 8 点左右，甚至更早，即第一次旅行开始前至少 2 小时。唯一的“缺点”是 Stéphanie’s Viewpoint 的景色可能会“被破坏”，因为您将直视太阳。无论如何，如果您决定在参观洞穴之前先走走小路，至少您会知道自己实际上走在什么地方。
实际上有两条教育路线，它们实际上可以很容易地组合成一个∞环路，因为它们的方向通常没有规定。如果从游客中心顺时针方向出发，最初两条路线会重叠。很快就到达所谓的斯蒂芬妮公主观景点，这也是大多数未受过教育的游客（绝大多数）会去的最远的地方。后来沿着一个交叉路口，两条路线都向右转。此时，值得继续向“železniška postaja”（Divača 火车站）前进，仅几米之后，您就会在右侧的悬崖上看到一个非官方且未标记但非常明显的观景点。返回交叉路口和教育路径。最初请注意左侧，因为在某个时候，您可能会到达另一个非官方（且未受保护！）的观景点，那是另一个落水洞，之后不久，您将沿着一个交叉路口前进，官方路径在此分开。较短的那条路向右转，穿过将两个主要落水洞（左侧的小落水洞和右侧的大落水洞）分隔开的天然拱门，不用说，两个落水洞的景色都很壮观。较短的那条路上有很多上下楼梯，如果您的膝盖和体力允许，在另一个交叉路口，您可以再次向右转，沿着无数楼梯一直走下 2 号出口的大门。再经过几个观景点，较短的那条路就会到达 Matavun 村，并与其他路径和/或道路汇合。
也许走更长的路会更好，最终会带你到更多的村庄（真的有必要提到沿途的众多了望台吗？），首先到 Betanja，然后到洞穴的同名地 Škocjan。哦，等等，真正的同名地实际上是村庄教堂的守护神圣坎提亚努斯。但是嘿，Škocjan 村庄也位于一个稍宽的天然拱门上。在到达教堂之前，可以沿着一条人迹罕至且非常陡峭的小路下到其东部底部，看到雷卡河的最后几米（以防你不知道，这条河的名字也意味着一条河），然后它流入 Mahorčič 洞穴，这是 Škocjan 洞穴最东边的一个。经过一番探索，在这个下降过程中，你还可能遇到一个更高的干燥入口，进入这个洞穴，然后继续前行，直到 3 号出口的大门。
由于没有太多其他选择，您只能爬回 Škocjan，看看教堂和美丽的村庄中心，这时，左侧会出现一个深邃的 Okroglica 坑（是的，顾名思义，它确实是圆形的），这次不用担心，因为它受到了很好的保护。标记的小径然后继续前往 J’kopin’s Barn（今天是一个小型博物馆），然后前往 Matavun，较短的小径在此汇合。
即使没有火箭科学博士学位，人们也可以很快得出结论，游览小径的最佳时间是没有被最烦人的游客打扰的时候。当然，您应该避免在每次旅行开始前半小时和旅行结束后的半小时内游览。也许理想的时间是早上 8 点左右，甚至更早，即第一次旅行开始前至少 2 小时。唯一的“缺点”是 Stéphanie’s Viewpoint 的景色可能会“被破坏”，因为您将直视太阳。无论如何，如果您决定在参观洞穴之前先走走小路，至少您会知道自己实际上走在什么地方。
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