San Pietro al Natisone works well as a base: 5 minutes from Merso di Sopra, 22km from Tolmin Gorge.
San Pietro al Natisone is in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, with about 1,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Merso di Sopra, about 4 km away.
San Pietro al Natisone (Slovene: Špeter Slovenov, locally Špietar; Friulian: San Pieri dai Sclavons; Latin: Sancti Petri Sclavorum) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Trieste andRead more about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Udine, and borders the following municipalities: Cividale del Friuli, San Leonardo, Savogna, Prepotto, Pulfero, and Torreano. Until 1878, its official Italian name was San Pietro degli Slavi, i.e. "Saint Peter of the Slavs" (cognate with the Friulian name still in use).
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Ana Roš's three-Michelin-star farmhouse restaurant in Staro Selo outside Kobarid, cooking hyper-local Soča Valley ingredients: mountain cheese, river trout, foraged herbs. A pilgrimage-level food detour booked months ahead.
15 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Soča Valley
Valley of the turquoise Soca river below the Julian Alps, followed by a scenic road from Bovec through Kobarid to Tolmin.
16 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
Kozjak Waterfall
A 15 m waterfall near Kobarid that pours into an underground-feeling amphitheatre chamber, its emerald plunge pool lit by a single opening in the rock. An easy 30-minute walk from the parking by the Soča.
18 km · about 20 min drive
bridge
Solkan Bridge
The world's longest stone railway arch, an 85 m span of hewn limestone blocks: vaults the emerald Soča river just north of Nova Gorica, best admired from the riverside road below.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Tolmin Gorge
The lowest and most southerly entry point to Triglav National Park, featuring a dramatic thermal spring emerging from a cave in the gorge wall.
22 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Boka Waterfall
Slovenia's highest waterfall at 106 m, visible from the road near Bovec and best after snowmelt.
23 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
Savica Waterfall
Majestic 78-metre waterfall plunging from a cave mouth into a turquoise pool at the head of Lake Bohinj in the Julian Alps.
31 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Lake Bohinj
Slovenia's largest natural lake, a tranquil emerald jewel surrounded by mountains within Triglav National Park, quieter and wilder than Bled.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near San Pietro al Natisone
16 kmSoča ValleyValley of the turquoise Soca river below the Julian Alps, followed by a scenic road from Bovec through Kobarid to Tolmin.
20 kmSolkan BridgeThe world's longest stone railway arch, an 85 m span of hewn limestone blocks: vaults the emerald Soča river just north of Nova Gorica, best admired from the riverside road below.
35 kmPredil PassA 1,156 m pass on the Slovenian-Italian border above Bovec, guarded by the ruined Predil fortress; its sweeping curves pair perfectly with the nearby Mangart and Vršič roads on a Julian Alps loop.
38 kmMangart Saddle RoadSlovenia's highest-reaching road at 2055m, a narrow single-track shelf road with no guardrails climbing to a dramatic saddle beneath the Mangart peak.
39 kmMangart SaddleThe end of Slovenia's highest road at 2,072 m, a narrow single-track climb with tunnels cut through rock spurs and a huge Julian Alps view.
41 kmVršič PassSlovenia's highest pass at 1611m with 50 numbered cobblestone hairpins, built by Russian POWs in WWI and now a popular Julian Alps motorcycle route.
Driving in Italy
Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.82/litre
Motorway tolls
~€8.50/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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