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Healing springs

On the Lig - Vrhovlje ridge road, take the turn-off for Debenje.

THE SPRING OF ST. JAMES

On the Lig - Vrhovlje ridge road, take the turn-off for Debenje. After about 900 m, there is a waterhole under a clearing. It was named after the Church of St. James, which is on the ridge above the spring.

 

 

Foto: Vita Matjac

VRTAČE

Return on the road back to Lig and turn right towards Vrtače. There is a large water reservoir with very good water on the turn between Spodnje in Zgornje Vrtače.

 

Foto: Vita Matjac

KRSTENICE

From Kanal, head left through the underpass under the railway towards Gorenja Vas and on to Krstenice, where there is a spring of good water at the end of the village.

Foto: Vita Matjac

MLIN

Along the left bank of the Soča River, continue from Kanal towards Avče. Go through the Bodrež village. At house number 24 there is a water reservoir named Mlin, which is located 50m above the path. At the place of the reservoir there used to be a mill, the ruins of which can still be seen today.

V LAKAH

In Ročinj, turn towards the Kambreško village and further towards the Srednje village. Approx. in the middle of the path between the two villages, on the right, is a trough from the First World War. Above it is a water reservoir called V Lakah.

Adapted from Jože Munih, Zdravilni izviri, Tolmin 2012
More information: Mr Jože Munih, tel.: 00386 31 607 218 and http://www.izviri-svetisca.com

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