Tourism

Postojna is situated in the north part of the Pivka Valley and has always had an extremely favourable position since  many important roads went through the town already in the past for the Postojna pass is the most important passage from the interior of the country to the coast.That is why Postojna was an important post in the past as well and a place where passengers stopped, and especially a place where furmans met and rested.

When the inner parts of the Postojna cave were discovered and opened for the visitors, Postojna started to develop into a tourist town. As soon as the southern railway was built the number of visitors of the cave increased and the first hotels were being built in the town. The period immediately following the Second World War saw a dramatic rise in the number of visitors as more and more people came to explore the cave and the town. New hotels and motels were built and shortly afterwards a campsite, and Postojna could offer over one thousand beds to its visitors beside its many restaurants, pubs and bars. The number of visitors rose to almost one million per year. The unfortunate events of the year 1991 caused the tourist flow to cease for a while, however, gradually the number of visitors grew and has today increased to over 500,000 tourists a year.

Many events are being offered to tourists, the most important being the Furmanski praznik (The Furman Festival) and the Viteške igre (The Erazem's Medieval Tournament). On the way to Predjama Castle the visitors should stop by the kozolec  called "toplar" where there is a permanent exhibition of old tools used by farmers and foresters in the past. Several events in the neighbouring villages such as Krompirjeva noč (The Potatoe Festival), Jakobov dan (Jakob's Day), Gozdar in kmet nekoč in danes ( The forester and the farmer today and in the past) have also become traditional and well visited. Among other events the summer festival »Zmaj 'ma mlade«, with its many open-air concerts, stage performances, exhibitions ...,which takes place in Postojna throughout August deserves to be mentioned. The Blues Festival in Postojna is also becoming increasingly popular among blues lovers and boasts with performances by some of the greatest international names of blues.

Postojna with its surrounding countryside offers its visitors many attractions especially the unique natural phenomena as well as many cultural and historic sites. The diverse countryside is ideal for jogging, hiking, horseback riding, cycling and other sports activities while the nerby peaks Nanos, Sv. Lovrenc, Javornik and others challenge even a more demanding mountaineer.
Together with the attractions of the Notranjska region Postojna is, an interesting tourist destination which tempts its visitors into unveiling its many secrets.