Predjama Castle
- 19.00 EUR Adults
- 15.50 EUR Student 16-25 years
- 11.50 EUR Child 6-15 years
- 1.00 EUR Child up to 5 years
The tickets for the tour times marked "Not available online" cannot be purchased online. A few tickets for the chosen tour time are usually available at the Postojna Cave Park ticket office.
You visit to the Park will be even more unforgettable if you combine a Postojna Cave tour with other sights located very close to the cave. Choose one of the package deals and experience more at a reduced price! The time and date of the Postojna Cave tour is set at the time of purchase, you can, however, plan to visit the other sights any time you want.Perfect daily plan: visit the Predjama Castle first and see the Postojna Cave in the afternoon.
This picturesque, magnificent, defiant, mysterious and impregnable castle has been perched up in the middle of a vertical 123-metre high cliff for more than 700 years. Its romantic appeal is further emphasized by the idyllic River Lokva, which disappears into the underground world deep down below the castle.
The undoubtedly most famous of all castle inhabitants was the knight Erazem of Predjama, who rebelled against the imperial autocracy in the 15th century. Nowadays Erazem is the main protagonist of numerous legends, which on the one hand glorify him as a passionate, handsome, noble knight, while on the other hand he is described as a bandit ans a robber baron, who eventually breathed his last while in the toilet.
The castle is only accessible from one side, however the legend has it that the robber baron Erazem was getting his food and drinks supply through a secret passage leading from the old castle onto the surface. During this time, the emperor's army was besieging his castle in vain and it took a trick played on Erazem by his opponents and a corrupt servant for Erazem to fall.
Visitors learn about the history of the castle and its former owners in the front tower. In other parts of the castle the equipment includes a selection original items, as well as replicas and models. The room with the most opulent equipment is the knight’s room; the castle life in the late Gothic period is presented to visitors in the dining room. The Renaissance hall on the third floor is where hunting trophies of the last castle owner, the Windischgrätz Prince, are exhibited.
From June to September it is also possible to visit the picturesque Cave under Predjama Castle. Owing to its position and favourable temperatures it is inhabited by interesting dwellers – a colony of bats, which is why it is not possible to get inside the cave during the bats’ winter hibernation period.
