From the Sea to a Village That Was Never Captured 4K 🇸🇮 | Slovenia Scenic Drive + Fun Facts

A 4K scenic drive across western Slovenia – from Koper on the Adriatic Sea, over the Karst plateau and through the Vipava Valley, across the world's longest stone railway arch, to Šmartno, a walled hilltop village in Goriška Brda that was never captured. 00:00 Intro | What's coming up 00:13 Koper | Slovenia's only port city 00:32 Senadole | A Karst village at 473 m 01:27 The Karst Plateau | It gave its name to "karst" 03:51 Karst villages | Quiz: the fierce wind 06:59 Karst wine & ham | Teran and Kraški pršut 10:31 Štanjel | Hilltop village with a lemon-shaped tower 11:31 Ferrari Garden | Max Fabiani's terraced garden 15:25 Branik | Rihemberk Castle 18:28 Vipava Valley | Quiz: the longest stone arch 24:08 Nova Gorica | Slovenia's youngest town 26:04 Solkan | Where the Soča leaves the mountains 28:47 Solkan Bridge | 85 m – world's longest stone railway arch 31:21 Goriška Brda | Rebula wine & cherries 35:26 Dobrovo | A Venetian-style castle 37:47 Gonjače | 23 m lookout tower & memorial 40:07 Šmartno | The village that was never captured 41:09 Thanks for watching Along the way we pass quiet Karst villages of pale limestone, vineyards and terraced hills, the Vipava Valley under the Trnovo Plateau, the emerald Soča River below Mount Sabotin, and the rolling vineyards of Brda right on the Italian border. The video also includes historical fun facts and local stories: 🪨 The Karst plateau gave its name to karst landscapes all over the world 🌬️ The bora wind shaped the solid stone houses of the Karst 🍋 Štanjel's church tower has had its lemon-shaped top since 1609 🏰 Rihemberk Castle was burned and dynamited on 22 July 1944 🌉 The Solkan Bridge – 85 m stone arch, 4,533 stone blocks, blown up in 1916, hit by a bomb in 1945 that never exploded 🍒 Goriška Brda is famous for Rebula wine and its June Cherry Festival 🗼 Gonjače lookout tower – 23 m, 144 steps, a memorial to 315 people from Brda 🛡️ Šmartno – a walled village with five towers on the old Venice–Austria border, never captured The drive is recorded from a 2019 Peugeot 508 SW, giving you a real driver's-eye view of the roads, villages and landscapes. Narration: AI voice (narrates the facts only; all footage is real). 📍 Route: Koper → Senadole → Štanjel → Branik → Nova Gorica → Solkan → Dobrovo → Gonjače → Šmartno 🚗 Car: Peugeot 508 SW 🎥 Video: 4K scenic driving tour 📍 Location: Karst, Vipava Valley & Goriška Brda, Slovenia, Europe 🎵 Music: Pixabay Music – Universfield, Kaazoom, Forgotten Hero Records, ElephantGreen, prettyjohn1 If you enjoy scenic roads, relaxing drives, Slovenian countryside, hidden villages and discovering interesting facts about Slovenia, subscribe to Johny's Europe drives for more 4K driving tours. #Slovenia #Europe #ScenicDrive #4KDrive #Koper #Smartno #GoriskaBrda #Peugeot508 #DrivingSlovenia #JohnysEuropeDrives