Slovenia's Wild Forest Plateau to the Emerald Soča 4K 🇸🇮 | Scenic Mountain Drive + Fun Facts

A relaxing 4K scenic drive across Slovenia's wild Trnovo Forest Plateau – from Col above the Vipava Valley, over the Magnovec pass (~1,200 m), through Lokve and the dry Čepovan Valley, and all the way down to the emerald waters at Most na Soči. 00:00 Intro | What's coming up 00:13 Col | Start above the Vipava Valley 01:31 Trnovo Forest Plateau | Three-quarters forest 03:36 A Karst Plateau | No rivers up here 10:55 Slovenia | Nearly 60% covered by forest 14:41 Isonzo Front | WWI just beyond these hills 17:11 Predmeja | The WWI cableway 20:11 Trnovo Forest | Beech and fir forest 22:56 Magnovec Pass | The highest road pass in the forest 24:26 Golaki | The "bare" peaks 25:41 Smrekova Draga | The upside-down forest 27:11 Ice Age | Glaciers on Golaki 28:46 Lokve | The forest glassmakers 30:21 Lokve Glass | Bottles shipped to America 31:51 Lokve in WWII | Partisan IX Corps HQ 33:41 A Secret Hospital | Partisan hospital "Pavla" 39:06 Into the Čepovan Valley | 16 km with no river 40:31 A Road Through the Rocks | The rock road 42:41 A Lost River | Which river carved this valley? 45:06 Čepovan (604 m) | First written in 1301 46:41 Čepovan in WWI | The village war cemetery 48:41 Banjšice Plateau | Hemingway's "Bainsizza" 50:41 11th Battle of the Isonzo | 1917 52:41 Idrija Fault | The 1511 earthquake 54:46 The Big Descent | From 1,200 m to 180 m 65:01 Idrijca River | Into the emerald Soča 66:20 Most na Soči | Finish at the lake The route climbs from Col onto the Trnovo Forest Plateau, passes Predmeja and the Magnovec pass, then winds through deep beech and fir forest to the old glassmaking village of Lokve. From there the road drops into the long, dry Čepovan Valley, through Čepovan and Grudnica, before a big descent into the Idrijca valley and the emerald Soča River at Most na Soči. Along the way, the video also includes historical fun facts and local stories – from the WWI Isonzo Front and Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" to 18th-century forest glassmakers, a secret Partisan hospital and the 1511 Idrija earthquake. The drive is recorded from a 2019 Peugeot 508 SW, giving you a real driver's-eye view of Slovenia's mountain and forest roads. 📍 Route: Col → Predmeja → Magnovec pass → Lokve → Čepovan → Grudnica → Slap ob Idrijci → Most na Soči 🚗 Car: Peugeot 508 SW 🎥 Video: 4K scenic driving tour 📍 Location: Trnovo Forest Plateau, Čepovan Valley & Soča Valley, Slovenia 🎵 Music: Pixabay Music – DeusLower, kaazoom, Forgotten-Hero-Records, Valentinik, Land_of_Books_YouTube, Billy_Ziogas, BlenderTimer 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 #TrnovoForest #ScenicDrive #4KDrive #Col #MostNaSoci #Peugeot508 #DrivingSlovenia #JohnysEuropeDrives