AGENDA TRANSNATIONAL STUDY VISIT TO THE LOCAL ACTION GROUP THE HEART OF Project “From traditional skills to nowadays sustainable rural tourism products”

Sharing experience of local branding, networking and good practices in the Heart of Slovenia, with special focus on valorization of intangible cultural heritage and local lead community development

2nd – 5th December 2019

1. DAY Monday, 2nd December 2019

Location:

18.00 – 19.00 Arrival of the partners in Kamnik, welcome 19.00 – 20.00 Steering committee meeting, Hotel 20.00 – 21.00 Free time

2. DAY Tuesday, 3rd December 2019

Location: Kamnik, Dol pri Ljubljani,

8.30 – 9.15 Presentation of the LAG The Heart of Slovenia, Municipality of Kamnik 9.15 – 10.00 Presentation of the Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development with focus on intangible cultural heritage, Municipality of Kamnik 10.30 – 12.30 Visit of the Rural Women Society and bread making culinary workshop, Dolsko Tourist offer of the Tourist farm Pr Krač, Dolsko (caravanning, a collection of farm tools, farming experiences program) 13.30 – 16.00 Lunch at Repnik’s Inn and presentation of the awarded culinary project Tastes of Kamnik, 16.30 – 18.00 Visit of the Eco farm Pr’ Matevžuc, presentation of the project Open doors of the farms, 18.30 – 19.00 Free time in the hotel 19.00 – 22:00 Visit of an Christmas fair in Ljubljana 22.30 Return to the hotel in Kamnik

3. DAY Wednesday, 4th December 2019

Location: Kamnik, Litija, Šmartno pri Litiji, Dolsko

9:00 – 9.30 Welcome in the TIC Litija, Litija

10:00 – 12:00 Visit of the Bogenšperk Castle, presentation of the herbal tourist product in the Heart of Slovenia, Bogenšperk 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch at the Bogenšperk Castle 14:30 – 16:30 Craftsmen network of the Heart of Slovenia – crafts workshops with Barbara Vrtačnik and Andreja Kovač in the Geometrical centre of the Slovenia, Sp. Slivna 17:30 – 19:00 Participation in a local event and hiking tour with torches from the old city of Litija to the old Mine Sitarjevec, visit of the mine 20:00 – 22:00 Dinner at Tourist farm Pr’ Krač with Folklore Group Dolsko, meeting with the LAG’s president Željko Savič 22.30 Return to the hotel in Kamnik

4. DAY Thursday, 5th December 2019

Location: Kamnik

8.00 – 9.00 Breakfast at the hotel, Kamnik After 9.00 Departure

Accomodation:

We have chosen for the accommodation two different options in the city of Kamnik, they are only 1 km apart:

POD SKALO - B&B, Hostel and Pub: http://www.podskalo.si/rooms A price for a 1-bed room is 35 EUR/night, and for 2-beds room is 58 EUR/night (29 EUR/person), breakfast is included. Reservations: Mr. Blaž Resnik, [email protected]

HOTEL MD KAMNIK: https://www.hotelmd.si/ A price for a 1-bed room is 60 EUR/night, and for 2-beds room is 80 EUR/night (40 EUR/person), breakfast is included. Reservations: Mrs. Sonja Komatar Mali, [email protected]

In both cases you will have to pay also a tourist tax, which is 2,50 EUR/person/night.

Please make your reservations until 31st October.

Traveling information:

Kamnik is located 15 km from Ljubljana Airport and 23 km from Ljubljana. Ljubljana Airport is the nearest airport, where you can take taxi to the hotel or travel with public transport to Ljubljana and then with train or bus to Kamnik.

Slovenia is a small country, so good options are also neighboring airports in Venice, Vienna, Zagreb etc. From these places you can travel to Ljubljana for low costs with Flixbus, Goopti etc. From Ljubljana to Kamnik is a public bus or train from the main bus/train station.

Contacts:

TINA PREGEL, Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia, [email protected]

MIJA BOKAL, LAG The Heart of Slovenia, [email protected]