{"id":43181,"date":"2016-06-29T22:56:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beautyfullblog.si\/en\/?p=43181"},"modified":"2025-02-19T01:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T23:36:32","slug":"golden-hill-the-fairytale-slovenian-tuscany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautyfullblog.si\/en\/golden-hill-the-fairytale-slovenian-tuscany\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Hill: The fairytale Slovenian ‘Tuscany’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Golden bird, golden apple, golden ring… I equate the adjective ‘golden’ with fairytales, this is why saying YES, is an obvious choice. Although I had no idea where in Slovenia this golden river flows, I immediately envisioned something sunny and magical. I’m excited that I found a piece of ‘tuscany’ this close to home… sunny, full of hills, green and serene. Rich in culinary. With views that fill your heart, and activities that empty your brain… Zlati Gri\u010d (Golden Hill).<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OUR ROUTE:<\/b> <\/span>Ljubljana – Celje – Charterhouse \u017di\u010de – Slovenske Konjice – Zlati Gri\u010d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GREAT COMPANY: <\/span><\/strong>Small children add a different meaning to the word <\/b>fairytale<\/b>… Fairytale coffee is near the children’s playgrounds, a fairytale getaway, on a deckchair by the pool with a water slide. <\/b>At first a trip to the vineyard hills with your children seems like a big #NoGo… how will I attend the wine tasting in peace, what will we even get to do when we get there?! But the Zlati Gri\u010d slogan is rightfully the ‘treasury of adventures’. Thus it doesn’t really matter whether you decide to explore it alone, in a duet, with a group of friends, colleagues, or your family. I’m sure, either way will make you wish this fairytale never ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/b>CHAPTER ONE: Charterhouse \u017di\u010de<\/h3>\n\n\n
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This is a place where time moves slowly, and the energy flows intensely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I first came to know this place at a Wedding celebration, and artistically captured it by photographing a fashion story, experienced  by attending a Herb day, and tasted it on a walk #justlikethat. It always moves me with it’s mighty, simple and ‘strict’ architecture <\/b>squeezed inside a small narrow valley of St. Janez Krstnik. And the peace and quiet, that makes me call to Ljubljana and whisper…. “Listen to this silence!!!”. The smells coming from one of the oldest preserved restaurants in Middle Europe, the Gastu\u017e restaurant (1467), also completely captivate me. The Kartuzian droplets from the Pleterje Monastery, are very well known, but Charterhouse \u017di\u010de also has some excellent ones. In the Otokar cellar, which is named after the founder of this Charterhouse, ripens to about 60.000 bottles of white and ros\u00e9 sparkling wine of Zlati Gri\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tidy, as if the monks cared for the monastery just yesterday, and empty, like nobody stepped in it in years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Beautiful, mighty, simple, and ‘strict’ Charterhouse architecture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The benches seem to be inviting me to listen to the silence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Charterhouse \u017di\u010de is hiding a secret herbal garden…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… and the Otokar wine cellar, where the sparkling Golden Hill\u00a0wine is ripening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I gently stroke the beauties that have been resting here for almost three years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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And with respect, I give a taste to the Konji\u0161ka sparkling wine, which is made in the classical ‘chamed’ way…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… which means that there will be no hangover tomorrow. No, I didn’t drink it all by myself ;).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A TREAT FOR THE CHILDREN<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditional Slovenian culinary, excellent droplet of sparkling wine, and relaxing surroundings… but where is the playground? I earn my five minutes by the telling of a tale about how Charterhouse \u017di\u010de came to be, and a game that follows after that…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“In the year 1147, the Emperor Konrad, Duke Friderik and count Otokar the 3rd, attended the Kri\u017earska war. After returning from the war, Otokar wished to take a rest from the worries, so he and his fellow noble men, went on a hunt on the Konji\u0161ka mountain. He went astray from the other huntsmen and came to some shadowy pit on the south side of the mountain, where he spotted an extraordinarily white deer. As he chased the beautiful animal…” Read the continuation here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n


<\/b>STOP GAME<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hide the treasure of Otokar’s hare, by the walls of Charterhouse \u017di\u010de. The walls are actually following the land, which was available for construction, so it will make the searching quite stretched across it. Imagine how tired the kids will be after running from one hideout to the other ;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHAPTER TWO: A Golf course amongst the \u0160kalce vineyards<\/h3>\n\n\n
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A Golf playground with a beautiful view of the \u0160kalce hills.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A walk amongst the vineyard of the hilled \u0160kalce is quite charming. To the important numbers in Golf of Zlati Gri\u010d (9 playgrounds, the whole 2448 meters of them and (par 36?)) I add one more…325 points with a wonderful view ;). The Golf playground is incredibly stretched across the ground and completely encircled with vineyards, as part of it’s natural environment, the playing fields  variate by the stream, that runs through the middle of the playground, the water obstacles, the woods and the bushes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our Golf teacher, a national mid-amateur champion mr. Jani \u0160ribar, that explained the game and equipment to me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Game of technique or style ;)?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A moment of concentration…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It looks like I will at least hit the ball ;).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The house near the practise grounds, has a beautiful old patina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Golf club trellis for the winner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The droplet of Golden Hill\u00a0after the first match.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A TREAT FOR THE CHILDREN<\/span><\/strong>
If I speculate by the fact of how Amalja and Bela are excited when it comes to mini Golf, then it would absolutely be interesting to them to try playing Golf. As a mother I would recommend learning to play this game because: <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n