This experience is one of 16 unique experiences of Slovenian tourist board official collection.
With a Natural sequence of stories and locations, we open the door for you to an intimate world of reflection, inspiration and contemplation.
With each carefully selected location, story, challenge and invitation, the now obscured story of the 333 years of the Benedictines’ life in Gornji Grad is subtly and gradually revealed.
Along the way, you become familiar with the biodiversity of Slovenia, as there are over 160 species of herbs in the garden. Over tea you can listen to special stories about the culture of tea drinking in the Upper Savinja Valley.
Herbal magic in Savinja valley is one of Slovenia unique experiences that evokes a sensory experience as well as a personal narrative and affirmation. With a natural sequence of stories and locations, we open the door for you to an intimate world of reflection, inspiration and contemplation. You take the leading role in the experience. At the well, just as the monks once did, you wash your hands, catch the water and take your first sip with closed eyes. Visit of the white baroque church, the biggest by volume in Slovenia evokes your sense of time. With the help of sensory exercises and pristine barefoot contact with the earth, the herbal bath in the garden gently opens all of your senses. Before leaving for the herbalist’s shop, you collect a bouquet of herbs for a herb spread. In the herbalist’s shop, you lose yourself in lively everyday work. You make your own personalised incense from selected herbs and create a delicious herb spread from the bouquet of fresh herbs you collected. The experience is rounded off with tea ceremony and a plate of homemade delicacies. A real sensory pampering for you and your senses!
herbal tea and a plate of homemade herbal delicacies
You will make your own way to the meeting points