Celje: Hotels and Accommodations
Accommodation in City Municipality of Celje
Winter at Celjska Koča
In winter, Celjska Koča offers a ski resort and a toboggan run. In summer, Celjska Koča has numerous hiking and cycling trails; the summer bobkart toboggan run “Celjski dirkač” at Celjska Koča is 800 m long.
Booking a hotel in Celje can be part of your travel planning.
History and Culture
The Princely Palace, Knežji dvor, was built on Roman foundations. In its basement rooms, visitors can experience the largest in-situ presentation of remains of Roman Celeia, covering more than 1,000 m².
Stara grofija is a Renaissance palace and houses the Celje Regional Museum. The Celje Ceiling is a rare example of secular illusionistic painting in Slovenia.
Celje Castle is the largest medieval castle in Slovenia. During the warmer months, it hosts living-history programmes with cultural and historical associations from all over Slovenia.
The Calvary of Celje on Jožefov hrib consists of four of the original five chapels and a Golgotha group.
The U4 artists’ district is a creative area with ten artists and an artist-run gallery. The programme “V gosteh pri fotografu Pelikanu” includes portrait photography in the glass photo studio.
Archaeology and Museums
The Early Christian baptistery is a rare preserved and confirmed example of Late Antique sacred architecture in Slovenia. It has been arranged as an archaeological monument and gives visitors insight into one of the oldest pieces of evidence of Christianity in Slovenia.
The Celje archaeological site traces the city’s development from the Celtic settlement of Keleia to the Roman municipium Claudia Celeia. Part of the site is open to the public through the exhibition “Mesto pod mestom”; visitors can see ancient streets, mosaics, and architecture there.
The house in Pečovnik has been open as the Alma M. Karlin Memorial House since 2014 and presents the permanent exhibition “The Lonely Journey of Alma M. Karlin”. At the memorial house, visitors can see authentic living quarters, personal belongings, photographs, and documents.
The Photo House Pelikan dates from 1899 and is a branch of the Museum of Recent History Celje. A skylight studio has been preserved there, where photographs can still be taken.
Routes and Orientation
Celje railway station is located near the old town. Celje’s Centralka city card and app combines payment of parking fees, the purchase of public transport tickets, and bicycle rental.
The cycling route from Celje to Laško begins at the park-and-ride car park. Most of the 12 km route runs along a cycle path on the left bank of the Savinja.
Landscape and Activities
Mount Tolsti Vrh, Mount Kjumberk, Mount Gozdnik, and the summit of Sv. Uršula are each located in the vicinity of the Urban Municipality of Celje.
Celje’s urban forest has 14 km of well-maintained hiking trails. The treehouse in Celje’s urban forest offers creative workshops, concerts, poetry evenings, and exhibitions.
For further area selection, the pages lead to Štore and Celje.
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