Lipica, Slovenia Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Located 7km west of the drab railway-junction town of Divača near the Italian border, LIPICA gave its name to the Lipizzaner horses associated with Vienna's Spanish Riding School. There are three hundred horses here, the results of fastidious breeding that can be dated back to 1580, when the Austrian Archduke Charles established the farm in order to add Spanish and Arab blood to the Lipizzaner strain that was first used by the Romans for chariot races. Tours are given round the stud farm (daily 9/11am–3/6pm; 1300SIT; www.lipica.org ), and the horses give the elegant displays for which … more »