Arboretum Volčji Potok

Eastern Slovenia


About 6km south of Kamnik is Volčji Potok, Slovenia’s largest and most beautiful garden. The 80-hectare arboretum has more than 2500 varieties of trees, shrubs and flowers from all over the world; spring is, needless to say, abloom with colour (April's tulips are especially magnificent).


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