Hello guys,

Today, let me show you a little village called Ivanji Grad (->map).
Ivanji Grad is a little village of about 100 inhabitants just next to Zagrajec.

Entrance of Ivanji Grad.

If you go near the church of Ivanji Grad, you’ll be able to see
other neighbouring the landscape, the vineyards and the village of Gorjansko a bit downhill.
If the weather is nice, you will also have a nice view a mountain Nanos (1300 m high).

Church of Ivanji Grad.
Vineyards near the church. We can see the village of Gorjansko downhill.
View of Ivanji Grad near the church. We can see the mountains Nanos in the background.

Some of the oldest houses in Ivanji Grad are more than 150 years old.
Walk around the village and pay attention to the main door made of stone and wood.
If you look at the top of the gate, you’ll see a date engraved in the stone indicating how old is the house.

Very old gate in front of a house in the village.
Close up of that same gate. The stone above the gate was indicates it was handcrafted in 1857.

Every year,the last week end of june, Ivanji Grad welcomes the Lavender Festival.
It is a village fair where people can buy a lot of handcrafted products, buy lavender bouquets,
lavender soap, lavender oil, local food (cheese, ham etc…), jewellery etc …
Quite a lot of people come to this festival every year.
In june 2018, more than 1200 people to this festival.
1200 visitors in 2 days is a lot for a  little village of 100 inhabitants.

Lavender fields behind the vineyards in Ivanji Grad.

There many paths crosing the forrest where people can hike, bike or simply take a stroll.
If you love walking in the woods, I recommend you to walk along one of the 3 main paths.
You can hike along the path going to Lipa or another one goint to Sveto.
There is a also path crossing the forrest that will lead you to neighboring village of Zagrajec.

Many hiking paths leading to neighbouring villages.
Walking on the path leading to Lipa.

My tips for Ivanji Grad:

1/ Go near the Church look at the landscape.
2/ Walk along the paths leading to Zagrajec, Lipa and Sveto.
3/ Go visit Štanjel (12 km away).
4/ Go visit Cerje (12 km away).
5/ Go visit Carsiana (17 km away).
6/ Go swimming in Sistiana.
7/ Where to Eat & Drink.

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