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Hostelling International Slovenia Hostelling International Slovenia (HI Slovenia) is the only national representative of Slovenia in the International Youth Hostel Federation (Hostelling International – HI). HI is a non-governmental and non-profit organization active in about 90 countries in the world. The organization works closely together with UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization), WTO (World Tourism Organization) and other important international organization – also it was proclaimed the sixth largest organization that offers overnighting. With 4 million members it is one of the largest youth organizations in the world and is the only network of youth hostels with about 4.000 objects for spending the night, 1.5 million beds and 30-40 overnight stays annually. HI has high standards for youth hostels, based on the treatment of the guests, security, cleanliness and privacy. But it is not its only role. Since it was established in 1932 it encourages young people for better intercultural understanding through informal education and peace, global friendship and environmentalism. The international organization, with a strong support of its national members, it offers interaction among youth of various nationalities and cultures, exchange of experience, getting to know their peers and after all themselves. For this the organization has international programs for youth, above all the ones with lesser chances, through which we spread the mission of Hostelling International, which remained the same since 1932: To promote the education of all young people of all nations, but especially young people of limited means, by encouraging in them a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside and an appreciation of the cultural values of towns and cities in all parts of the world, and as ancillary thereto, to provide hostels or other accommodation in which there shall be no distinctions of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, class or political opinions and thereby to develop a better understanding of their fellow men, both at home and abroad. HI Slovenia, with more than 40 hostels around Slovenia, ensures safe, budget friendly and quality boarding for all types of groups. This includes the educational field trips with various themes (history, art or language courses) as well as extracurricular activities for schools, students, sporting and other groups – or simply friends who want a joint active holiday. All Slovenian hostels meet the international demands, with most of them having special offers for the groups: • Private rooms for group leaders and drivers • Bus parking • Study rooms, game rooms and joint areas • Ensuring full meals and possible lunch packets • Personal that understands the needs of any group Hostels are placed as well in the urban centres as in nature, but all can be perfect base for discovering the country side. Do you want active holidays with rafting, skiing and hiking? Maybe something more relaxing as sightseeing of cultural and historical sights? Or would you just spoil yourself in the thermal and natural baths? PZS as part of Hostelling International is the organization to contact for any of these great experiences in a budget friendly way.
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Ravne na Koroškem - Youth Hostel Punkl Hostel Punkl
Gozdarska pot 18 2390 Ravne na Koroškem +386 (0)8 205 48 90 punkl@youth-hostel.si
Hostel Punkl was designed as a self-sufficient low energy architectural building in line with natural and bioclimatic natural surroundings. It’s entirely made of massive wood and all the materials are natural – if only possible. The hostel offers beds for up to 48 people and has common rooms that allow the organization of activities for guests and outside visitors alike. Beds are arranged in 8 rooms with their own bathrooms. All rooms are designed flexibly, so you can stay in a two-, four-, or eight-bedded room. The rooms are lit with natural light coming from all sides and the surrounding of the hostel feature a lawn, with trees and other plants. Hostel Punkl offers great sleeping capabilities all year round, for either individual travellers or groups. It’s in the near of sport park Rave and combined with the activities of the cultural centre Ravne it offers many possibilities for groups (sport clubs and teams, school and business groups and single travellers). There’s a colourful pallet of different sports and cultural activities. Hostel Punkl was built as part of the youth centre in Ravne, the cultural office of Koroška.
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The surroundings of the Hostel Ravne na Koroškem are the sporting centre of Koroška for decades. They offer everything at one place for an active spending of your spare time. There’s the open air city swimming pool with the Olympic size pool, a covered winter pool, athletic stadium, sport fields and halls, tennis courts and the skiing slopes with artificial snow and night skiing. The sport centre Rave is involved with the surrounding nature of the town and the Valley of Mežica, between the mountains of Peca and Uršlja gora and offers active recreation with hikes to nature. It’s a place that cherishes the trekking and hiking tradition and has a well-made network of cycling paths, so everybody can find something to tickle their fancy.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner We can offer food to groups all day around; we prepare the menus according to your specifications – or you can leave the menus up to our chefs. Breakfast: There is self-service breakfast. Lunch / Dinner: We can arrange lunch in our dining room, food delivery or lunch in one of the restaurants nearby.
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Additional offers of the hostel Room type
Lockers in the room Baggage room Air conditioning Internet / Wi fi Linen Towels Laundry Conference room Elevator Handicap access Parking Outside recreation activities Sport hall
Pool table Table tennis Table soccer Swimming pool Food Dining room Kitchen
The guests have eight rooms at their disposal, each with their own bathroom. The bigger room – dorm – with up to eight beds is on the bottom floor, with three more dorms (for eight beds) and four more rooms (with up to four beds) on the upper floor. All rooms have wardrobes that can be locked. / Hostel is fully air-conditioned. The entire hostel has free WiFi access and there are two computers in the multipurpose room with online access as well. Upon arriving you receive linen, which is included in the price and gets replaced (no charge) every fifth day (if your stay is long enough). Upon arriving you receive a big and a small towel, which are included in the price and get replaced (no charge) every fifth day (if your stay is long enough). There’s a laundry on the ground floor with the possibility to use the washing machine and dries (extra charge). Right next to the hostel there’s the cultural centre Ravne, Gledališka with a multipurpose hall (117,60m2, 120 seats). / The hostel entrance is appropriate for handicapped and there is also a room on the ground floor with handicap access, with an adopted bathroom. There is free parking for hostel guests right in front of the building. Near the hostel there is a stadium, a court with artificial grass, tennis courts, volleyball terrain, beach volley terrain and a multipurpose field,… Sport centre Ravne, right nearby, also offers the volleyball and basketball field in the hall, along with table tennis and additional halls for bowling (four lanes), fitness, chess room, aerobics room and the mat for contact sports. In the nearby pizzeria. There’s table tennis in the nearby sport centre. / An Olympic sized pool that gets covered up in winter and a smaller pool. There’s the option of three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) –you can have half or full board. The dining room is on the ground floor of the hostel and accommodates up to 30 people. Guests can use the kitchen with a stove, microwave, toaster and all needed items (plates, glasses, bowls, cutlery…) to prepare their own meals.
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Local sights and attractions Forma Viva - Ravne na Koroškem are the town of Forma Vivae Between 1964 and 1989 there were seven sculpture symposiums of Forma Viva in town. The steel production of the town was part of the Forma Viva national project of international sculpture workshops along with Kostanjevica na Krki, Seča pri Portorožu and Maribor. Thirty artists from all parts of the world created their monumental ideas in steel or iron and these stand at various parts of the town, contributing to the ambient.
Mountain village of Strojna Strojna has about 250 inhabitants and is the mountain village in Koroška, at about 1000m elevation. In this village the development of the urban commodities did not spoil the cultural and natural heritage. This is also the perfect place for cyclists and hikers.
Castle park with the castle Ravne na Koroškem The castle Ravne stands on an elevation above the town centre and is about 500 years old. Today you can see the neo-baroque style of the last renovation of the castle in the 19th century, otherwise it’s a heterogeneous mixture of architecture with traces of rebuilding from the gothic age forth. The last owners – counts Thurin – made a beautiful castle park on the fields behind the building.
Prežihova bajta To the northwest and above Kotlje there is the low hill Preški Vrh. For some ten years the parents of the writer Prežihov Voranc (the greatest Slovenian writer of realism period) were the tenants at the estate. After ten years they’ve made enough savings that Prežih’s father bought the house, which is now the museum of Prežihov Voranc. The house is typical of Koroška and gives us a great insight of the days of the yough of Prežihov Voranc.
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Local sights and attractions The land museum of Koroška Permanent exhibition: the iron maker exhibition, the mining exhibition, the ethnological exhibition and the exhibition of wood and forestry. The Iron smelting museum, “štauharija”; Slovenian path of the iron culture
Cycling The valley of Mežica is the location of the first Slovenian mountain bike park with ten year old tradition, which moved from the centre of Črna na Koroškem to Jamnica nad Prevaljami. Connecting the existing cycling offers of the entire valley, Koroška and neighbouring Austria this area has the potential to become one of the biggest cycling destinations of Europe. We can mention just a few options – cycling the Mošt road, the Voranc’s path, the Blast furnace (plavž) path, around the mountain of Uršlja gora… Mountaineering This small patch of Slovenia in the valley of Mežica offers tall mountains and flat hills, perfect for some trekking and hiking. The paths are leading to Peca, Raduha, Olševa, Smrekovica, Uršlja gora… The region of Koroška is proud of its market mountain trails and especially the circular trail of Ravne na Koroškem, connecting all local peaks (with 31 control points.
Sport tourism The great sporting infrastructure near the hostel allows athletes to have training in all sorts of sports and also offers a great way to spend active holidays for all sport lovers. It’s a perfect starting point for all who enjoy sports and great natural outdoors.
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Local sights and attractions IvarÄ?ko jezero Podgora is a lovely forest area above the PreĹĄki vrh. These marvellous surroundings had been hiding the natural lake IvarÄ?ko jezero, that has been transformed into a beautiful recreational centre with sport fields and places for sunbathing and relaxation. They also feature a bar and many recreational facilities.
For the actual offer please send e-mail to punkl@youth-hostel.si and specify size of group, number of escorts, the desired additional services and time of stay.
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Hostelling International Slovenia Gosposvetska cesta 86 2000 Maribor tel: +386 (0)2 234 21 37 fax: +386 (0)2 234 21 36 info@youth-hostel.si www.youth-hostel.si