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Become a travellling fresco painter for a day How many times have you admired the frescoes in churches and castles or on the facades of townhouses? In Šentjošt you have the opportunity to turn from being an observer to a creator of these historical painting techniques. Try your hand at painting frescoes using the same method and the same ...

Reviving the images of the past - become a master restorer How lovely is the patina of the past that enriches objects with stories of decades, centuries and even millenia. Why, therefore, would one want to continually buy new objects when old ones are so valuable? At the Kavčič Restoration Workshop in Šentjošt you can try your hand ...

Bake bread in a traditional way - in a clay oven Have you ever torn off a piece of bread with a crispy crust that has just been baked in a clay oven? Have you ever mixed, kneaded and baked your own bread – the way that our mothers and grandmothers did? In the midst of the rolling hillocks of ...

Make a wooden plate, bowl or felt ornamentTry your hand at creating from wood and sheep's wool. In the shelter of the vast forests of the Polhov Gradec hills, home to solitary farms and where cattle and sheep graze on its steep slopes, you can make your own unique wooden plate or bowl from wood. Sense the nature beneath ...