Koča na Pesku

Eastern Slovenia


This mountain lodge (half board per person €28), 3km north of Rogla on the unsealed road to Koroška, is a popular place for hearty local dishes, especially its celebrated mushroom soup with buckwheat groats (gobova kremna juha z ajdovimi žganci; €5) and pohorski lonec (Pohorje pot; €5.50), a kind of goulash.


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