Rafting & Kayak
Technical rapids through the Great Soča Gorges, guided float runs, and world-class marble trout fly-fishing immediately in front of the lodges.
Soča Valley · Slovenija
“Close enough to the water to hear it with the windows shut since 1964.”
Ana & Jakob Rutar
“We are a family rather than a management company.”
Uninterrupted stewardship of the Soča riverfront for over three generations.
Our grandparents built the first of these houses in 1964, close enough to the water to hear it with the windows shut. Three more followed, and we have spent the years since restoring them slowly and letting them ourselves.
We are a family rather than a management company. Between the four houses there are twenty-two beds, one very old dog, and a woodpile that gets restacked every October whether it needs it or not.
Architectural Residences
Each cabin is restored using salvaged alpine larch, local river limestone, and raw wool insulation.
The Valley
“It comes off the snowfields of Triglav and does not warm up much on the way down — eight degrees in August, and clear enough to count the stones. Rafting and kayaking from April, the gorges and the Walk of Peace all year, Kanin turning from December. Every house is within twenty minutes of the water, and two of them within four.”
Technical rapids through the Great Soča Gorges, guided float runs, and world-class marble trout fly-fishing immediately in front of the lodges.
Centuries of alpine history, limestone footbridges, and quiet forested trails that connect the Julian ridge lines right down to our doorstep.
High-altitude skiing with panoramic views of the Adriatic Sea on clear winter days, returning to roaring woodstoves and dry beech logs.
Peak altitude: 2,292 m
Four or five letters a year — when a house comes free at short notice, when the rafting season opens, and when the beech turns. Nothing else.
Inquiries
We respond directly to every message, usually on the same day.