The Walk of Peace, following the Isonzo Front

What the Walk of Peace is

It’s a long-distance trail of more than 500 km connecting over 300 monuments and remains of the front, from the Julian Alps to the Adriatic. The foundation presents it as the only cross-border long-distance trail linking the fronts of two countries, Slovenia and Italy. It crosses the Soča Valley inside Triglav National Park, the Brda wine region and the Karst before reaching the coast.

The terrain changes a lot along the way. There are high-mountain paths, gravel roads along the Soča, old mule tracks, Karst meadows and trails through the vineyards. It’s waymarked uniformly, can be walked for most of the year and has alternative routes and loops for those who want more.

The Walk of Peace Foundation

On 21 September 2000 the Slovenian Government approved the «Posočje, Walk of Peace» project and proposed a foundation to carry it out, which was set up on 1 December that year in Kobarid. Since then it has researched, restored and presented First World War heritage, published guides and maps and run the Kobarid Historical Library. Its main partners are the Kobarid Museum, the Milko Kos Historical Institute of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and PromoTurismoFVG on the Italian side.

In 2016 the Walk of Peace joined UNESCO’s tentative list, the intermediate step before a nomination, and in 2020 it won the title of Europe’s best cross-border Interreg project.

Where to start: Kobarid

You can start anywhere, but the foundation recommends one of its visitor centres, which offer interactive content, information, literature and local guides. Kobarid has one of those centres and also the Kobarid Museum, the best place to understand the front. For the southern end, the Park of Peace on Sabotin, above Nova Gorica, keeps galleries, trenches and caverns on a mountain that fell to Italy during the sixth Isonzo offensive, in the summer of 1916, with views over the Vipava Valley, Brda, the Karst and the Julian Alps.

The Kobarid Museum, Sabotin and the Cerje Monument of Peace share a discounted combined ticket in 2026.

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Walking it in sections

Most people walk or ride individual sections and combine the trail with outdoor museums. For families, the foundation suggests the less demanding sections, with show caves and pastures with grazing livestock. There are also multi-day organised tours with accommodation, meals and a guide who specialises in the First World War, and the foundation publishes a guidebook, first edition 2024, and a 1:30,000 map. In early spring or late autumn the upper section may have winter conditions.

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