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Visitors to Nova Gorica to be taken on a smuggling tour

Nova Gorica, 04 February (STA) - Visitors to Nova Gorica will be able to try out their smuggling skills on a guided tour of the Slovenian-Italian border in one of three new tourism products included in the official programme of the European Capital of Culture. The other two are a heritage-themed pastry and a game involving the region's castles.


A project of the Nova Gorica and Vipava Valley tourism board, Factory of Experiences features three unique cultural tourism experiences, the board's head Erika Lojk told reporters on Tuesday.

Starting from 9 February, the two-hour Smuggling Tour will be available at weekends for groups of up to ten visitors at a time in Slovenian, English and Italian. Bookings can be made at sverctura.si.

The tour will run from Europe Square to the Smuggling Museum in Pristava, crossing the border multiple times and including a customs check at the end for an immersive visitor experience.

Launched in 2019, the Pristava collection shows how people used to smuggle everyday products across what used to be a Yugoslav-Italian border, from coffee and rice to car parts, washing powder and jeans.

"We decided for smaller groups because we wanted every visitor to be in contact with the guide as well as with a customs officer who will examine their smuggling resourcefulness," Lojk said.

Rose-flavoured biscuits called Biškotična have hit store shelves in another heritage-themed product.

Their name combines the local dialect word for biscuit (biškot) and the word lady (gospodična) in a reference to the House of Bourbon, the French royal dynasty whose last members, including the last French king, are buried at the Kostanjevica Monastery above Nova Gorica.

The Bourbon rose named after them is a symbol of Nova Gorica.

A game called Noble Wanderings introduces players to twelve castles and mansions of the former County of Gorizia, encouraging them to visit the locations themselves. The game also includes questions about the history of the castles, which can be answered with the help of the accompanying booklet.

All three products have been developed with the European Capital of Culture in mind but they will remain available after the end of the project.

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