Posted on March 30, 2009 - by admin

Soca Valley Property Slovenia Why Investors are Buying

Slovenia property is hot, as it was recently named one of the top destinations in the world for property investment. Soca valley property is an area more and more foreign investors are considering as an investment for capital growth. Lets look at the Soca Valley area in more detail.

The Soca valley is located to the northwest of Ljubljana. Its an area of snow capped mountains, lakes, rivers and rolling pastures. Its a perfect area to enjoy a variety of outdoor sports including:

Skiing, hiking, rafting, biking, horse riding and fly-fishing and draws tourists from all Slovenia and the world. The area is also drawing investors looking to invest in and make solid long term capital gains from

Soca valley property.

The area above is known as the Soca Valley (pronounced ‘socha’) and is an area of outstanding unspoilt natural beauty. The Soca Valley takes its name from and is dominated by one of Europe’s most stunning and beautiful rivers.

The Soca Valley is located along Slovenia’s border with northeast Italy and includes the river Soca and all of its tributaries, from this source it then flows into and through the Nova Gorica flatlands.

The Soca river has a distinctive turquoise hue and flows for approximately 100km against a backdrop of high limestone mountains, covered with thick fairytale alpine forests, that are dotted with lush meadows peppered with an abundance of flora and fauna The valley runs across the high peaks of the stunning Julian Alps mountain range which separate it from the neighboring area of Bohinj.

A significant proportion of the Soca Valley is part of the protected Triglavski Narodni Park (Triglav National Park), the largest in Slovenia.

The two major towns in the upper valley are Kobarid and Bovec and both are becoming more popular with property buyers. Other towns seeking a lot of foreign buying are Tolmin, and Nova Gorica.

The Soca valley is great for fly-fishing and fishing for the indigenous marble trout is extremely popular, as are a variety of other sports including:

Hiking and kayaking, horse riding and trekking.

In the upper reaches of the Soca Valley the town of Bovec offers superb adventure sports and tourism is growing steadily here and also throughout the region.

Kobarid is the town where you can learn about the history of the Soca valley. The region is famous from the First World War where the Soca front was the location of one of the most vicious and bloody mountain conflicts ever fought. Ernest Hemingway wrote about the Soca valley in great detail in his well known book “A Farewell to Arms”.

With its beauty, ease of access, variety of outdoor sports and convenient location to explore nearby regions and towns of Slovenia as well as other countries such as Italy tourist numbers are growing.

Slovenia is making great efforts to promote itself as a holiday destination and numbers are rising year on year with the Soca valley taking a significant proportion.

This is of course seeing a surge of people buying Soca Valley property to cater for this influx

If you are considering buying Soca Valley property, make sure you visit and get a feel for the area and the property that best suits your needs; you can buy for straight capital growth, income or a mixture of both.

If you are considering overseas property investment generally or buying property in Slovenia take a look at buying Soca Valley property first and you maybe glad you did.