Maja opening the Inn at Stari Grad
After the municipality of Kamnik adopted changes to the Municipal Spatial Plan (OPN) last year, which also made it possible to legalize the viewing platform in Stari grad above Kamnik, the investor has not yet filed a request for an administrative unit. However, visitors to this tourist point will soon be able to refresh themselves at the restaurant, as the Kamnik Institute for Tourism and Sport (TS) managed to acquire a tenant. By publicly collecting offers for the submission of office space in Stari grad, two bids have arrived within the deadline. Based on the tender criteria, Alpine Resorts was selected Julia Slapnik Sp.
Julia Slapnik has already taken over the guesthouse at Stari Grad, and it will be open on 1 May.
The investor has not yet applied for a building permit for the viewing platform.
The Ministry of Culture is opposed to the placement of the funicular on Stari Grad.
The contract has recently been signed, with the new tenant having three months to open the restaurant, but has already worked. The restaurant will be reopened no later than 1 May, when they will traditionally serve the May Day goulash, he announced Luka Svetecdirector of the Kamnik Institute for Tourism and Sport.
Julia Slapnik said that she has already taken over the restaurant, and is currently regulating everything necessary for near opening. “I cannot understand that the restaurant built in such a beautiful place has not come to life so far. I expect a very nice story, « he predicts. The restaurant will offer guests of homemade meat delicacies, coffee from Kamnik Pražarna, and invited Kamnik brewers to participate. Alpine Resorts Julia Slapnik and her partner Miha are not unknown in Kamnik, as they have been involved in the lodging of huts on Velika planina for the last decade, swearing on sustainable, green and boutique tourism.
The Old Castle Inn has been closed for half a year. Photo: Bojan Rajšek/Work
“We want the new tenant to successfully reopen the bar. Due to the past successful cooperation with the aforementioned company, we are convinced that we will further upgrade this partnership and together develop new opportunities to improve our offer at the Old Castle, with the upgrade of living capacity and surroundings in conjunction with the possible opening of the viewing platform, « says Svetec.
Against
the layout of the funicular
There will probably be a long way to open the viewing platform. Investor Stanislav prince Even after six years since the platform built, it has not been destined for the viewing platform to live and receive visitors. Last year, the municipality of Kamnik adopted changes and amendments to the Municipal Spatial Plan (OPN), which now allow further procedures for opening the platform, but the prince has not yet asked the Kamnik administrative authority for a building permit. Together with a famous architect Tomaž Schlegl At the Old Castle, they also plan to erect a pavilion, which would feature the history of the city of Kamnik and, above all, the erection of a 270 -meter funicular, which is expected to run from the volleyball court in Kamnik to Stari Grad.
From the old castle there are Kamnik peaks like in the palm of your hand. Photo: Bojan Rajšek/Work
According to Schegel, this project was planned in changes to the OPN, but then was from spatial the act exempted. The municipality of Kamnik, led by Mayor Matej Slapar, are for Work explained that there is no funicular or sloping elevator in the changed OPN due to the negative opinion of the Ministry of Culture. The document of the line ministry states that the unit of landscaping with the KA-171 designation, which envisages the production of the OPPN for the annual-winter sledding or the installation of a cableway device, is not acceptable.
270 m
are supposed to be criteria
a funicular from Kamnik
to the old castle
The initiative interferes with the forest areas of the Old Castle, in the area of the archeological monument and on the hill, which is important for the growing old town. Under the request for exempting the funicular from the adopted changes to the OPN, Špela Spanžel, Director General of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage, was signed. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, the Sector for Municipal Spatial Planning and Land Measures, and the Carniolan Regional Unit of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, were informed of the content of the letter.
How did the inn changed tenants
The renovated guesthouse at Stari grad was opened in April 2017, when the catering facility was taken over by Boris Golob, who further invested in kitchen equipment. For five years, the tenant insisted, and then wanted to terminate the contract, so the Kamnik Institute for Tourism and Sport found a new tenant. In July 2022, the rent of the restaurant was taken over by Damjan Gaberšek (Dajzijev company). The contract was concluded for an indefinite period, but at the request of the tenant was terminated at the end of last year’s summer season. The reason for the termination of the lease was the lack of appropriate staff, which made it difficult to provide regular operation, as well as the fact that there is less visit in winter and therefore revenues are lower. In addition, the winds in 2023 damaged the road to Stari Grad, which made it closed during the main tourist season for a month, and the visit also greatly reduced the catastrophic floods of August.
