There are quite a few natural alternatives for recreation in and around the municipality. So, this is an ideal location for spending free time outdoors in the Goriška region. In its close proximity, there are numerous sports and other facilities where you can spend your holidays actively. You can play golf or go cycling, paragliding, bungee jumping, kayaking, canoeing, rafting, hiking, bowling, fishing, hunting, etc.
Outdoor sport and recreational areas and apparatus in the Šempeter-Vrtojba region:
a gymnasium, handball and basketball courts in the grounds of the primary school in Šempeter pri Gorici, a multi-purpose court in the grounds of the subsidiary primary school in Vrtojba. These facilities are used for curricular activities during school hours. However, they are available for the use of clubs and societies as well as the local residents at all other times,
There are two prominent sightseeing points – namely St. Mark's hill above Šempeter, where there is also a pleasant restaurant with the same name “Mark”, and St. Ot's knoll, where the beautiful viewing platform looks out over the wooded area of the Vrtojba-Bilje knolls. Also running through this area is the interesting circular trail.
Both the woodland paths and the paths among the vineyards of the Vrtojba-Bilje knolls are ideal for cycling. This could be purely for recreational purposes, or you could be taking part in some sort of (international) competition in our municipality.
Location (map):
Ulica Andreja Gabrščka 1
5290 Šempeter pri Gorici
GPS: E13.63918, N45.92767
Contact:
Andrej Čotar
GSM: + 386 41 683 803
Location
In the vicinity of Šempeter railway station
GPS: N45.927702, E13.646957
Contact:
E-mail: lkgorica @ gmail.com
Archery is an interesting sport which combines physical strength and mental stability. It helps archers boost their self control, study natural laws and learn how to adjust their equipment (bows, arrows and additional equipment) to reach its optimal performance.
In summer and during the greater part of the season, archery trainings take place outdoors, at the summer archery range in Šempeter near the railway station. There are 10 differents targets at various distances. The targets at the outdoor archery range are set for target archery.
In winter time, archery activities are carried out indoors, at the sports centre.
1. The starting point with a resting place and an information board woodland trail
2. The woodland nature trail on St. Ot
3. The monument to the Goriška Front on the top of St. Ot, with a resting place
4. The World War One Military Cemetery
5. Extensive vineyards (250 ha) with numerous paths for mountain biking
6. A sightseeing point among the vineyards
7. A German bunker from the Second World War
8. The woodland trail
9. A roadside wall made from tombstones from the First World War