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Sečovlje Salina Nature Park

Salt pans & nature park·Sečovlje, Slovenia·€

Hand-worked salt pans

Traditional salt pans south of Portorož, rich in birdlife and still worked the old way.

Salt pans and salt heaps at Sečovlje — Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © pepe nero · CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

Boardwalk across the Sečovlje salt pans at dusk, ruined saltworkers' houses under a pink sky — Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Sečovlje Salina Nature Park

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About Sečovlje Salina Nature Park

In the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park, past and present still go hand in hand: salt is harvested by hand on the pans in the time-honoured way. Of the many salt pans that once lined the Gulf of Trieste, only those at Sečovlje and Strunjan survive, making this a precious record of the salt-workers’ life on the north-eastern Adriatic. The pans are also a rare wetland, rich in plants and animals adapted to salty conditions, from birds to the European pond turtle. Explore on foot or by bike, or join a guided tour to learn about the park and its salt-making tradition.