The Guardian
A slow travel success story in Slovenia’s secret valley
Tourism is only just taking hold in Vipava, but the locals are determined to do it right, by putting community first and preserving what makes it special The drive to Pedrovo is vertiginous, and each hairpin bend has me sending a silent prayer that we won’t meet a tractor coming the other way. When we near it, we abandon the car and continue on foot to the hamlet, a scattering of red-roofed, wh…