Located at an elevation of 1,665 meters in the heart of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps in northern Slovenia, Velika Planina is one of Europe’s largest and most beautiful Alpine pastures. The spring months attract a growing number of visitors who come to admire and take photos of crocuses that cover the meadows like a purple carpet. For those wanting to witness this spectacular sight, Velika Planina is easily accessible by cable car from the Kamniska Bistrica village, about 10 kilometres north of the town of Kamnik and less than half an hour drive from Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana.

Shingle-roofed herdsmen’s huts on the Velika Planina plateau.

Every spring, the crocuses are carpeting Velika Planina with purple.

First sign of spring in Slovenia with a glorious purple carpet of crocuses in bloom.

The purple carpet of flowers is really magnificent.

A purple carpet of crocuses in bloom stretches for miles across Velika Planina.

Velika Planina is particularly stunning in the spring due to the purple carpet of crocuses in bloom covering the meadows.

The amazing purple carpet of crocuses, which bloom around mid-April.

Velika Planina is famous for its purple carpet of crocuses in bloom.

Cheery crocuses are synonymous with spring. They can be found bursting into bloom even with the last patches of snow still on the ground.

Some 63 huts whose roofs are covered with pine shingles dot the landscape with their distinctly unique architecture.

A beautiful view towards the Kamnik Saddle from Velika Planina.

A view towards the snow capped mountains of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps.

Thank you so much Masa Vodenik for sharing all these beautiful photographs. To see more of her beautiful landscape photography, make sure to follow her on Instagram!

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