Predjama is crouching magnificently in its cave. As you approach by road, you would not see it until the last moment.

Started with a 9th century tiny castle, over the centuries, different castles were built here, and they gradually moved out to the mouth of the cave.

Erasmus, the 15th Century castle owner, used this as a base to conduct many Robin Hood-style raids. Soldiers were sent to defeat him but the siege lasted over a year and the defense was so strong that they only defeated him by bombarding him while he was at the loo, the most vulnerable place in the whole structure (the small house on the left)

The entrance to the stable and the underground cave beneath the castle

To visit the cave underneath you will have to be well equipped, the tour is only available during the summer months and is only for those physically fit

The castle was built inside a huge cave to make access to it difficult.

Entrance of the castle via the drawbridge

Inside the castle, as you could see, some of the walls were the natural cliff of the mountain

Coat of Arms

This was found inside the tortue room, I guess we all know what this is for

The toilet where Erasmus was betrayed and killed by a cannon ball that led to the fall of the castle