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About Kolona

9pm - till the morning!

In Slovenia we traditionally don’t have stag or hen nights, instead we have Kolona. Kolona is a Slovenian traditional pre-wedding party typical for Vipava Valley. On Saturday morning young guys from the village go to the forest to cut down two pine trees. In the afternoon they put them up in front of the bride's / groom's house and install a sign in between them congratulating the newly weds. In the evening the whole village and other guests come to celebrate. There is lots of wine, food - from grilled meat to homemade sweets - and even more music and dancing till the morning hours. Around 1-2am there is also traditional bargaining for the bride that can get pretty heated up :).

In a nutshell

One thing about Slovenian weddings - they don’t spare on wine and dancing :). We will start at Kristi's place in Budanje to cheer and continue to the village church on top of the hill, in a forest. If you are not coming with your own car on the wedding day (so you can enjoy more ;), you can call a taxi to get to Kristi's home in the first place. From there we will arrange transportation to the church and Villa Vipolze. Please keep in mind: to get to the church, you will need to walk on a rough gravel road for a few minutes, so please take comfortable shoes. You will kill yourself if you arrive there in high heels ;). After the church ceremony, we will drive for 30min to Villa Vipolze in Goriška Brda - Slovenian Tuscany - where we will celebrate till the morning. For going back there will be taxis at hand that can take you home.