The Walk of Peace: Hiking the Isonzo Front

The Walk of Peace (Pot miru) turns the scars of the Isonzo Front into a single thread you can walk: a roughly 230 km trail running from the Julian Alps to the Adriatic, linking the trenches, chapels, cemeteries and open-air museums of WWI. Almost nobody walks the whole thing — the point is to pick the sections that move you.

Best Soča Valley sections

• Around Kobarid: an easy historical loop taking in the Italian Charnel House, the Napoleon Bridge and the river — gentle, and pairs perfectly with the museum.
• Kolovrat ridge: restored trenches and tunnels on an open crest with views into Italy. A proper mountain walk, often empty.
• Mengore and the Tolmin hills: quieter hill positions above the southern valley.
• Krn massif (advanced): high-mountain front lines for experienced, equipped hikers only.

How to do it

Use the Kobarid Museum as your information hub — it anchors the route and helps you choose a section to your fitness. Valley stretches need only decent shoes; ridge and summit sections are real mountain hikes — boots, water, weather-checking and respect for the terrain.

Walk it respectfully

Much of this ground holds remains and memorials. Stay on marked paths, don’t remove anything you find, and treat the sites as the war graves they effectively are.

Pair it with

Combine a section with the Kobarid Museum and the other WWI sites tourists miss for a day that balances walking with understanding.