Old town Centre of Brežice

The old town centre of Brežice will charm you with the rhythm of its many cafés, restaurants, confectionaries and different shops, while offering a walk by its many sights that enable a clear insight into the local history and its stories.

For lovers of cuisine, there is a wide selection of inns and restaurants, offering everything from traditional delights to modern gourmet touches. For top-notch pampering with flavors from the Michelin selection, stop at Ošterija Debeluh, where you will be pampered with exquisite gourmet dishes that already border on art.


We recommend you to start your sightseeing tour at the northern part of the town at the Church of St. Rocco, which was built in 1764. Continue past today's Grammar School, which was once the seat of the Franciscan monastery, and past the Square of the Exiled, where you can stop and see the so-called German House, a symbol of the beginning of the 20th century when the town became one of the centres of the national fight against ethnic oppression.


Then the road leads to the National Hall, the Church of St. Lawrence and the House of the Del Cott family. In the very centre of the town, there is the Brežice Town Hall with a small authentic shop where you can buy various local products and souvenirs. There is also a winery where you can taste many high-quality wines by the local winegrowers.


Continue past the  northern city gate, which in the 16th century allowed the entrance to the walled medieval city. From here you have a view of the colorful main street, and in the background the view can reach all the way to the church of St. Vitus on Šentvid. Throughout the walk, you are accompanied by the famous symbol of Brežice, the unique Water Tower from 1914, which with its 46 metres forms the city panorama.


Finish the walk with a visit to the mighty Brežice Castle, where the Posavje Museum Brežice is located, and the unique baroque Knight`s Hall gives it unique charm. The path from the castle ends at the river embankment. Here the old iron bridge stretches over the rivers Sava and Krka.

The project ‘Architectural Sketches of the Brežice Old Town Centre’ was designed as part of the efforts to revive the old town centre. Its role is to bring the abandoned display windows back to life by temporarily displaying artwork by local artists. Therefore, by taking a walk through the town, you can also see the street gallery. This way, the architect and artist Vesna Lapuh provided a window to the creativity of our ancestors and a possibility of how to shape our future.

Continue past the northern city gate, which in the 16th century allowed the entrance to the walled medieval city. From here you have a view of the colorful main street, and in the background the view can reach all the way to the church of St. Vida on Šentvid. Throughout the walk, you are accompanied by the famous symbol of Brežice, the unique Water Tower from 1914, which with its 46 meters forms the city panorama.