From Slovenia’s largest chocolate factory to family-run chocolatiers with handmade pralines and
chocolates.

In 1922, Adolf Zavrtanik, a Slovene from Solkan, founded the family company
in Lesce to make chocolate. His principle was high quality, which he guaranteed with the best
raw materials. After the Second World War, the factory was nationalised by the authorities and in 1948 the company
Gorenjka Chocolate Factory was founded. Ten years later, the company was renamed Gorenjka, factory
of chocolate Lesce and this was the beginning of the Gorenjka brand. A brand that is still synonymous with
chocolate with whole hazelnuts.

Gorenjka, which is still made in Lesce despite foreign ownership, is not the only chocolate production in
Radol’ci. The family-run Molinet Chocolate House has been operating in Lipnica pri Kropa for many years, and from the end of
2021 a new boutique chocolate shop will open its doors in Radovljica, right next to Linhart Square,
Radolska chocolate. Both chocolatiers are distinguished by their top-quality chocolate products.

You can also buy products from local chocolatiers at the Radovljica TIC.