Nova Štifta (pronounced [ˈnoːʋa ˈʃtiːfta]) is a settlement in the Upper Dreta Valley in the Municipality of Gornji Grad in Slovenia.

It is made up of three hamlets: Šmiklavž, Tirosek, and Zgornji Dol (formerly known as Štajngrob).

It is known as Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church (Slovene: Cerkev sv.

It has a large nave with three chapels on either side and two belfries on its western facade.

It was built until 1854 by the master builder Matej Medved on the site of a former three-nave Renaissance church, which burned in a fire in 1850.