Slovenia Travel Blogs

Four major European geographic regions meet in Slovenia: the Alps, the Dinarides, the Pannonian plain, and the Mediterranean. Slovenia's highest peak is Triglav (2,864 m; 9,396 ft); the country's average height above the sea level is 557 metres (1,827 ft). Around one half of the …

Kranj is historical city where you can see a lot of old buildings and things like that but i prefer its nature. Around the city you will find some hills, mountains, forrests and fields. And cuz I love nature so much I present Kranj not through its builings but through its nature which is so beautif…

Aljažev stolp (The Aljaž’s Tower) is the highest mountain shelter in Slovenia, situated at the top of the Triglav Mountain (our highest peak). Triglav is important national symbol of Slovenia and also appears on our flag.   The tower was designed and set up by a priest Jakob Aljaž. He w…

I got this article by e-mail about how Slovene language is supposed to be difficult. Really made me laugh! See it yourself…   By Victor Irving Slovenian is one of the most complicated languages on earth.   Take this joke from students who were struggling with the language: - Le…

I spend this weekend in Ljubljana and visited some of my family. On Saturday morning I went to city centre by bus and took some photos. Ljubljana organised "a day without a car" on that day, so the streets were almost empty. I wish this would happend more often! I also got a chance…

Before coming here I couldn't even pronounce the name of the city (LOO-BLEE-YANA). Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, is a small, beautiful town. The old town reminds of Prague, but far less touristy.I spent my first full day there walking around the town, around the university area. While re…

I got in to a 2hour trouble of finding my hostel here last night. The directions the hostel said that I should get off at the 5th stop of bus no. 9 but when the 5th stop came... boooo it wasn`t the same stop so I tried the 6th one and then... booooo not again. 7th came and wahhhhhhh not again so I …

Small on size but big on possibilites..Slovenia is a wonderful place, ideal to enjoy the nature on it most pure way.There are so many adjectives to define this place, for example beautiful, quiet, clean and cheap.At least it was my experience..a really commendable place to visit..

Ride - Day 5, Lavamund, AT to Zgorjne Jezersko, SL 71 km (44.7 miles) Tuesday morning dawned another gorgeous day.  Waking up to step out onto the balcony and look up the Drava river valley was just an amazing sight.  While I haven't mentioned it, previously most mornings we w…

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The charnel house was built between 1936 and 1938, following the plans of a building company from Munich. In it, the mortal remains are burried of about 1000 German soldiers killed during the 12th Isonzo Offensive in October 1917. Later we were told that this place is haunted. If I knew this …

The road from Treviso to Gorizia was not as crowded as going to Treviso. The landscape towards Slovenia is very beatiful and with less people than the other northern part of Italy. When you turn of the freeway in Villesse your driving towards the mountains than starts the Slovenian borders. This …

“Bled? That sounds a bit gruesome,” said Jodie when I first suggested the idea of visiting the small town in Slovenia, the most northerly of the former Yugoslavian republics. We were sat by the pool in Poreč, Croatia, and I’d just found out that a coach could pick us up outside the hotel and…

I finally made it to Slovenia. Oh yes.

After spending 4 days in Italy, I headed for Slovenia-the country full of nature and nice people.