December 2009

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Planning Slovenia holidays – 5 Facts about Slovenia

  • December 29, 2009

I?m writing this article for people who don?t know much about Slovenia and are still deciding whether they should go to Slovenia. My suggestion is that you should go and I?m going to reason that with some facts speaking in favor of Slovenia.

1.) Location

Slovenia is a country in central Europe, bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast and Austria to the north. But, in order to get a real idea where Slovenia is I’ve marked it on the map of Europe.…

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Slovenia coast – Seven most beautiful Slovenian seaside spots part II.

  • December 16, 2009

In my previous article I described three out of seven most beautiful Slovenian seaside spots. In part II. it?s time for other four ones.

4.) Strunjan

Next spot moving from north to south is Strunjan. It?s famous for attractive Strunjan cliffs. Strunjan cliffs are part of Strunjan Nature reserve, also famous for being the highest flysch cliffs at the Adriatic Sea.  Strunjan cliffs look like this:

coast

As you may notice, there isn?t much space between the sea and the cliff, but there is enough space for many wild beaches, appropriate for naturists as well. Strunjan also has one big settled …

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Slovenia coast – Seven most beautiful Slovenian seaside spots part I.

  • December 14, 2009

Slovenia has 46 kilometers of its own coast. It borders on Italian coast in the north and on Croatian coast in the south. Despite the fact that the coast it self is rather small it has quite many towns and interesting spots, worth mentioning and visiting on your Slovenia holidays. I will describe seven of them (of course most important and tourist interesting ones), sorted from north to south.

1.) Ankaran

Ankaran is a village only few meters away from Italian border. It is interesting because of very fine sand in the sea (you don?t have to walk …

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Slovenia holidays ? Postojna cave

  • December 1, 2009

Postojna cave, in Slovenian language called “Postojnska jama” is second greatest Slovenian tourist attraction (first place belongs to Bled). Postojna cave is a name for a system of caves, typical for unique Slovenian landscape called Karst (Kras). The caves were hollowed out by the river Pivka. Postojna cave is with its 20.570 m also the longest cave system known in Slovenia and the most visited tourist cave in Europe. Postojna cave was opened to the public in 1819.…