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Planning Slovenia holidays – Prices in Slovenia

  • February 24, 2011

One of the most important questions about holidays is ?How much is it going to cost?? If money is not a problem, you can just pack the bags and go on the road. However, most of us have to save money for travel and have to calculate the trip costs in order to know how much money we need for our holidays.  I?m writing this article to inform you about costs of some typical necessaries (Slovenia prices) in order to help you calculate costs of your Slovenia holidays.…

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Ljubljanica – the River with seven names

  • February 23, 2011

In this article I would like to present you the river Ljubljanica – the river flowing through Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia. Hopefully you will discover some interesting hidden spots to visit on your Slovenia holidays.
Ljubljanica rises in Močilnik (beautiful place near Vrhnika you might want to visit) and its journey ands in Podgrad, where it outfalls in the river Sava (which flows through Zagreb, Belgrade and then outflows in the river Danube). It is 41 km long.…

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Bled holidays ? Why is Bled called paradise on earth?

  • February 23, 2011

Bled is a village in north-western part of Slovenia. It is well known by the lake with the same name (Lake Bled). The lake is special because of a beautiful island on it. That is why many people say it?s like heaven ? beautiful lake with clean water all around you, you (possibly with people you love) driving on your boat, looking at an island with beautiful church and a cloudless sky above you if you are lucky.…

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Weather in Slovenia: Three main climate zones of Slovenia

  • February 22, 2011

Weather in Slovenia is not as simple as you might think considering the fact that Slovenia isn?t a big country. That is why I?m going to inform you about some aspects of weather that might help you while traveling.

First of all, mostly because of landscape variety, weather is different in different landscapes of Slovenia, which means that seaside has different climate than only 30 km distant Karst. And of course, Karst has different climate that 60 km distant Ljubljana. And so on. So I will describe each climate separately.…

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Public transport in Ljubljana

  • February 22, 2011

The main, most important, we could say the only public transport in Ljubljana is Ljubljana?s city bus. Ljubljana doesn?t have tram or any similar type of transport. Of course there are trains, but they only drive to and from Ljubljana, not between different parts of the city.

You will get or probably find without problem maps with timetables and routes schemes. But, because the system has changed this year, you may have difficulties with paying the rides. Until September 2009, we were paying bus rides with cash or we had monthly tickets. In September, the system has changed ? …

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Slovenia holidays ? Journey to Slovenia

  • February 20, 2011

Slovenia is reachable by car, motorcycle, train, bus or plane. Well, if you are fan of challenges, Slovenia can also be reachable by foot. And for sea lovers, Slovenia is also connected with world by sea.
My personal opinion and experience is that when you are in Slovenia, you must have a car or a motorcycle. It may be your own, if you visit Slovenia by car or motorcycle, but if you visit Slovenia by any other means of transport, I recommend renting one (if you didn?t arrive by motorcycle, you will probably want to rent a car).…

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Slovenia holidays – Slovenian countryside

  • February 19, 2011

Slovenia is definitely not an urbanized country. Majority of Slovenian territory is rural and therefore especially appropriate for hiking and cycling. But that isn?t all. Thanks to many Slovenian rivers, Slovenia is also famous for canoeing (rapids are present in majority of rivers in Slovenia, such as Kolpa, Sava, Krka, ?).…

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Navigate using a map

  • January 22, 2011

We all know that the easiest method to navigate in an unknown area is to use a map. Maps show us minimized picture of Earth?s surface, so we can always use it to find any wanted spot, when we are in an unknown place. Cartography is a science, which focus on creating maps. Today, this mixture of science and art is so advanced, that we can find very precise maps of practically anything we can imagine.

Precision was not a feature of the first maps, as they were made with very primitive techniques in comparison with modern maps. In …

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Rogla, Pohorje

  • November 22, 2010

Pohorje is one of the most attractive destinations in Slovenia. On south-west side, the main attraction is Zreško Pohorje with Rogla, and on east side Mariborsko Pohorje with Areh and Bolfenk.

Rogla is also one of the highest mountains in Pohorje, which generally reaches height from about 1000 to 1600 meters. Rogla is 1517 meters high, and after it is also named a touristic town.

The touristic town is in a process of construction for about 30 years, and there is something new added every year. Currently, they are building new family hotel, and before there were built hotels of …

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Late holidays – Late holidays in Slovenia

  • March 28, 2010

As most of you probably already know, late holidays are a good option if you want to save some money and avoid the crowds on tourist spots, roads, etc. Although Slovenia isn?t very expensive country (if you are used to prices in Western Europe or USA), it is always good to save an Euro or two, because you can then spend it in restaurants, clothing shops, buying souvenirs or save it for your next trip.…