Visit Slovenia 9: Maribor, town in eastern part of Slovenia

I was just passing trough Maribor, so I took only 3 photos, but I stopped for a 5 minutes to make a photo of the oldest vine in the world. This amazing vegetable creeper is older than 440 years.

Celica - Hippest Hostel in the World

All backpackers must visit youth hostel Celica. Celica (Cell in English) has been transformed from a old prison building. They renovated old cells into interested rooms. Celica was proclaimed for the best hostel by Lonely Planet and in 2006 received award for the‘Hippest Hostel in the World’. It has 20 very artistically restorated ex prison cells with bars on the door and window. You feel inside like in fancy prison. (Dont worry - they will give you key for a room on the reception:))Each cell is unique and had been designed by plenty of artists. Because its extraordinary rooms, Celica is also on the list of most unusual places on Blue List of Lonely planet.

Hostel is located in Metelkova mesto, near Ljubljana main railway station and 5 minutes of walking away from the old town. Metelkova mesto (mesto means city) is place where many concerts and parties are happening. So after party you can easily walk to prison.

Link to Hippest Hostel in the World is here.

Visit Slovenia 8 - Velika Planina

Velika Planina is a very beautiful village, great to go in summer as well for skiing in the vinter time. Short english presentation is available on this link:
Presentation of Velika Planina

Vienna

Pictures from Vienna:

Visit Slovenia 7- Cerkniško jezero (lake)

Cerknisko jezero is an intermittent lake and covers 26 km2 when is full - even up to 38 km2!. It is 10 km long and 5 km wide. That makes it the largest lake in Slovenia. ( www.burger.si ).

Cekniško lake is not interesting only because of its nature beauty, but also because of
Carst characteristics. This lake has got a sinkhole and sometimes water goes bellow the surface, then you can see interesting lake ground.

If you want to see some awesome pictures then go on this link and scroll down: www.ramsar.org.

Partyslava - Bartislava - Bratislava

Pictures from my trip to Bratislava, also some text comming soon...


man at work




View from castle


Pivnička

Visit Slovenia 6 - Triglav National Park

Picture: View from the highest peak of the Triglav national Park


Triglav National park is area around Slovenian highest mountain Triglav (2864) in Julijan Alps. I was already writing about lakes Bled and Bohinj and river Soča, which are located on the area Triglav National Park. But this lakes and river are only beginning of park, Later you met spectacular mountains, nature and valley of Triglav seven lakes.
Beautiful area for climbing, mountaineering, walking, swimming...


Click on link for more information about Triglav National Park .

Visit Slovenia 5 Capital Ljubljana

If you come in Slovenia, you of course have to visit capital Ljubljana. Ljubljana has approximately 300.000 habitants. Trough Ljubljana flows river Ljubljanica. ljubljana is Located in the center of Slovenia and if you are coming for a longer time to Slovenia is Ljubljana the best location to stay. you need 1 hour from Ljubljana to the sea and approximately half hour to the first ski center (Krvavec. From Ljubljana is also half hour to Postojna Caves, 1 hour to Bled and a little more then 1 hour to Tolmin (see my previous posts named Visit Slovenia, if you don't know how this places).

Ljubljana has got thriving cultural and night life, there is many clubs and concert places (Orto Club, K4, Križanke, Tivoli) and locals which are open long in the night. Perhaps the most famous is Metelkova mesto - rock city with around ten clubs, where happens numerous activities. Numerous festivals happens through all year (music festivals, kino festivals,... If you are interested in architecture - Ljubljana was built by the same architect as Prague, Jože Plečnik

Click to see Old town and Ljubljana castle .

Places you must see, when you visit Ljubljana:
-Old town
-Castle
-Zmajski most
-Tromostovje
-Park Tivoli

Events
-Druga godba
-LIFFE, movie festival
-Trnfest - in august in Trnovo, near old town
-Veseli december( happy december - 1 month celebration of new year)
-Študenstska tržnica (student party)
-majske igre (student year end party: lasts whole may:)
...
Click for moe information about Ljubljana

Visit Slovenia 4 Tolmin and River Soča

Hello,

Welcome to the land of living water!
Near village Tolmin flows deep blue River Soča, known as smaragd river. Valley of river Soča is great for one day trips or longer stay in hotel in Tolmin or some apartments. You can also combine enjoying in nature (walking around, barbecue, mountaineering, raft on Soča,...) with visiting a Tolmin museum .

Please visit this links for amazing photos of river Soča:
RIVER SOČA 1
RIVER SOČA 2

VISIT SLOVENIA 3 Bled and Bohinj

Bled and Bohinj are most famous lakes in Slovenia. They are located under Julian Alps.
Besides attractive lake, Bled is also known by famous business school IEDC

There are numerous opportunities for sport around lakes, besides swimming of course: mountaineering, climbing, skiing, you can jump with parachute or riding a horse. There are many hotels around the lake and also nice places for camping.

Here is link for picture of lake Bled:
PICTURE OF LAKE BLED
Here are links for detail information:
BLED
BOHINJ

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VISIT SLOVENIA 2 - Slovenian coast

In previous post I presented to you two Slovenian caves. Because from Postonjska cave is only one hour and from Škocjan cave is only half hour to the Adriatic sea, I will today tell you something about short Slovenian coast. Slovenian coast is shorter than 50 kilometers. There are 4 larger cities on the coast: Koper, Izola, Piran, Portorož. Koper is the largest, its about 30.000 inhabitants in Koper. Koper is economical center of this region and also university city. University of Primorska has around 7000 students, but number of students grows fast.

Pretorian palace on the main square in Koper










If you are visiting Slovenian coast during summer you can enjoy in numerous cultural events and party events. I would recommend you to go in Izola on cinema festival named Kino otok. If you are interested in movies,you will find more information about
program on this link: film festival in Izola.




Old town Koper








Piran is picturesque small old city. It is nice for easy walking through the city and drinking beer in the pubs, and few kilometers away is Portorož - the most popular touristic point at our sea. Portorož is very popular amongst young people and also older population, but Izola and Koper are much more interesting places for me.


Piran










I wanted to write longer post about our coast, but because I am very tired today and because our coast is just 46 kilometers long also my post today will be very short :)
maybe I will upgrade this post in next days.
Izola

VISIT SLOVENIA 1 - CAVES : POSTONJSKA JAMA and ŠKOCJANSKE JAME

Today I am starting with serial posting about Slovenia named VISIT SLOVENIA. In this posts I will write about 10 touristic points, which you must visit when you come to Slovenia. First post is about very famous touristic attraction in Slovenia - caves. I will describe the longest and most famous - Postonjska jama and the most beautiful - Škocjanske jame.







POSTOJNSKA JAMA

Postojnska Jama is the largest and the most widely known of around 7000 caves in Slovenia. Since opening in 1819 Postonjska jama attracted more than 30 million visitors from all over the world. Cave is compounded from a network of more than 20 kilometers of tunnels, caverns and chambers. Postojnska caves are very beautiful but for many people to touristy. There is to much crowded with tourists and inside also drives electric train. If you visit Postojnska jama then you should also see castle Predjamski grad. (Castle not far away from cave. Here is link for all information about Postonjska jama : Postonjska jama

ŠKOCJAN CAVES

Škocjan caves are located on a half way from city Postojna to the adriatic sea and city Koper . River Reka flows through the cave. If you don't have time to go to both caves I would rather choose Škocjan caves then Potojnska caves, because it is not so commercial and it is not so many visitors and you can enjoy the beauty of the cave in peace. you will get information about Škocjanske jame if you click on this link: beautiful cave

INTRO to Slovenia

I next ten posts I will write about ten most interesting touristic places in Slovenia. This posts will be about well known and attractive touristic points. But for intro of this posting, I am presenting you small hill near Žiri (Willage where I live).



This hill is called Mrzli vrh and is about 1000 m above sea level height. Is not famous touristic point (you will not meet more than 5 people during walking to the hill), but it is interesting to go on Mrli vrh if you are staying in Slovenia for a longer time.



Flowers




View




Snail



View on river Sora



It is not to talk a lot about Mrzli vrh - it is just hill and beautifull nature. It is about 1 hour easy walking to the peak.
ROAD INSTRUCTIONS: LJUBLJANA - ŠKOFJA LOKA - ŽIRI and in Žiri ask for Ledinica. If you will maybe someday really going to Mrzli vrh then send me an email for details.
Pictures in post are from my yesterday´s trip to Mrzli vrh. My next post will be about one of the famous touristic points in Slovenia. Postonjska jama and Škocjanske jame.

POLAND - TORUN TRIP

WITAM PANSTWO!

Today I have time and I decided to write a post about about after new year trip to Poland. I love beautiful city Torun, which is located in the heart of Poland, about 150 kilometers west from Warsaw. During the study time I have been living half of the year in this marvelous gothic town.

We were planning to visit Torun for a new year, but because of illness we transfer trip to 1.1.2007.

How small is the world today. Me and my friend from secondary school Robi went to train at 14 o clock in the afternoon and after a few bottles of wine liker and just 20 hours of driving we were 1300 km away in Poland.

Torun is famous by many things. It is the most beautiful city I know. I am sure that in Torun no tourist will be disappointed. There is plenty of interest building, museums and historical things and a lot of hotels in the old town and a lot of clubs, pubs and party places. Thats why in Torun will enjoy older tourists as well young people who are more interested in night life.

At the begining Robert shows the most interest in second tourist characteristic of city and we decided to try all those Tyskies, Zwyiec, Lech, Kasztelan, Warka, Zubr, Okocim and similar trade marks which I know wery well from my previous visits of Torun. I recommend clubs where serve the best tyskie:) : Pod Aniolem, JazzGood, Odnova (near university campus)
Moskwa, Kredens, Szwejk, Stara babcia, Kuranty. If you want to go to a good meal go to Gesia Szjya, delicious pancakes are served in a restaurant on the old square near Poczta. Best pizza is in Monte negro - take bus 27, alight from bus at station Bartkiewy czowny, you will see yellow shop called Biedronka and ask someone for direction in very near.

Torun is also famous for cookies made out of honey. If you are in Torun you have to buy it, they are known as pierniki.

This was my short first post. Previous one was not post but just a commercial for Agloco. I hope I will write 2 post per month in English. It will be quite task for me, because I am not native speaker. I apologize for my mistakes. I would like to check what I have written, but I dont have time to do this. If I made some big mistakes or if you dont understand some parts of article, please feel free to tell me about.