Slovenia Favorite Tips by olja1234 Top 5 Page for this destination

An Open Air Museum

Favorite thing: There is not only a cultural heritage one can admire. There is much more. You can admire a collection of minerals and fossils, medical herbs' shop, an art gallery...and more and more.

An Open Air Museum

Favorite thing: The place is situated in a peacefull valley, away from busy traffic streets. There are several objects from ancient time, like old mill, screw press, old rack waggons, agricultural implements....

An open Air Museum

Favorite thing: It's an open air museum. All around are well preserved farm outbuildings. Double drying-frame is one of the sights of Slovenia. This one is altered into shelter for the night. (For low budged travellers)

A Theme Park

Favorite thing: I suggest not to drive on the main street. Drive passing the town Tržic. Tržic is an old town for centturires home of the shoemaking, tanning and blacksmith's trades.
Follovwing the marks and the Map above, you'll reach lodging house Smuk

Zelenica

Favorite thing: This is the wiev onto Zelenica - one of the ski centres in Slovenia.
On the right side of the photo, you can see a ski lift. A good point of once a very popular ski center is that snow cover lasts till May.

Ljubelj

Favorite thing: If you come to Slovenia from Austria, you'll pass an international border crossing Ljubelj. This is the Slovene end of tunnel through Karavanke Mountains.
On the left side of the photo, there is Zelenica, once very popular ski slope. Usually the snow last till May

A map

Favorite thing: Coming to Slovenija from Austria, you can choose the international border crossing Ljubelj in Karavanke Mountain
Driving on the road full of turnings towards Trzic, you'll pass a village Podljubelj, also worth to stop. Not far away is the Tominc Waterfall, in the vicinity of which mercury was excavated until 1902.

Idrija

Favorite thing: View to part of Idrija with a church on the top of the hill.

Idrija is well known upon laces, and every year, in summer time, lacemaking market stand is organized.

Around Idrija

Favorite thing: Idrija is a small town, but all the same, worth to see it. It is known upon its mine, upon lacemaking and also an inexhaustible treasure of nature

In this castle, there is a Museum, and it's hardly recomanded to visit it.

Around Zuzemberk

Favorite thing: Round-faced tower, is located near Zuzemberk in Dolenjska region. Probably it was constructed many years back as a guardhouse.