Bled Castle (Grad)

On day 12 (second last day of this tour), we travel by train from Budapest back thro' Vienna to Bled (approx. 9hrs), situated on the stunning Lake Bled at the edge of the Julian Alps in Slovenia.

There are many outdoor activities to get the blood pumping in Bled - rafting, caving, canoeing, swimming, rowing, hiking, to name a few - or …

... had people leaving all afternoon and by dark was only 20% full. We did all the touristy stuff on and around Lake Bled. We visited the castle on the hill. We swam in the lake. We went to the Vitgar Gorge which was our highlight. A 1.6 kilometre ...

... is a tiny little island. Perched above the lake on a hill is a castle all scenically set in the Julian Alps. So obviously the castle and the little island had to be checked out! We climbed up to the castle in the morning and of course by the time ...

... in Bratislavian hostel that really spoilt our time there we made for the hills (literally). Our train from Bratislava to Bled went via Vienna and then on into Slovenia. Seemed a round-about way to go but as we got to spend most of the trip on a clean ...

... . In all, the drive from Salzburg took about 2.5 hours. I think the drive cost us about 25 euros in tolls. When going into Slovenia, one of the immigration officers let us know that he was not Pro-United States and tried to scare us a bit. It had ...

... charlotte cake which was a vanilla mousse with raspberry sauce. We ate on the terrace with views of the lake and castle. Lowlights of Bled We had a rather unpleasant meal at a restaurant called Gostlina Pri Planincu. The place was full of flies, the ...

The train journey from Munich to Slovenia vindicated our decision to travel the world only by land. Gazing out of the window, 5 hours flew by as the train snaked alongside the Julian Alps before climbing high into the mountains and dropping us at the ...

Off to Bled, and Lake Bled, which is in the north west of Slovenia and in the Julian Alps, which are actually named after Julius Ceasar.  I hopped on the bus for the one and a half hour journey which took us through some great Slovenian scenery, ...

... back on the boat for the journey back. The views of Bled from the boat are worth the price of the journey alone. An ancient castle towers above Bled. You almost expect it to be occupied by an evil Count, except Bled is just so pretty that it couldn't be ...

... off from the sights, as we wanted to have that hike fresh on our minds. For our last day in Bled we headed up to Bled Castle.  The skies were very ominous but we hiked up the hill anyway.  The castle itself dates back to 1004.  It now houses a cafe, ...

... it's great being here in the beautiful lakefront town of Bled to relax in scenic surroundings for a couple of days. I arrived in Slovenia on Thursday, and checked into my hostel in Ljubljana. I didn't actually get to see much of the city, since I ...