Ljubljana Castle (Grad)

Ljubljana was our first exYugoslav stop on our itinerary and so we had no idea what to expect from the Slovene capital. But after only 3 days we could safely say that our Lonely Planet guide does not give this place enough credit.

As we weren't sure exactly what there is to see in Ljubljana we took a free walking tour of the old town on …

... you can get to a district of cottages (about 1km) by making a walking shortcut and from there you can get to the centre of Ljubljana by a bus No1. We were taken there by a local drunkard.  The hostel we stayed at, included in its` price 20min of ...

... through by train we needed to go through Serbia on a night train to Belgrade and then a further 8 hour trip to Ljubljana through Croatia and Slovenia. The alternative had been to catch a 37 hour trip ferry to Venice feom Patras in Greece and then train ...

After rather a long and much needed lie-in, I headed out, the castle (or Grad as they call them in Slovenia) was on the cards today.  I took a meander through some little side streets on the way, they were lovely and quaint.  Ljubljana ...

The Castle at Ljubljana floats over the city like a watchful guardian. From every angle around the old town it is visible. Today it was visible through swirling mists, seeming mysterious and inviting. Today we would investigate it further. First though ...

... to the square. It was now packed out and we couldn't get anywhere near the stage. We found a place where we would see the castle and had a couple of mulled wines and before too long we heard them counting down from ten to zero in Slovenian so we had to ...

... the city's backdrop. The museum also offers a less than amazing virtual tour of the city. It captures the whole history of Ljubljana and Slovenia in a tidy 20 minutes that allows it to briskly brush over the major events of the last millenia or so. For ...

Hi everybody! Continuing our trip from Salzburg we were finally on our way to Slovenia. We arrived in Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana, on Monday afternoon and were met the following day by our friends Tom and Meeghan (you may remember them from the ...

... I walked into town. It was actually very Christmassy!! I spent the day exploring the city and climbing up to the castle. I stayed in Ljubljana until Saturday morning, a combination of poor weather and having to wait for the bike shop to fit in the ...

... a very cosmopolitan city with beautiful buildings, quaint shopping streets, efficient tansportation, modern conveniences, and a stately castle/fort on the hill. Slovenia is the most prosperous of the countries born of the former Yugoslavia, and it ...

... ... took about 6 hrs in the end. - Saw the Dragon Bridge (dragons are Ljubljana's mascot) and the Ljubljana Castle (via a funicular)... neither of much excitement really. - There were 3 euro horse burgers for sale, but had already eaten... ...