Vintgar Gorge (Soteska Vintgar) Bled

There was a train strike the day we were travelling to Bled. After a huge amount of confusement we got on a coach and started our journey. The views were incredible as we travelled through the Alps and we both got very annoyed at the other people on the coach who weren't appreciating the amazing views. We had a change, where we had to catch a train …

You know absolutely nothing at all about a country, not even the name of the capital city, so the question is how on earth do you pick a place to visit...Well that's obvious, you google Slovenia, click on the pictures tab and the best looking picture on that page is that place you are going! I thought this was possibly my brightest idea of the …

Early in the morning we went to the salt fields. Since it was the off season there weren't any workers there but it was still really cool to see. We got to take a tour with our guide (who showed us the whole city throughout the week) and see a video with the process of how the salt is harvested. It was really crazy to see the huge white piles of …

Today we decided to do the hike up to Vintgar and the gorge so after a good breakfast we set off. A beautiful walk through lots of rural fields and farmy houses- all with apple trees and big vegetable patches, and of course the ever present magnificent mountain backdrop.

We made it up to the national park and started the route which …

Up early-ish we took full advantage of the massive buffet breakfast which welcomed us in the hotel restaurant. After stuffing our faces with the cold stuff, hot stuff and pastry stuff; we proceeded to then stuff our bag with some sandwiches, biscuits, pastry and fruit items for later (c'mon, everyone does it!! we even spied the lady on the table …

... crossed those off my list. Instead, I went to a path a couple of kilometers outside of town. The hike went through Vintgar Gorge (Soteska Vintgar) at the edge of Triglav National Park (Triglavski Narodni Park). The gorge was a good choice for a rainy ...

A popular thing to do when in Bled is to take a walk to the Vintgar gorge, which is about 3km north of the town.  Friday turned out to be a little cloudy, so it was perfect weather for the walk.  The walk up was fab, really peaceful and it took ...

... of years ago. Not sure I'd be too comfortable having one of those sucking on my toes. We also did a day hike out to Vintgar Gorge which was also pretty easy on the old eyeballs. I don't know much about the history of the gorge but it looked fairly ...

... how easy it was by slipping on the algae covered step and doing a spectacular belly fop into the lake! Highlights of Bled - Vintgar Gorge:  a fantastic place 4kms walk from the centre of Bled.  Blue water and green sheer cliff walls. - ...

... last day we toured the 1000 year old castle before going on a 5 mile hike through tiny Slovenian villages to the Vintgar gorge, a mile long stretch of cascading water that cuts through the limestone rock. Pictures do it more justice than words. ...

... After our hike we headed back for a night in with our English TV! The next morning we braved the gray skies and hiked to Vintgar Gorge.  It was about 15 km round trip and, like our hike at the Plitvice Lakes, stunningly beautiful.  The gorge walk was ...

... right stop, so we walked a few minutes to our Pension and dropped our bags off. I had planned to go to Vintgar Gorge as we only had 2 days in Bled, but the tourist bus to get there had already left for the day, so the other alternatives was to hike it ...

Today we decided to do the hike up to Vintgar and the gorge so after a good breakfast we set off. A beautiful walk through lots of rural fields and farmy houses- all with apple trees and big vegetable patches, and of course the ever present magnificent ...

... round here with so much to keep us busy. We've cycled round the lake, swum in it rowed on it. Cycled about 25k to Vintgar gorge where we walked for 3km along the wooden walkways over the sparkling pools and waterfalls. We didn't mean to cycle that far, ...

... night reading Harry Potter, we were a little groggy to get out of the hotel room.  When we finally did, we headed for the Vintgar Gorge just 4 km outside of town.  We hiked along the river in a nicely shaded gorge.  Most of the trek was on ...