Ljubljana, Slovenia Travel Blogs

bike trip around the town
Jul 30, 2008 (47 photos)

... 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 ...

Back to Ljubljana
Aug 18, 2007 (2 photos)

... It feels more like someone's home than a hostel, which is defo a good thing.  It's really close to all the Ljubljana action, down a little side street in an old building..... I can't recommend it highly enough! Thankfully as the hostel was so nice I ...

Day 2 in Ljubljana
Aug 14, 2007 (7 photos)

... ) was on the cards today.  I took a meander through some little side streets on the way, they were lovely and quaint.  Ljubljana has a very relaxed feel about it, which I really like, and although it is not a huge place and doesn't have all ...

The End of Eastern Europe
Aug 25, 2006 (35 photos)

... 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 example ...

Lovely Ljubljana
Aug 13, 2007 (4 photos)

Off to Slovenia today, well Ljubljana anyways.  The train ride from Zagreb was only going to be a couple of hours, and it was the bargain price of only 88 Kn, which meant I could have eaten a lovely meal last night instead of the stodgy pasta.& ...

Ljubljana
Apr 7, 2004 (7 photos)

... 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 repairs to a ...

All is quiet on New Year's Day
Jan 2, 2008

I think maybe when U2 wrote that song they may have been in Ljubljana. Basically everything was closed. Museums, galleries, shops - the streets were deserted. So what to do on such a quiet day? Jess had the bright idea that the movies would be good and ...

Ljubljana Castle
Dec 30, 2007 (8 photos)

... receiver and earphones that translated the movie into 5 different languages. The virtual museum provided some interesting information about Ljubljana and there were a few times where the 3D effects looked good. Jess was more entertained, I think, by the ...

New Year's Eve
Jan 1, 2008

One of the reasons I had chosen Hostel Celica was that we would be in a more interesting location for Cameron and Jean on New Year's Eve. Sure enough, the hostel was having a NYE party with cheap drinks, all invited. Jess and I planned to go to the ...

Circus maximus
Dec 31, 2007 (2 photos)

... to find an Internet café but in the process finding some interesting sights, including an outdoor performance aimed at children. Families of Ljubljana folk were standing watching the show. It struck me that if you lived in the climate you must get used to ...

Lazy in Ljubljana
Sep 27, 2005

... people, cafes, people riding old bikes, a lovely river and if one place were to epitomise Eastern Europe it would have to be Ljubljana. I travelled here with Helen, of whom I have spent the last 3 days with. Helen is a true blue Aucklander - a great ...

Tjraveljing to Ljubljana - When in Doubt, add J's.
May 13, 2008 (8 photos)

... Florence with the characteristic red roofs and a river that runs through the middle.    One thing I noticed about Ljubljana was that the general population here seemed more hip and younger that the other cities we'd been to. There was ...

Fall Vacation, Part 2 - Ljubljana and the Karst
Oct 4, 2007 (47 photos)

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 ...

Opatija to Ljubljana
Dec 29, 2007 (1 photos)

It was time to say goodbye to our Christmas home and move on to see in the New Year in Ljubljana, Slovenia. There was no hurry for us to vacate our apartment - Kristijan has allowed us until 11 to leave, which gave us time to get ready then go to the ...

croatia, bosnia and hercegovina
Sep 9, 2003 (17 photos)

... that although religion runs very deep they can appreciate that life must go on... ive just arrived in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia and cute little city, the urban planners dream...with pedestrianised streets, little traffic, open space, trees, ...

Chapter 52: The Hills Are Alive...
Sep 5, 2004

... a little refreshed, I joined up with a nice guy from Denver for the trip into town. The center of Ljubljana is charming; it's a very cosmopolitan city with beautiful buildings, quaint shopping streets, efficient tansportation, modern conveniences, and a ...

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Aug 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... ; Could we really be the only tourists here in August? Pleased with our choice of accommodation - a hotel situated inside Ljubljana's only camp site, with daily access to the Laguna Waterpark, we decided to walk into the centre of town ...

Beautiful Girls and Country
Aug 24, 2006 (3 photos)

... the name of the capital which was not a wasted exercise. The border guard asked - why do you come to Slovenia? - Gill said we wanted to visit Ljubljana making a good fist of the pronunciation - just go straight down the road he said. He then asked - do ...

Stunning Slovenia
Oct 13, 2007 (51 photos)

... before the next weekend Eurotrip. ----------------- Flights: Ryanair - LDN Stansted - Klagenfurt (Austria) - £10 Easyjet - Ljubljana (Slovenia) - LDN Stansted - £45 Return Flight time - 1hr 50mins (25mins early) 665 Nautical Miles ...

Ljubljana
Oct 27, 2008 (7 photos)

...  hours north-west to Ljubljana, the capital.  Slovenia is another country  ...

Passing Through
Aug 28, 1998

We left Italy and drove through the countryside of Slovenia. It was pretty nice. There is more about it in the next entry.

Lovely Ljubljana
Jun 26, 2006 (6 photos)

... among European cities in that most of the destruction was due to various earthquakes as opposed to wars. Not that Ljubljana escaped wartime destruction; the entire city was surrounded by barbed wire during World War II since the resistance movement was ...

Slovenia for a day
Sep 8, 1999 (4 photos)

... some cash I climbed round and up to Ljubljana Castle and climbed the tower there for a 360-degree view of the town. Ljubljana had a very youthful and new Europe hipness to it. There is a large university here and loads of restaurants and outdoor cafes ...

English encouraged through Sex and the City
Oct 13, 2005

So, I'm on the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb, a little frazzeled because the train arrived an hour late. Meaning, I would miss my bus connection in Zagreb for Dubrovnik and essentially be sleeping in the bus station. As I was using my cell to try and ...

Baltic States...
Oct 11, 2005 (5 photos)

... - headed into town. As it turns out, there is a huge match on wednesday for the world cup finals between scottland and slovenia. As it turns out, scottland just lost a match this past weekend and now the match is useless, but they have turned up for the ...

Slowenien Julische Alpen
Jun 10, 2005 (2 photos)

Wochenendtrip mit Tina und Joern

Dragon Town
Oct 19, 2009 (61 photos)

... was so beautiful. It reminded us of the train ride last year from Lucerne, Switzerland to Como, Italy. Although Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia it's a really small town! (Well, not Endicott or Omak small I guess, but still small.) Everything is ...

Ljubljana
Aug 22, 2006 (25 photos)

... out of the Lord of the Rings. We might just be forced to stay another couple of days in this town exploring Slovenia and Ljubljana. Jeez, life is tough. Part Two We spent the last two days in Ljubljana traveling around the countryside on day trips ...

Pet pred dvanajsto
Aug 31, 2006 (2 photos)

Mrzlicno iskanje zadnjih stvari, preden se ob 23:42 odpravimo na vlak za München, kamor bomo (Biber brez Evrov in s prvimi tezavami:) prispeli zgodaj zjutraj, nato nadaljevali pot do letalisèa in od tam, upajmo da z neomejeno roèno prtljago in brez ...

Travelbugs
Oct 3, 2005

... is what I've had for the last 3 weeks. And it's been great! I was slowly getting the stuff I needed to pack. The most exciting thing was getting my literature. When I bought the books 2 weeks ago, I was anxious to leave, so that I could start reading ...