Hotel Park Bled

... vanilla slice as we know it but thicker, richer and melt in the mouth pastry.  The hotel where we stayed (Hotel Park) has the recipe for this slice and supplies to local hotels etc. Met up with another Australian and we both walked around ...

... own, has two single beds joined up, lotsa space.  More luxury after the camping!  Hopefully not as warm as the Hotel Post. Bled is a pretty wee place, the centrepiece of which is the lake and the island in the middle with a church.  ...

... he quickly mentioned that they would have breakfast and coffee waiting for us (even though breakfast typically starts at 7am at the Hotel Vila Bled). We were very impressed by this and sure enough, when we went downstairs, the hotel staff had prepared a ...

... rustica”.  There are some things worth climbing for.  From there, it was an easy walk through the park back to my hotel.                 While I was on the last ...

... .  Whatever spices they use, it was totally delicious, see the picture.     After driving back to the hotel, I rested for an hour then went back out and had a local delicacy which is a crepe spread with Nutella and other ...

... and bringing him back home with us... After Bled we drove on to Bohinj, another alpine lake situated in the Triglav National Park. Stopped for another coffee and then got back in our car and headed back toward Ljubljana. Along the way we stopped in at ...

... city, a couple of us make the trek around the island to appreciate its dazzling beauty from every side. Dinner at a fantastic restaurant called Okarina tops a perfect day, as we retire to our hotel rooms with views over the lake to an illuminated ...

... limestone sculpture.  This was a fantastic tour and well worth the money, all up 5 and a half hours although we couldn't take photos inside the caves.  We've had the buffet dinner in the hotel each night included with Trafalgar Tours.  ...

... Rikli spent 52 years in Bled and is credited for starting tourism there.  There is also a monument in a park for Arnold that we went to go see.  Bled itself is beautiful and sits on a lake.  There is an island in the middle with a ...

... for our collection.  Getting out of the tourist office we stumbled upon the tea courtyard of the Park Hotel, which claims to be the inventor of the Bled Cream cake (something that looks like a 2 layered vanilla slice). We had noticed all around town ...

... young Slovenian man) had to go back and collect them so there were more of us at the end than when we started. We drove back to Ljubljana and ate dinner at the restaurant attached to our hotel as it was easy and we didnt get wet...It wasnt very nice tho ...

... Bled, we spied mountains again, and I managed to get a couple of decent pix from the bus.  Back in Bled, I strolled through the park a while, then wandered into the garden café of a Mexican restaurant.  The waiter (Marco from Split) must have ...

... the Loiblpass into Slovenia. Saw lots of roadside religious shrines-very similar to the ones in Ireland. Arrived at the hotel in Lake Bled-the rooms have the most amazing views from the balcony!! Slovenia is holding it's national championships in rowing ...

... do have a lovely private balcony over a garden and looking into deep woods.  I’m happy here.  We’re in the Park Hotel, right on the lakefront.  Four stars, I think.  Amazing-looking spa in the lower level, which I may ...

... even a roller coaster! Feeling a bit deprived! Might have to do a bungy when I get back home. Hehe Had dinner at the hotel. They had some traditional dancers perform which was interesting and funny. Yummy gelato again-and you got to scoop it yourself! ...

... at us and the car with unusual interest. We parked the car and walked around the lake. We visited the most expensive hotel (name unknown right now) and thought it looked right out of a Russian movie. Very dated with a strange atmosphere and although ...

... . The weather is cloudy and we are completing plans for our next destination. We leave tomorrow morning to stay 2 nights in Venice at a hotel that dropped its prices starting 1 November to half what they were in October. This is not to say we are not ...

... view of the valley was nice as well. - Got really bad hay fever from all the flowers outside on the balcony of our hotel room... may be a good time to utilize my Swiss Pocket Knife to destroy them all... hmm, might be suspicious... need to take out ...

... and balsamic vinegar, but it also had pesto, and it substituted dill for basil. I ended the day a little early with a hot shower. My hotel room is nice, but the shower is a little odd. It's got a nice brass and aluminum fixture, but there's no place on ...