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Slovenia | Links

The sites listed on this page are specifically about Slovenia. Many of the more general sites listed in the Overview of the Balkans are also useful for planning a trip to Slovenia.

Travel Information

• Official Travel Guide to Slovenia

  For a small country, Slovenia has a huge official tourism portal. In fact the only possible criticism is that there is a danger of getting lost in the detail. I recommend getting hold of the "Next Exit" brochures, which are far better than most tourist board bumpf. You can download them in pdf format, have them posted to your home, or pick them up at tourist offices in Slovenia. The site also allows you to make reservations for a huge selection of hotels, guest houses, and other types of accommodation

• Visit Ljubljana

  If you're not overloaded with information from the Official Travel Guide, here is yet more, this time focusing on the capital.

• Slovenia In Your Pocket

  Ljubljana joined the In Your Pocket range of city guides in 2008. The site also has a mini-guide to Bled.

• Ljubljana Life

  Online version of an English-language magazine about life in the capital, with reviews of restaurants and bars and listings of cultural events.

• Škocjan Caves Regional Park
  Postojna Caves

  Information about Slovenia's two most popular caves, including scheduled guided tours and how to get there.

Most Slovenian towns have a website at the address www.town_name.si or www.town_name-tourism.si - there is usually some tourist information but the amount and quality varies greatly.

Transport and Practicalities

• Slovenske Železnice - Slovenian Railways

  Schedules and fares for trains within Slovenia. The site is also unusually informative about international trains, with details of fares to destinations as far away as Sofia.

• Ljubljana Bus Station

  Timetable information for buses to and from Ljubljana (domestic and international). As nearly all roads in Slovenia lead to the capital city, this covers quite a high proportion of the country's bus services.

• Ljubljana International Airport

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  Details of entry requirements are in the "visa information" section.

From the Travel Pages

• Traveller's Guide: Slovenia

  The Independent, 10 July 2010

• Slovenia: a small country with a big heart

  The Telegraph, 07 June 2010

• Little Venice (Piran)

  The Guardian, 21 June 2008

• Fowl play (Eastern Slovenia)

  The Guardian, 23 June 2006

• Detox, retox in Slovenia (Eastern Slovenia)

  The Guardian, 23 June 2006

• The Complete Guide to Slovenia

  The Independent, 20 May 2006

• Don't miss the boat... (Ljubljana)

  The Observer, 11 December 2005

• In Ljubljana, the Old Europe and the New are still in balance

  The New York Times, 31 July 2005

• Fresh starts (Bohinj and Bled)

  The Guardian, 27 July 2004

Background

• Panoramas of Slovenia

  If you have some time on your hands, and ideally a fast connection, sit back and enjoy spectacular 360 degree panoramas of the Slovenian landscape.