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This full-day excursion will reveal most famous sites of Slovenia. We will take you to a scenic drive towards the charming little town of Bled, Slovenia gem beneath the peaks of Alps.
Bled in the Julian Alps could be a setting for a classic fairy tale: immense natural beauty with mountains and forest surrounding an emerald glacial lake, an island in the middle of the lake with a church steeple and its wishing bell, a cliff top castle with picturesque views, and a well-known sweet treat.
Our next stop is Ljubljana. It is small and relaxed, café cultured city, with a metropolitan feel as a capital and the largest city of Slovenia. It has preserved evidence of a five thousand year history including the remains of the Roman city of Emona.
In the past, there was not water at the location of Lake Bled, but a meadow valley with a small hill and a rock, where mountain fairies danced at night. Shepherds grazed their sheep in the valley, which ate grass around the fairy rock. The fairies asked the shepherds to put a fence around their dance area, so that the grass would remain soft. The shepherds did not consider their request and one day, the youngest and most beautiful fairy broke her leg while dancing. The angry fairies called upon the springs and brooks to storm into the valley and fill it with water. Only the hill with the rock remained as an island in the middle of the lake, where fairies could dance in light starry nights. Although fairies left these places a long time ago, a beautiful fairy lake and an island below the mountains were left behind. This is Lake Bled.
Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital and largest city is one of Europe's greenest and most liveable capitals; it was the European Commission's Green Capital of Europe in 2016. Car traffic is restricted in the centre, leaving the leafy banks of the emerald-green Ljubljanica River, which flows through the city's heart, free for pedestrians and cyclists. In summer, cafes set up terrace seating along the river; it almost feels like a nightly street party.
Slovenia's master of early-modern, minimalist design, Jože Plečnik, graced Ljubljana with beautiful bridges and buildings as well as dozens of urban design elements such as pillars, pyramids and lamp posts, which exist solely to make the city even prettier. Attractive cities are often described as 'jewel boxes', and here the name really fits. Some 50,000 students support an active clubbing scene, and Ljubljana's museums and restaurants are among the best in the country.
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Additional Information
● Please, at the time of booking, indicate the details of your accommodation. If your hotel is not on the list of hotels with pick up, you will be picked up from the closest hotel to your accommodation
● Pick-up starts 5 minutes before departure
● Bring comfortable shoes
Inclusions
✔ Hotel pick-up and drop-off
✔ Guide
✔ Entrance fee to Bled Castle
Exclusions
✖ Lunch
✖ Other services not specified
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the service.
Cancellations after this time limit or no show, no refund provided.
Punto de encuentro
Some city center hotels of Zagreb (or nearest point)