
lake · Bohinj
Lake Bohinj
Slovenia’s largest natural lake — 4.2 km long, inside Triglav National Park, and genuinely swimmable.
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lake · Bohinj
Slovenia’s largest natural lake — 4.2 km long, inside Triglav National Park, and genuinely swimmable.

high pasture · Velika Planina
A high pasture of shingled herdsmen’s huts at 1,600 m, reached by cable car — easy walking with big views.

scenic road · Kranjska Gora
Slovenia’s highest road pass at 1,611 m — fifty numbered hairpins, twenty-four of them cobbled.

museum · Kobarid
A museum of the Isonzo front and the 1917 breakthrough at Caporetto, widely rated one of Europe’s best war museums.

cave · Škocjan Caves
A UNESCO World Heritage cave with one of the largest known underground canyons — and a great deal of stairs.

nature reserve · Kranjska Gora
The turquoise spring pool that is the source of the Sava Dolinka, on a flat 15-minute walk from the road.

waterfall · Kobarid
A 15 m fall dropping into a perfectly round chamber carved out of the rock — the most photogenic waterfall in Slovenia.

nature park · Portorož
Working salt pans on the Croatian border where salt is still made by hand — and a major bird reserve.

gorge · Tolmin
The lowest point of Triglav National Park, where the Tolminka and Zadlaščica meet in two narrow slots.

cable car · Bohinj
A cable car from the lake to 1,535 m, with the full Triglav panorama from the top station.

castle · Ptuj
The castle above Slovenia’s oldest town, holding a strong regional collection and the Kurentovanje masks.

sports venue · Kranjska Gora
The valley of ski flying — home of the largest ski flying hill in the world, with a visitor centre and wind tunnel.

memorial · Kranjska Gora
A small timber chapel on the Vršič road, built by Russian prisoners for the comrades killed in a 1916 avalanche.

castle · Celje
The largest fortification in Slovenia, seat of the counts whose three stars are on the national flag.
gorge · Bled
A 1.6 km boardwalk pinned to the wall of a limestone gorge cut by the Radovna, ending at the Šum waterfall.
castle · Postojna
A castle built into the mouth of a cave in a vertical cliff, ten minutes from Postojna Cave.

gallery · Ljubljana
Slovenian art from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, including the Impressionists who defined the national canon.

waterfall · Bohinj
A 78 m karst waterfall emerging straight out of the rock face, reached by around 550 steps.

island · Bled
Slovenia’s only natural island, with a baroque pilgrimage church and 99 steps up from the jetty.

cave · Postojna
A 24 km cave system open to visitors since 1819, toured partly by underground electric railway.

castle · Ljubljana
The fortress on the hill above the old town, reached by funicular in one minute or on foot in twenty.

castle · Bled
A castle on a 130 m cliff over the lake, first mentioned in 1011, with the best view of the island.

