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Maribor

Slovenia’s second city, with the world’s oldest producing vine and a ski hill inside the city limits.

Best time to visit
May · Jun · Sep · Oct
Elevation
275 m
Population
96,000
Suggested stay
1–3 nights
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Why visit

Maribor sits on the Drava under Pohorje, and it is a working city rather than a resort — a university, an industrial history, and a large student population. The Old Vine on Vojanička Street is documented as over 400 years old and is generally recognised as the oldest vine in the world still producing fruit. Pohorje rises straight out of the suburbs with a gondola from Zgornje Radvanje, making Maribor unusual in having genuine skiing and mountain biking within city transport. It is the natural base for Ptuj and the eastern wine roads.

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Things to do

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  • wine · Maribor

    Old Vine House

    The oldest vine in the world still producing fruit — over 400 years old, growing on a house wall in the city centre.

    • 45 min
  • cable car · Maribor

    Pohorje Gondola

    A gondola from the Maribor suburbs to the Pohorje ridge — skiing, bike trails and forest walking from a city bus stop.

    • 3 h
  • G. M. Vischers Käyserlichen Geographi, Topographia Ducatus Stiriae, Das ist: Eigentliche Delineation / und Abbildung aller Städte / Schlösser / Marcktfleck / Lustgärten / Probsteye
    Georg Matthäus Vischer

    ruins · Maribor

    Limbuš Castle

    A ruins near Maribor.

    • 40 min
  • Hompoš castle, Slovenia
    Sl-Ziga

    castle · Maribor

    Hompoš Castle

    A castle near Maribor.

    • 1 h 15 min

Nature

  • Pernica lake in Slovenia.
    focusonmore.com

    lake · Maribor

    Lake Pernica

    A lake near Maribor.

    • 2 h
  • Zgornja Kungota
    Nxr-at

    mountain · Maribor

    Platsch

    A mountain near Maribor.

    • 4 h
    • demanding
  • Mariborski otok
    Andrejj at Slovenian Wikipedia

    island · Maribor

    Maribor Island

    An island near Maribor.

    • 1 h

Food & drink

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Family

  • cable car · Maribor

    Pohorje Gondola

    A gondola from the Maribor suburbs to the Pohorje ridge — skiing, bike trails and forest walking from a city bus stop.

    • 3 h

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