As its inhabitants and numerous visitors will tell you, Ljubljana is, indeed, a people-friendly city. Categorised as a medium-sized European city, it offers everything a metropolis does yet preserves its small-town friendliness. It is the political and cultural heart of the Slovene nation; an important European commercial, business, exhibition and congressional centre- Cankarjev dom as well as the transport, science and education centre of Slovenia.

The Štajerska capital, the second most important centre in Slovenia, invites you to the embrace of its wine growing hills and green Pohorje, whose mountain foothills and slopes are developing into a key tourist region offering a wide variety of interesting activities throughout the year!

The Triglav National Park (TNP), one of the earliest in the Alps, covers 83,807 ha of the Julian Alps range in the northwestern corner of Slovenia, abutting the border with Italy and Austria. The highest point of the park is the summit of Triglav (2864 m), after which the park was named, whilst the lowest point lies at the bottom of the Tolminka Gorge (180 m).

The Škocjan Caves Regional Park is situated in the southwest of Slovenia, in the Classical Karst. The park measures 413 hectares and lies 15 km from the Italian border, 80 km from Ljubljana and 12 km from the Lipica Stud.  

Šentrupert na Dolenjskem – Church of St Rupert
Šentrupert na Dolenjskem is situated in the middle of the valley of the river Mirna, not far from the regional road between Trebnje and Mokronog. The church is the central element of the village, which was named after the church patron St Rupert.

Kostanjevica na Krki – Monastery
The former Cistercian monastery lies beneath Opatova Gora (Abbot's Mountain), somewhat south of the little medieval town of Kostanjevica, mentioned as a town already in 1252. South of the abbey rises the mountain range of Gorjanci and there is also the beautiful Karst cave Kostanjeviška Jama to the east. The monastery was founded in the 13th century and dissolved during the reforms by the Austrian Emperor Joseph II.

Pleterje – Church of the Holy Trinity
The Carthusian monastery Pleterje lies sheltered under the Gorjanci hills, only 2 km from Šentjernej. The vineyard-covered slopes of the Pleterski Hrib (282 m a.s.l.) rise above it to the north. The monastery is isolated from the outside world by a high wall and reached via the road from Šentjernej through the village of Šmarje.

Ptuj – Church of St George
The parish and provost church of St. George stands on Slovenski trg (Slovenian Square) in the east part of the medieval town centre, beside the town tower from the 16th century and behind the largest monolithic Roman tombstone in Central Europe, the so-called Monument of Orpheus.


Ptujska Gora – Church of Our Lady the Protectress
The church of Our Lady the Protectress on Ptujska Gora stands on one of the more exposed low hills of Haloze above Dravsko Polje.


Kranj – Church of St Cantianus
The parish church of St. Cantianus stands in the middle of the old part of the town of Kranj with its splendid strategic location on a marked promontory above the rivers Sava and Kokra. This Gothic church, whose layout spawned several copies in Slovenia, is the third ecclesiastical building on this location.

Trebnik Castle

In the sources the name “Trebnikke” appears for the first time in 1308 and in 1362 as a “mansion below the Horse manor”. It’s a well known fact that in 1395, Neža von Freudenberg from Zreče brought the mansion into marriage with Henrich Auer as a dowry. Since 1412 onward, Ahac Trebniški and his ancestors have been named after the mansion. It is unclear from the newest civil register if the original Trebnik mansion was situated on the same place as the later one.

Štanjel Castle

It is also known by the Italian name of San Daniele. Due to its strategic location rising above the Branica valley in a part, reaching towards the southern outskirts of the Vipava valley it was inhabited already in prehistoric times.

Ljubljana Castle

Ljubljana Castle (Ljubljanski grad) is the most spectacular sight of Ljubljana. There is proven evidence that the hill on top of which it is situated was inhabited back in the 12th century BC Preserved from this early period of settlement are the remains of the Urn Tomb culture.

Bled Castle

It is quite probable that in 1004, when the German Emperor Henrik II gave the Bled estate to Bishop Albuin of Brixen as a gift, only a Romanesque tower stood in the place of the present day castle, protected by walls facing the gentle slope of the castle hill. In the late Middle Ages more towers were built and the fortifications were improved. 

Ptuj Castle

The castle hill above the town was already settled in the Hallstatt era. Remains of buildings, a smaller fortification and a basilica, all from the Antique period, were excavated here. In the Middle Ages, the hill gained special significance.