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Everything You Need to Know If You Want to Go Hiking around the Slovenian Mountains
Owing to their beauty, the Julian Alps, the Kamnik- Savinja Alps and the Karavanke mountain range are without doubt some of Slovenia’s most outstanding Slovenian natural marvels. Although Slovenian mountains may not be part of a typical tourist itinerary of visitors to Slovenia, they have in recent years been attracting increasingly high numbers of foreign visitors. The beautiful world of mountains is less than an hour’s drive from Ljubljana, which makes the mountain trails a popular destination for Union Hotels’ visitors too. For this reason, we have prepared some useful tips to make your trips to the Slovenian mountaintops perfectly carefree.
Guide to Slovenia for Italian Visitors
Anyone who takes a stroll around the centre of Slovenia’s capital every now and then will soon realise that the variety of tourists in Ljubljana, in terms of where they come from, is becoming increasingly rich. However, although many of the visitors are groups of Asian tourists, Spanish speaking students or British guests, the largest number of visitors recorded in 2015 came from neighbouring Italy.
A Winter Idyll on the Sunny Side of the Alps
Slovenia, a small country on the sunny side of the Alps, has always been known for its idyllic winter tourism. And although this year’s ski season has not even properly started yet, we have decided to look into Slovenia’s best winter treasures and make a list of the most imaginative winter adventures.
Slovenia for American Visitors
During a short walk around the streets of Ljubljana, you will soon realise that the capital of little Slovenia is anything but boring. You might overhear the enthusiastic words of German visitors thrilled about being here or catch sight of a couple from Italy, in search of their own little spot below the Ljubljana Castle. And then there are the Japanese and the Dutch, and – lo and behold – recently also increasingly large numbers of visitors from the United States.
A Guide to Slovenian Cuisine
Slovenians love good food and all the rituals associated with it. Socialising seated at a table brimming with food during the festive season, on Sundays and on any other day is part of our culture, which we are, alongside our food, very proud of. And although even when it comes to cuisine Slovenia’s small size is frequently mentioned, Slovenia is here once again a phenomenon of extraordinary diversity. In fact, the flavours of our cuisine have been greatly influenced by the neighbouring countries, as well as our history.
What Slovenians Are Proud of When It Comes to Winter
Although even the best among the Slovenian winter sports athletes will gladly agree that this year’s winter is strikingly different from the previous ones, we have nevertheless taken a closer look at Slovenia’s greatest winter sports achievements. In fact, it was Jernej Damjan, one of Slovenia’s top ski jumpers, who is first on our list alongside other ski jumping team members, who pointed out that the cold part of this year seems a bit sad and gloomy.