ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LJUBLJANA

When you come to Slovenia, you must come to Ljubljana. It's a Slovenian capital city and it has around 285 000 people.

How to come to Ljubljana?

By plane: Closest airport is Letališče Jožeta Pučnika. There you can take a bus until Ljubljana (main BUS station).

By train: The main train station is located right next to main BUS station which in very close to the city center (15 min by walk).

How to move around Ljubljana?

By BUS: First of all, you have to buy a URBANA card, which costs 2 EUR. You can buy it in main BUS station, on urbanomat or many other places. The single ride cost 1,30 EUR and it is valid for 90 min.

If you don't want to see really whole Ljubljana, but only the center I don't really recommend to buy it, because the city center of Ljubljana is very small but anyway buses don't drive in center district. So we suggest you to walk around.

In Ljubljana, you can also borrow a bicycle for only 1 EUR per week or scooter for 0,23 EUR per minute.

Where to eat?

Foculus
Is islocated close to the center. Their food is very tasty.

Hiša pod gradom
I highly recommend you visit them. This lovely place is located right bellow to Ljubljana castle. On their menu they have also very tasty Slovenian dishes.

What about GLUTEN FREE?

Cojzla
It's located in BTC. It's a little bit hidden, but they have really tasty only gluten free food.

Favola
They offer also gluten free pizzas. Look at their menu.

What about drink & dessert?

Nebotičnik - skyscraper

The view from up here is just amazing. It is so beautiful to see the whole Ljubljana in daylight and also at night. This I specially recommend in December, when there are so many Christmas lights.

Skyscraper

View from the top

Zvezda
They are in my opinion the best cafe in Ljubljana. Their cakes are so good. They also offer gluten-free cakes.

Cacao
Nice place right next to the Ljubljanica river, very tasty ice cream.

Lolita
Ambient is really nice. I will especially recommend it for girls. You should definitely try their pannacotta.

White hot chocolate

Vigò

They actually offer only ice cream, but not any ice cream. They have really tasty ice cream. Even there in very expencive, many times when I pass by, I can see a very long row of people in front who are waiting for their scoop of ice cream.

Čajnica Gallus
There offer a lot of diferent teas. They are very tasty. They have also some gluten-free cakes.

Romeo
They have probably the best crepes in Ljubljana. You can choose your own combination of fellings.

Tap water in Ljubljana

Ljubljana is one of the few European capitals with very high quality drinking water. For that reason there is no need to buy bottled water in stores while in Ljubljana and Slovenia.

Did you know that there are almost 40 fountains with drinking water throughout Ljubljana. Drinking fountains work from April until October. But how can I find them? Don't worry, there's an app called TAP WATER LJUBLJANA.

What to do in Ljubljana?

You can check our previously post Top 10 FREE things in Ljubljana.

In Ljubljana are also many museums and galleries. Every year on December 3rd they are all free because on this day we are celebrathing anniversary of birth of France Prešeren (our national poet). Here is list of Museums ang Galleries.

If you like animals you can visit ZOO Ljubljana. You can go there by bus number 18. There is also a BicikeLJ point, so you can go there with bicycle. 

Not so far away from ZOO you will find a Koseze pond. All around the pond are very nice paths and there in a lot of benches for ralaxing. 

If you like to start your day very early you can watch sunrise at Mount St Mary (Šmarna gora). You can go there with bus number 8. It is around 50 minutes by walk from Tacen.

View on Ljubljana

Sunrise

Church on the top

Day trips from Ljubljana

Ljubljana is located in the middle of Slovenia so you can go wherever you want. Here are some suggestions for your trips.

Check out our post about Bled & Vintgar. Close to it is also a Bohinj lake. On the northwest part of Slovenia you will find Kranjska Gora. Stuning nature will take your breath away. 

If you love adrenaline sports, you have to come to the Soča valley. Here you can go on biggest zipline in Europe. If you prefor water sports like kayak, canyoning or rafting than you are in the right place. 

If you are not adrenaline addict and you just wanna enjoy in the gogreus view, tasty food and with a glass of wine in your hand than go to Goriška Brda or Vipava valley or maybe even Karst. There you can visit little town Štanjel with nice Ferrari garden. If you like horses we recommend visit Lipica. 

If you would like to see Slovenian coast than visit Koper, Piran or Portorož. Coast is only 46,6 km long, but is very beautiful. 

If you like be on around 10 °C, than you should go in one of Slovenian caves. Most visited are Postonjna cave and Škocjan caves, which are by the way on list UNESCO World Heritage.

In Dolenjska region you can visit river Krka, Bela Krajina or maybe town Novo mesto. Near croatian border it is a river Kolpa, where you can paddle canoes, swim or maybe hike in a beautiful suranding area. 

In the eastern part of Slovenia you will find a lot of spas. 

You can also visit Slovenian second biggest city Maribor or historic town Ptuj. 

If you come to Slovenia from Hungary you have to stop in Prekmurje region and taste prekmurska gibanica. 

One of the most beautiful regions is for sure Koroška. Beautiful undemanding hiking paths lies in Logar valley so if you like nature you should check it out. 

We have listed so many things that you will definitely find something for yourself.
If you have any question about Ljubljana or Slovenia in general, you can always send us a message.

Here you have a map of all stufs in Ljubljana, which are mention above.

-M.

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