Slovenia-walking blog. Updates and information about us and the website.
This is a lovely video of still images of Slovenia and a great introduction to this wonderful country. The pictures have no captions but its fun guessing the locations.
And here’s another:
There are lots more on YouTube! … Read the rest
More and more of us are using the Internet when on holiday or travelling abroad these days but finding a good signal is not always easy. Roaming charges might also be an issue for UK visitors to Slovenia and other EU countries post Brexit. Let’s hope not.
An app, always an app, comes to the rescue here helping you to … Read the rest
To help fund the Slovenia-Walking website we use advertising from Google and Amazon. It would be greatly appreciated if you would purchase your travel books and maps (or any other items for that matter) at Amazon via our Bookshop or other Amazon links on the site.
But best of all – we would love you to buy … Read the rest
All but one of 10 highest mountains in Slovenia are to be found in the Julian Alps, within the boundary of the Triglav National Park, the sole exception being Grintovec, the highest mountain in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps.
Many of these great summits can be reached by the walker who has a head for heights and enjoys some easy scrambling. Some … Read the rest
Here is a list of our 10 favourite waterfalls in Slovenia (in no particular order).
This magnificent waterfall is fed by underground channels that lead from the Triglav Seven Lakes Valley. Slap Savica is the source of the Sava Bohinjka.
Access: A 20 minute walk from the car park by Koča pri
Its Slovenia, not Slovakia!
It seems that these two countries get mixed up more than I thought. Here’s an interesting article on a comparison with Slovakia and why Slovenia should rebrand itself. I’ve never had a problem, but then again, I can read a map!
Still confused? I hope not, but if … Read the rest
Further to the release of the fifth edition of our Sunflower Guide to Slovenia we thought it about time the website had a face lift. Still based on WordPress this is now the third incarnation. … Read the rest
In the autumn of 2009 David and I completed one of the most exciting and exhilarating walking trips we have ever done, a grand walking tour in the Julian Alps. Since our first visit to Slovenia in 2001 we had always dreamed of climbing Triglav and incorporating this challenge into a circular walk and sleeping in … Read the rest
The Vršič Pass, which rises to a height of 1611 metres, is the highest pass in Slovenia. It connects, in the north, the Sava Dolinka Valley in
Gorenjska to the the Soča Valley in Primorska, in the south. The road, impassable in the winter months, is an exhilarating and spectacular drive, climbing and descending 49 … Read the rest
