A high plateau at 1,600 m in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps, with one of the last herdsmen's settlements in Europe, where shepherds still live in summer in oval wooden huts with shingled roofs. Taste their sour milk, cheese and curd (trnič).
A cable car and chairlift go up from the Kamniška Bistrica valley; walk across the pastures between the huts. Preskar's hut is a museum. In winter it's a small ski area. It's about 45 minutes from Ljubljana.
Slovenia's small, green capital, with a car-free old town along the Ljubljanica River, cafés along the banks, and the Triple Bridge and Dragon Bridge.
A glacial lake beneath the Julian Alps, with a tiny island and a baroque church in the middle, reached by traditional wooden pletna boats; ring the '…
Slovenia's largest lake, in the Triglav National Park, quieter and wilder than Bled, surrounded by mountains.
One of the largest show caves in the world, where an electric train runs 3.7 km into spectacular halls of stalactites, followed by a guided walk.
The emerald-green Soča River flows through a valley in the Julian Alps, one of the best places in Europe for rafting, kayaking and canyoning.
A UNESCO-listed cave system where the Reka River disappears underground into one of the largest known underground canyons in the world, 146 m deep.
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