SLOVENIA TOUR
Best of Slovenia in 7 Days Tour
Day 1-Ljubljana airport – Ljubljana – Zice – Maribor
Arrival to Ljubljana airport.
Transfer to Zice and sightseeing. The Ziče Carthusian Monastery from 1165 is a unique monument to the history of the life of monks. The monastery of brothers closed in the 18th century, but the monks’ houses, dining room, kitchen, and church remained. At the Viva Sana herb shop, which continues the tradition of one of Europe’s oldest pharmacies, you can purchase various herbal preparations.
Proceed to Maribor. Check in at hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 2- Maribor – Cerkvenjak – Ptuj – Maribor
Breakfast at hotel.
Maribor sightseeing. Maribor and its old town core will enrapture you with cultural-historical sights and the warm hospitality of the Mariborians. Visit Liberty, Castle and Jewish square and Slomsek square with Cathedral and University of Maribor.
Proceed to Cerkvenjak. Visit local farm Firbas. Firbas farmhouse with more than 15 years tradition. The most famous product of the farm is the Firbas williams pear brandy (Slovenian: viljamovka), and also you can taste various white wines, homemade fruit juices, meat products, the tünka meat, dry sausages, various types of bread or homemade pumpkin seed oil. The farmhouse is a part of 'Europe of traditions' association.
Farm tour, lunch and wine tasting.
Proceed to Ptuj for sightseeing. Ptuj – the treasure of millennia, the oldest site of continuous settlement in Slovenia, is happy to unveil its treasures and to offer you countless specialities, be it on a plate or in a glass, to please your sight, your hearing and your soul. Explore the city from the ancient Rome to the present days.
After sightseeing transfer back to hotel.
Dinner and overnight.
Best of Slovenia in 7 Days Tour
Day 1-Ljubljana airport – Ljubljana – Zice – Maribor
Arrival to Ljubljana airport.
Transfer to Zice and sightseeing. The Ziče Carthusian Monastery from 1165 is a unique monument to the history of the life of monks. The monastery of brothers closed in the 18th century, but the monks’ houses, dining room, kitchen, and church remained. At the Viva Sana herb shop, which continues the tradition of one of Europe’s oldest pharmacies, you can purchase various herbal preparations.
Proceed to Maribor. Check in at hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 2- Maribor – Cerkvenjak – Ptuj – Maribor
Breakfast at hotel.
Maribor sightseeing. Maribor and its old town core will enrapture you with cultural-historical sights and the warm hospitality of the Mariborians. Visit Liberty, Castle and Jewish square and Slomsek square with Cathedral and University of Maribor.
Proceed to Cerkvenjak. Visit local farm Firbas. Firbas farmhouse with more than 15 years tradition. The most famous product of the farm is the Firbas williams pear brandy (Slovenian: viljamovka), and also you can taste various white wines, homemade fruit juices, meat products, the tünka meat, dry sausages, various types of bread or homemade pumpkin seed oil. The farmhouse is a part of 'Europe of traditions' association.
Farm tour, lunch and wine tasting.
Proceed to Ptuj for sightseeing. Ptuj – the treasure of millennia, the oldest site of continuous settlement in Slovenia, is happy to unveil its treasures and to offer you countless specialities, be it on a plate or in a glass, to please your sight, your hearing and your soul. Explore the city from the ancient Rome to the present days.
After sightseeing transfer back to hotel.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 3- Maribor – Velenje – Ljubljana
After breakfast proceed to Velenje.
Start with the coal mining museum of Slovenia. The museum is the result of work of many generations of slovenian miners and is a very interesting way of cooperation between the still working coal mine velenje (with an annual production of around 4 million tons of coal it is the most modern and largest coal mine in slovenia) which also manages the museum, the city municipality of velenje and the velenje museum. The ambition of the museum is to bring the story of slovenian coal mining closer to as many visitors as possible, regardless of their age, physical ability, language or other possible restrictions.
Transfer to Ljubljana.
Check in at hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4- Ljubljana – Bled – Skofja Loka – Ljubljana
Breakfast at hotel.
Start with Bled and Skofja Loka sightseeing. Take the pletna boat to the island and visit the Church of St. Mary to ring the wishing bell. Škofja Loka, a thousand-year-old cityat the confluence of the Poljanska Sora and Selška Sora rivers, was the center of the Loka dominion owned for 830 years by the Bishops of Freising, who placed an indelible stamp on the city.
After sightseeing return to Ljubljana.
Check in at hotel. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast proceed to Velenje.
Start with the coal mining museum of Slovenia. The museum is the result of work of many generations of slovenian miners and is a very interesting way of cooperation between the still working coal mine velenje (with an annual production of around 4 million tons of coal it is the most modern and largest coal mine in slovenia) which also manages the museum, the city municipality of velenje and the velenje museum. The ambition of the museum is to bring the story of slovenian coal mining closer to as many visitors as possible, regardless of their age, physical ability, language or other possible restrictions.
Transfer to Ljubljana.
Check in at hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4- Ljubljana – Bled – Skofja Loka – Ljubljana
Breakfast at hotel.
Start with Bled and Skofja Loka sightseeing. Take the pletna boat to the island and visit the Church of St. Mary to ring the wishing bell. Škofja Loka, a thousand-year-old cityat the confluence of the Poljanska Sora and Selška Sora rivers, was the center of the Loka dominion owned for 830 years by the Bishops of Freising, who placed an indelible stamp on the city.
After sightseeing return to Ljubljana.
Check in at hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5- Ljubljana –Postojna – Koper – Portoroz
After breakfast at hotel proceed to Postojna. Postojna cave is the best-known cave in the world and one of the world’s largest karst monuments.
Proceed to Koper for short visit. Carved grey Istrian limestone, eight squares situated at the outer edge of the town covered with a carpet of white stone, eleven other squares, remnants of an ancient city wall, boasting the largest cathedral in Slovenia - all this narrates the story of the past and of the present moment. Explore the history of Koper, once Iustinopolis, Capris, evoke the era of the Venetian Republic, the golden age of the Gothic and Renaissance - up to the present moment.
Transfer to Portoroz, major seaside resort in the country.
Dinner and overnight in Portoroz.
Day 6- Portoroz – Trieste – Lipica – Portoroz
After breakfast at hotel proceeds to Trieste.
Half day sightseeing of Trieste. Tumbling down to the Adriatic from a karstic plateau and almost entirely surrounded by Slovenia, the city is physically isolated from the rest of the Italian peninsula. Its historical singularity is also no accident. From as long ago as the 1300s, Trieste has faced east, becoming a free port under Austrian rule. The city blossomed under the 18th- and 19th-century Habsburgs; Vienna's seaside salon was also a fluid borderland where Italian, Slavic, Jewish, Germanic and even Greek culture intermingled.
Proceed to Lipica. Enjoy a relaxing walk in the grounds of the Lipica Stud Farm accompanied by a friendly guide. Get to know the cradle of the Lipizzaners - one of the oldest stud farms in the world with a tradition dating back to 1580.
Transfer back to hotel in Portoroz.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 7 -Portoroz – Piran – Izola – Ljubljana airport
After breakfast start with sightseeing tour of Piran, that is also called Venice of the East.
Boat drive from Piran to Izola with fish picnic.
Transfer to Ljubljana airport for flight back home.
After breakfast at hotel proceed to Postojna. Postojna cave is the best-known cave in the world and one of the world’s largest karst monuments.
Proceed to Koper for short visit. Carved grey Istrian limestone, eight squares situated at the outer edge of the town covered with a carpet of white stone, eleven other squares, remnants of an ancient city wall, boasting the largest cathedral in Slovenia - all this narrates the story of the past and of the present moment. Explore the history of Koper, once Iustinopolis, Capris, evoke the era of the Venetian Republic, the golden age of the Gothic and Renaissance - up to the present moment.
Transfer to Portoroz, major seaside resort in the country.
Dinner and overnight in Portoroz.
Day 6- Portoroz – Trieste – Lipica – Portoroz
After breakfast at hotel proceeds to Trieste.
Half day sightseeing of Trieste. Tumbling down to the Adriatic from a karstic plateau and almost entirely surrounded by Slovenia, the city is physically isolated from the rest of the Italian peninsula. Its historical singularity is also no accident. From as long ago as the 1300s, Trieste has faced east, becoming a free port under Austrian rule. The city blossomed under the 18th- and 19th-century Habsburgs; Vienna's seaside salon was also a fluid borderland where Italian, Slavic, Jewish, Germanic and even Greek culture intermingled.
Proceed to Lipica. Enjoy a relaxing walk in the grounds of the Lipica Stud Farm accompanied by a friendly guide. Get to know the cradle of the Lipizzaners - one of the oldest stud farms in the world with a tradition dating back to 1580.
Transfer back to hotel in Portoroz.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 7 -Portoroz – Piran – Izola – Ljubljana airport
After breakfast start with sightseeing tour of Piran, that is also called Venice of the East.
Boat drive from Piran to Izola with fish picnic.
Transfer to Ljubljana airport for flight back home.