Product Description

Discover Slovenia

Learn how Lake Bled escapted being drained and having its clay made into bricks.
Hit the piste with the people who invented skiing 400 years ago.
Frock up in sheepskins, horns and feathers - and get away with it - at Kurentovanje.
Discover why the dragons on Zmajski Most wag their tails when some people pass.

In This Guide:

The original English-language guide to Slovenia; 12 years of in-country expertise; 58 maps.
Expanded coverage and practical information on activities indoor, outdoor and underwater.
Leading Slovenian literay figure, Andrej Blatnik, discusses punk rock and football.
Content updated daily: visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler suggestions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198355 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From Library Journal
The range and quality of outdoor activities in Slovenia make it something of a recreation magnet. This comprehensive guide includes 54 maps and covers all the fun along with historical, cultural, and practical information.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Customer Reviews

An indespensible guide for the traveler
I visited Slovenia this summer and this book was invaluable in my trip. Having done the trip I can now say that I could have used this book even more than I did (which was quite extensively).

Overall the guide does an excellent job of balancing interesting facts and background about the areas around Slovenia with useful traveler information about hotels, internet locations, laundry site, rail/bus schedules and prices. Although the guide was published in 2007, I found the prices to be accurate and the bus/train information to be invaluable (not so much in exact times but it prices and locations that could be reached from any one town or city). For example, I was able to find a free internet site in the capital during my day of site-seeing.

The biggest thing I got from this guide was flexibility. I was solo backpacking and this let me leave the trip to go where I wanted. I could look up any city. Find if it had connections to where I was, what prices its hotels were, etc. In this way, the guide is ideal for people backpacking or going on very flexible trips. However, it does not shy away from giving top notch hotels and places to stay.

The restaurant reviews in particular were great for this book. I only had one day in the capital and I tried the author's choice. The one thing I will note though, is that the name of the restaurant had changed since this book was published. It was still easy to find and the description left no doubt that I had found the right place. It was an amazing, memorable and affordable meal in a place that I would probably not have found in such a short time on my own.

I visited Kobarid and Ljubljana and found the sections on both of the these places to be extremely accurate and the maps to be very helpful. The reviews of the attractions at each of these places were spot on and helped me chose the best places to see in the time I had available.

This is a must have book, no mater what kind of traveling you are doing. I only hope that they come out with a more updated guide as the 2007 one is already becoming outdated in minor spots.

Wonderful country!!!
This guide has been very useful to see most of the country. The prices are not exact (now everything is a bit more expensive) and I miss the dance of the Lipizzaner Horses because of a mistake in the timetable, what a pity!!!! But, in general, the guide is excellent

Gianni Italy
Lots of news and helpful book to read if you are going to visit this country.
I reccomand it to everyone!