Lake Bled

After having read about Bled in the Lonely Planet guide I was put off. It sounded as though it was heaving with tourists, expensive and over commercialised. Fate however meant that when me and my girlfriend crossed the Austrian border we could only get to Bled that night and not Bohinj where e wanted to go. Arrived as the sun was coming down on a lovely summers evening - light reflecting off the lake. It looked fantastic. Lake Bled is surrounded by high Alpine mountains and is about a couple of miles long and maybe a mile wide. In the centre of the lake is a tiny island with a church. On the western side is a high cliff with a castle on the top. We ...

We visited Bled this summer with our two young children (two and a half and eight months). The Idea was to get lakes and mountains without the hideous prices of Austria and Italy. The verdict - this is it! We went late August/ early September, when the prices had started to drop. Beware though, the weather is changeable at that time of year (it ranged from 30 degrees celsius and bright sunshine to 14 degrees and rain) and the resort is starting to close down for the summer. Our Accommodation - a self catering apartment, although in the best traditions of self catering apartments it was two rings, a sink and a fridge. It was clean, well furnished and in ...

Bled doesn't expect tourists in early March, but a friend and I went there anyway. The best thing about doing this was that everyone we met whilst there was Slovenian, and we therefore got a chance to get the feel of the place. Train services from the capital, Ljubljana, are regular, but not exactly frequent - about 3 trains a day, I think. Anyway, the line is good and the views you get of the Slovenian landscape as you arrive are breathtaking. You travel to Bled Lesce by train, then take a bus to Bled itself - another excuse for mountain-gazing and general enjoyment of Slovenian sights P;lus you get to use sign-language with the driver and test out his ...