Ljubljana

However much of a linguistic cliché this might be (the word Ljubljana is very close to the word for love in many Slavic languages), Ljubljana is lovely indeed. A city on a human scale, at about 300,000 inhabitants and with the role of the country capital, it is large enough to offer all the advantages of city life without producing an overwhelming monster. But it's not just the handy size and civilised, educated, friendly, youthful inhabitants (the tourist information claims that 20% of the population are students) that make Ljubljana so attractive. It has funky bars and fancy restaurants, it has thriving culture with active theatre, art and music scenes. It ...  Read the complete review

I took my wife to Ljubljana in late October as a suprise birthday present. We flew on Easyjet from Stansted which cost only £140 for us both. On arrival, we found the airport to be modern and, as it was only small, easy to navigate. Buses and taxi's were plentiful and we caught a bus which took us into the city centre in about 40 minutes and cost about £5 each. As ljubljana is so small you can walk everywhere. Even when we went the sun was shining and it was comfortable to sit outside during the day. There is a main square in the centre of the city and from here you can follow a number of pleasant streets which spoke off. Alongside the square is the river which is ...  Read the complete review

Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia, which is the northernmost republic of what used to be Yugoslavia, sharing borders with Italy and Austria in the Alps, and Hungary to the east and Croatia to the South. Slovenia was one of the 10 countries which joined the European Union on 1 May 2004, and adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2007. Slovenia has taken over the rotating Presidency of the EU as of 1 January 2008, the first of the new Members States to have this role. ==== BRIEF POTTED HISTORY OF LJUBLJANA==== Mythology has it that Jason got lost on his way back on the Argo from hunting the Golden Fleece, and sailed up the Danube and ...  Read the complete review

Ljubljana is a great place to visit if you are going for a long weekend. It is one of the smallest capital cities I have ever visited. It is however picturesque and has its own fair share of restaurants, and bars and clubs as well as many shops. It is a very interesting place with beautiful parks and avenues and the fantastic river running through the centre of the town. The architecture is also great. If you visit Ljubljana do not be fooled into staying in an expensive five star hotel, I absolutely guarantee you will not find a better place to stay than the hotel Domina Grand Media. I can only describe it as fantastic. It is a four star hotel but I could not ...  Read the complete review

It really is a small world. Flying to Slovenia, I sat beside a woman whose husband had been at school with one of my brothers, in Australia, fifteen years ago. Still, whilst it's a small world, some places are definitely smaller than others, and for a Capital City, Slovenia's Ljubljana is positively tiny. ARRIVAL: We flew across central Europe on a frigidly cold December day. A plump blanket of cloud obscured everything beneath us until suddenly, somewhere over Austria, it ended abruptly and a row of jagged Alps stood gleaming in the sunshine. The plane was mainly full of Slovenians, returning from shopping jaunts to London. I'd watched them, almost pityingly, ...  Read the complete review