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Why visit Ljubljana? There is a lot to see in Slovenia capital, from castle above Ljubljana and Tivoli Park to many churches, museums, galleries, fountains and restaurants near river Ljubljanica. There is not a thing you could not do in this city. City Park is a shopping center with many different stores, and if you don’t want to wait your parents or partner while they are shopping you can go across the street in Kolosej – cinema to see some new movies or go bowling. Nearby is also Atlantis – pool complex with waterslides and everything.
If a sportsman, you can go hiking on Smartna Gora, rent a bike and ride all the way to another part of Slovenia capital or watch some sports game in Tivoli sport hall. Because Ljubljana is in the center of our country, every part of Slovenia is reachable within one driving hour or so and you can find your accommodation everywhere. Airport Joze Pucnik Ljubljana is also few kilometers away if you maybe want to visit some other European capital.
If you look at map of Slovenia what does it remind you of? Do not be shy; you can say it at loud. It looks like a chicken, right? In joke we can say we live in chickens’ head or first leg or… There is more than one definition of Slovenian provinces, and we will reveal you one of them.
Slovenia is divided in seven provinces; Gorenjska (1), Dolenjska (2), Notranjska (3), Stajerska (4), Primorska (5), Prekmurje (6), and Koroska (7). In every single part of map of Slovenia you can find accommodation and places worth visiting, from Kranj in Gorenjska, Novo mesto in Dolenjska, Maribor in Stajerska, Koper in Primorska, Murska Sobota in Prekmurje, to Ravne na Koroskem in Koroska and of course capitol of Slovenia Ljubljana somewhere in the middle.
Portoroz or in Italian Portorose is probably the prettiest seaside town in Slovenia. It is the biggest Slovenian tourist destination with many hotels, accommodation, marina and small international airport. Many Slovenians dream of going to Portoroz only for a coffee or to spend few hours by the Adriatic sea.
If in Portoroz, you can not go by without visiting our Secovlje pans where one of the most known Slovenian movie Poletje v skoljki (Summer in the shell) was taken. The night life in Portoroz is very rich – there are many bars, discos and one of the biggest Slovenian casinos – Grand Casino Portoroz. Portoroz is only 20 kilometers away from Koper, the ‘capital’ of region Primorska, and only 120 kilometers away from Slovenian capital Ljubljana. So when in Slovenia, you must visit Portoroz where you will easily find a nice accommodation and enjoy in Portoroz high life.
Every tourist has to know what money Slovenia uses. Well, you can not pay for your accommodation if you do not have euros in your pocket. Of course some owners of accommodation accept dollars or maybe Croatian kuna, but in stores and restaurants, bars and other places you can pay only with our currency.
Slovenia has joined the European Union 01.05.2004 and we had to change our Slovenian tolar for euros. 01.01.2007 we started to use euros and from 14.01.2007 on euro is only money Slovenia use. If you were in Slovenia years ago and you have some Slovenia money you can still change it at the Bank of Slovenia. For changing Slovenian banknotes there is no time limit but for changing coins you have time ‘only’ until 31.12.2016.
If you are landing at the Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport you can rent a car there. At the airport there are eight car rental agencies where you can rent a car of many different categories. You can be an undemanding customer and rent a small simple Opel Corsa for about 40 € per day. If you prefer elegance and want to arrive to your accommodation in high comfort you can rent a BMW Series 7 for about 200 € per day and more. Visit Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport website and get more information about car rental agencies there.
If you are arriving in Ljubljana by train or bus you can get as many information as you need about car rental agencies in Slovenia at the station. Agencies will, mostly for free, deliver you the car at the address you want. If your accommodation is located in the center of town then it is cheaper to drive with local bus, but if you want to visit as many places in Slovenia as possible and you are accompanied with friends, it is wiser to rent a car and drive around without a filling you have to be somewhere at a specific time.
Interested in coming to Slovenia, but don’t know what to visit? One of the choices can be terme in Slovenia. Our country can offer you many termes – Terme Catez, Terme Dolenjske Toplice and Smarjeske Toplice, Terme Banovci and Radenci,…
If you don’t care in what part of Slovenia it is located, then maybe the best choice would be Terme Catez in Catez ob Savi. It is located in region of Dolenjska, close to Croatian border, 100 km away from Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, and 40 km away from Zagreb, capital of Croatia. It has so many different pools for grown and children, waterslides, bars and of course accommodation in near hotels and it is opened throught the hole year. Terme Catez is everything that you and your kids need for perfect vacation in Slovenia.