From the source of the Soča River to innumerable green treasures
Experience the unspoiled nature of northwestrn Slovenia in the refreshing pools and rapids of our mountain beauty Soča River.
Feel the softness of Idrija's bobbin lace  and the snowy whiteness of aragonite in the Ravenska Cave.
Enchance the taste of alpine freshness in the Krn mountain chain with a glass of Vipava's Pinela wine and rock your children to sleep with fairy tales about the trolls in the Antonij's Mine Shaft.
Relive the sounds of the Soča (Isonzo) Front at the authentic scene of Hemingway's Farewell to Arms.
And wish a happy descent to a rafter on the wild river.
On the trail of our ancestors
This is the route of entrepreneurial people. Learn more about the powerful Counts of Celje and get to know the rafters of Koroška, who will invite you on an adventurous trip from Dravograd to Vuzenica.
Alpine farmers of the Logarska Valley will serve you typical mountain dishes, and old charcoal-makers will show you how to build an authentic charcoal pile.
Gardeners from the Mozirski gaj Botanical Gardens and the Volčji potok Arboretum will escort you through hectares of roses and tulips, and Maribor's winemakers will invite you to a grape harvest on a winegrowers' holiday.
The residents of Mežica will take you on a genuine mine train into the underground world below Mount Peca , and the villagers of Vače will show you the geometric centre of Slovenia.
From all corners of the world to the white birches
Take your time on the green route of ancient peddlers, enjoy the sights from Višnja gora with its chained snail and Muljava with its open-air theatre, and visit the source of the Krka River, Dolenjska's beauty.
The freshness of its flow over rapids and natural dams will accompany you past the imposing Žužemberk Castle and Soteska Castle to the picturesque town of Novo mesto .
The peddlers, whose spirit still lingers on this route, will guide your hand decorating Easter eggs in Adlešiči or making toothpicks in a Ribnica wooden-ware workshop.
After you cross the myth-filled Gorjanci mountain range, a land of white birches, swaying ferns and sinkholes opens before you. And here flows the second river on this route, the Kolpa, which is as warm as Bela krajina's legendary hospitality.
To the mysterious Karst and the Adriatic Sea
When the bora wind blows right through you windsurfing in Portorož , it is time to dress warmly and sprawl comfortably on the underground train of Postojna Cave .
Let graphic artist Lojze Spacal address your artistic touch at the gallery in Štanjel , and the mastery of architect Jože Plečnik accompany you on your way through Ljubljana.
Once you experience the sunset from the back of Slovenia's white Lipizzaner horse , you will begin to believe in supernatural forces. You will find them above Cerknica Lake on Mount Slivnica, the home of witches.
Hide from the witches in Predjama Castle which is carved info a cliff or ward them off with a glass of noble Malvasia wine at an "osmica" along the wine route. Then head back to the coast, perhaps to one of the little cafés on Piran's Tartini Square.
Through the warm region of wine and healing waters
A route with so many good things that you will be hard pressed to choose the best one.
After visiting the Island of Love on the Mura River near Beltinci, soothe the burning heart with a herbal tea from the ancient pharmacy at the Olimje Monastery.
Admire the strongest of Ptuj's Kurenti, and pick out Rotunda Church, the smallest but the most memorable of them all.
Discover your favourite hot pool among the many thermal spas and health resorts in Lendava , Banovci , Moravci , Radenci , Ptuj , Podčetrtek et Čatež . We suggest you try them all first.
Choose your favourite from the countless wines in the Brežice Wine Cellar. Here, however, we do not suggest you try them all.
With a view of Alps and lakes
Certainly the most impressive route, full of contrasting panoramas of sharp peaks and rolling hills, untamed gorges and tranquil lakes.
You can quickly leave the medieval squares of Škofja Loka for the high mountain terraces of Zali log, and from the cosmopolitan Bled the route leads you to the quiet Lake Bohinj . Continue from wooded Pokljuka Plateau to the imposing cliffs of the Triglav National Park .
Fossil experts admire the Geological Transversal through the Dovžan Gorge, those knowledgeable in history by the Rupnik Line, and the majority of Sunday day-trippers by the hiking trail on Mount Golica , the Queen of Daffodils. But all of them agree that nothing beats the Blead Cream Cake.
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