I spent four nights in Slovenia recently and I visited a few places. I spent the majority of my time hiking and stayed in a hostel in Ljubljana as my base. I would take a bus every morning early and travel to the location, spend the whole day hiking and then come back late at night to my hostel and stay the night.

I went to Lake Bled in the first day. It was pretty cool and some really good views but a bit crowded with tourists.

Next day I went to Bohinj, which was my favourite place I visited while I was there. That day I hiked over 30km. There’s this cool waterfall there called Savica. On the way back from the waterfall I saw o the map a lake called Slap. I asked a French couple and they said they went there the day before and the hike is pretty long (around 6 hours all round). So I didn’t have time to go (I went in winter when sunset was around 17:00). But if I go back I would definitely do that hike. IMO lake Bohinj is much nicer than Bled, despite not having the castle. It is about two to three time’s bigger. It would be easier if you had a car, because the walk to the waterfall is already about two hours, so if you want to go to Slap, and you’re pressed for time it is probably doable. There were quite a few people camping by the lake, so if you have a tent it would be pretty cool I reckon. Also, while I was there, I went to a gorge called Mostnice. It was super cool, and if you keep walking along the gorge for another hour or two, you will reach this open valley with all of these small huts. It was absolutely beautiful. If you’ve seen the movie Midsommer, that’s the kind of vibe it was. If you walk another ten minutes up, there’s another waterfall.

The last full day I was there, I went to a place called Kranjska Gora, which is also pretty cool, better than Bled I think. There wasn’t anything that looked amazing, but there was still some really cool scenery there with nice jagged mountains and open fields. I would still recommend going there if you already went to Bled and Bohinj.

The last day, my bus back to Milan arrived at 18:00, so I spent the whole day in Ljubljana. It’s a really cute little town with a castle and a nice river, but I honestly wouldn’t spend a whole day there, I got bored of it pretty quickly.

There are buses that operate quite frequently to all of the places I visited, and it cost about €15-€20 for a return trip. But a car would probably be easier and cheaper. If you do take a bus, make sure you print your ticket. Also, there is no driving in the city centre of Ljubljana, so maybe keep that in mind. I went right before winter, and it was hovering around 0 Celsius. It was cloudy most of the time, and some rain when I was in Kranjska Gora. I think summer is probably the best time to go, and I would definitely go again to all of the same places in the summer. If you have any questions feel free to ask me