Slovenia travel guide - Wikitravel

Description

Slovenia ( Slovenija ) [1] is a country in Central Europe that lies in the eastern Alps at the northeastern end of the Adriatic Sea, with Austria to the north, Italy to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast and Croatia to the south. Despite its small size, Slovenia has a surprising variety of terrain, ranging from the beaches of the Mediterranean to the peaks of the Julian Alps, to the rolling hills of the south. Slovenia was already more economically advanced than other "East Block" nations prior to European integration and the powerhouse of Tito's Yugoslavia. Added the fact that Slovenia is also home to some of the finest scenery in the "New Europe", the transition from socialism to the european common market economy has gone well and serves as a model for other nations on the same track to follow.

[ edit ] Regions

Julian Alps - grand mountains on the Italian border

Ljubljana Area - the capital and surroundings

Coast and Karst - the Adriatic coastline and inland caves

Lower Styria - Maribor, Pohorje, and surroundings

Savinjska - alpine valleys

Pomurje - countryside along the Mura river in the northeast

Lower Carniola - Dolenjska and Bela Krajina

Upper Carniola - Kranj and Kamniške-Savinjske Alps

Posavje - region along the lower Sava and Krka rivers

Zasavje - central Slovenia, east of the capital

[ edit ] Cities

Ljubljana - the picturesque pint-sized capital

Domžale

Izola - port

Idrija - the oldest Slovenian mining city, with more than 500 years of history

Celje - one of Slovenia's oldest cities

Kranj

Maribor — Slovenia's second largest city

Nova Gorica - the city literary on the border with Italy

Novo Mesto

Brežice - lovely medieval city close to the largest Slovenian thermal resort

Piran - port

Portorož — Beaches, casinos and package tourism

Ptuj - one of Slovenia's oldest ...

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