Discover Slovenia Tour from Ljubljana

Day 1: Arrive Ljubljana Private car pick up at the Ljubljana airport and transfer to the beautiful town of Ljubljana. Check into your hotel. Overnight in Ljubljana. Meals: not included Accommodation: Hotel 4*, Ljubljana Visit: not inclduded Transportation: private car/minivan/minubus depending on group size Day 2: Ljubljana City Tour Meet your guide for a brief orientation followed by a walking tour in Ljubljana. You will see most of the attractions in the city center including the Parliament building, Republic square, Opera house, National Gallery, Orthodox Church, the Triple Bridge, Town Hall, Cathedral, open market, Prešeren square, Open Air theater, Congress square, Cooperative Bank, and Dragon bridge. The most distinctive feature of Slovenia 's largest city is its medieval hilltop Castle which offers a breathtaking panorama of the city together with excellent views of the old town and surrounding area. Rest of the day you can spend on your own. Overnight in Ljubljana. Meals: breakfast Accommodation: Hotel 4*, Ljubljana Visit: Ljubljana Transportation: private car/minivan/minubus depending on group size Day 3: Bohinj-Bled Your driver/guide will pick you up to spend the next 5 days with you starting out on a drive to the beautiful Bohinj Lake. Its water bursts from the Dolina Sedmerih Jezer (The Seven Triglav Lakes Valley) where the spectacular Savica waterfall flows through the natural cavernous walls of Komarča. In the afternoon drive to overnight in Bled. Overnight in Bled. Meals: breakfast Accommodation: Hotel 3/4*, Bled Visit: Bohinj and Bled lake Transportation: private car/minivan/minubus depending on group size Day 4: Vrsic Pass to Kobarid The spectacular Vršič Pass is the highest pass in Slovenia and in the Eastern Julian Alps. It connects Upper Carniola with the Trenta Valley in the Slovenian Littoral, rising from Kranjska Gora in a series of 50 hairpin bends, traversing the high mountains near the Slovenian-Italian-Austrian border before descending into the Soča (Isonzo) Valley. This amazing road was built in 1915 during the First World War to supply the front line. The history of Kobarid and the Soča or Isonzo Front is told in the Kobarid Museum, voted best museum of Europe in 1993. The exhibits, the large reliefs of the surrounding mountains, the rich photographic material, and audio visual presentation offers a sensitive narrative of those hard and bloody days near the Soča, described in A Farewell to Arms by then American war correspondent Ernest Hemingway. Overnight in charming guesthouse of Hiša Franko: Once a roadside village inn, a village mill, a large countryside estate, a hospital during World War I, an agricultural estate, and finally Hiša Franko of today, a beautiful countryside estate with three generations welcoming guests to their home and Ana's kitchen serving seasonal produce, homemade cheese, butter and breads, meadow-grazed lamb, and more sourced from the estate and local farmers. Overnight at Hisa Franko in Kobarid. Meals: breakfast, dinner Accommodation: Guesthouse 3*, Kobarid Visit: Soča valley, Kobarid Transportation: private car/minivan/minibus depending on group size Day 5: Skocjan Caves to Ljubljana Morning drive to the Škocjan caves, starting at the visitors center and then into the man-made passageway in the Globočak Collapse Doline continuing through the Silent Cave (Tiha jama), a fossil passage filled with numerous limestone formations. Exiting the cave, you look over a spectacular view of the underground canyon of the Reka River crossing on the Cerkvenik Bridge, suspended nearly fifty meters high. Drive to Ljubljana. Meals: breakfast Accommodation: not included Visit: Škocjan caves Transportation: private car/minivan/minubus depending on group size