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Slovenska Castle
The tower of Slovenska Castle offers a splendid view across Ljubljana -
the best time to climb up there is at sunset, when the haze over the
plains burns red and gold, suffusing the town in a luxurious light.
Triglav
The ascent (and descent) of Slovenia's tallest mountain, Triglav
(2864m), is just about possible in a day from the Valley of the Seven
Lakes. At the top, you can indulge in the age-old tradition of whacking
each other on the bottom with a birch stick.
Ljubljana's Architectural Museum
Ljubljana's Architectural Museum is housed in the former home of Joze
Plecnik, the architect responsible for much of the present-day city, and
something of a guru to today's postmodernist students.
Bled
Bled is the perfect, affordable alpine resort: it has a placid mirror
lake, fed by warm water springs, a romantic island you can row out to, a
fairy-tale castle high on a bluff, and a backdrop of snow-tipped
mountains.
The Kurenti Procession at Ptuj
At Shrovetide, Ptuj is the place to catch a glimpse of the Kurenti
processions, a sort of ancient pre-Christian fertility rite and
celebration of the dead confused together, once widespread in Europe's
farming communities.
Koper
Arriving from Italy, Koper (Capodistria to the Italians) is the first
town you reach. Once you've made it past the tower blocks of the modern
section of the port, you'll find a wonderfully rickety old Venetian town,
crowded with a dense lattice of narrow streets.
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