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Introducing Slovenia
Every town in Slovenia has a general store where, locals like to say, you can buy anything od šivanke do lokomoti (literally ‘from a needle to a train engine’). Similarly, Slovenija (Slovenia) itself, though undeniably small, has a wealth of attractions to rival a country many times its size. Resting between the Alps and the Adriatic and poised above – but not a part of – the Balkan peninsula, Slovenia has been blessed with incredible natural beauty and has welded a great number of outside influences - from Roman and Venetian to Germanic and Hungarian - onto its Slavic core. The result is a physical and cultural alloy that is wholly distinctive and distinctly precious.
Slovenia has been dubbed many things – ‘Europe in Miniature’, ‘The Sunny Side of the Alps’, ‘The Green Piece of Europe’ – and they’re all true. The place abounds in top-notch things to see – the stunning Julian Alps, the beautiful but busy Lake Bled and the more relaxed Lake Bohinj, the karst caves of Postojna and its lovely sliver of the Adriatic around Piran. Then throw in historic towns like Ptuj and cities like Ljubjana, both with unforgettable architecture, museums and a unique energy all of their own.
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Latest headlines for Slovenia
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In search of Europe: Germany
5 junij 2009 4:42PM
German enthusiasm for the EU is tempered with doubts, the BBC's Jonny Dymond reports, on the last leg of his election tour of EU member states.
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European families' election views
27 maj 2009 8:46AM
Ahead of the European elections we ask families across Europe how they will vote, to see if there is a generational divide.
