Must-see hotels in Eastern Slovenia

For the great outdoors on your doorstep, you can't beat this farmhouse with helpful owners and rooms, with balconies, in cosy-countryside style. Breakfast…

This 18th-century brewery building has been sensitively converted into the nicest digs in town. Spacious, white-on-white apartments (the biggest has four…

This quirky cracker of a place is tucked away off Jadranska ulica. Each room is idiosyncratically decorated with lashings of retro chic by the hotel's…

With Turkish carpets on the wooden floors and walls hung with specially commissioned paintings plus a wellness centre off a tranquil internal courtyard,…

This hostel with on-the-ball staff, a great cafe-bar with craft beer and good coffee, and regular social events is a real find. Both dorms and the small…

Camping doesn't get more swish than this intimate resort, 23km southeast of Logarska Dolina. Scattered around a wood-decked swimming pool, the 10 tents …

Part of Maribor's Pekarna alternative cultural centre, this bright and welcoming hostel south of the river is housed in a converted army bakery (pekarna…

Set on a ridge some 500m south of Olimje at Ježovnik this working farm, with 100 head of deer roaming freely on 6 hectares of land, has 15 cosy rooms and…

There are two separate wings here: the Sava, with 'superior' rooms, and the older rooms of the Zagreb. The Sava's rooms are some of the nicest and most…

This old tannery building underwent a painstaking, years-long restoration to be transferred into a good-value guesthouse. The spacious, simply furnished…

This modern villa, 5km south of Rogaška Slatina, has six bright, minimalist bedrooms upstairs, all with pine furniture and balconies. All can be converted…

The cosy dorm here, with 10 beds under a wooden ceiling, is a first-rate budget option, while the 10 private rooms (all with en suite) are modern and…

This award-winning property with a mouthful of a name counts six luxurious apartments with kitchens in three ultra-modern 'pods' – each with enormous…

This cheerful guesthouse has colourful, spacious rooms all with balconies, and a good bar-restaurant set up. It's a family-friendly place with an indoor…

With a countryside setting, yet still only a 10-minute walk into the centre, this rambling guesthouse has bright, homey rooms, all with fridges, satellite…

It's a bit of a schlep, 10km northwest of Slovenj Gradec, but this four-star hotel, in the village of Otiški Vrh on the Mislinja River en route to…

These seriously good-value apartments run by a local family (good German spoken but little English) are a real find and just a hop-skip-jump from all the…

This 29-room hotel in the centre of the valley pretty much is Logarska Dolina. There's a pool, sauna, ayurveda spa treatments, a fine restaurant (8am to…

A rural getaway 11km south of Celje, with a swag of attached activities, this mountain hut has metamorphosed into a comfortable, modern three-star. Rooms…

Of Terme Zreče's three flashy hotels, the four-star Atrij at the entrance is the flagship, with 45 spacious and well-designed rooms and a comprehensive…