Adventure Slovenia

Did you know that Lipizzaner horses are born black but turn white as they grow older? The Lipizzaner breed originates from Lipica,Slovenia from where it has been exported all over the world. The task of the original, royal stud farm of Lipica was to breed elegant cart and saddle horses for the Ha [ ... ]

The Slovenian term barje signifies a marshy world in which peat forms from the remains of plants. The best-known marshlands in Slovenia are the Ljubljana Marshes (Ljubljansko barje), the remains of a once high marsh and the only example of a lowland marsh in our country. The Ljubljana Marshes mak [ ... ]

The Slovenian Karst is a very special, lyrical landscape, spreading over the south-western part of the country near the border with Italy. It is the meeting place of many special regional features of Slovenia. The immense Nanos plateau and the distant Carnic ridges to the north indicate a passage [ ... ]

There is no such thing as a single, uniform, or distinct Slovenian cuisine. Some experts have stated that there are more than fourty distinct cuisines in the country, which can be distinguished by the variety in land formations, climate, wind movements, humidity, terrain, and history. Slovenia st [ ... ]

For wine lovers, Slovenia is not a particularly fancy word. Next to France, Italy or Spain, it simply doesn’t shine as brightly. However, the country’s reputation as a well established wine region may be on the rise. In fact, Slovenia has an impressively long tradition of wine making and many  [ ... ]

In the heart of Notranjska, the most distinct Karst landscape in Slovenia, in a Karst field sheltered from the southwest by the densely wooded Javorniki Hills, lies the illustrious Cerknica Lake. It is an intermittent lake, filled mainly by autumn rains and the early spring thaw, which stops in M [ ... ]