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Background: The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria until 1918 when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed Yugoslavia, which though Communist, distanced itself from Moscow's rule. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power by the majority Serbs, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991 after a short 10-day war. Historical ties to Western Europe, a strong economy, and a stable democracy have assisted in Slovenia's transformation to a modern state. Slovenia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.

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By Chellebelle
May 29th 2009

Eastern Europe Tour - Day 27 - Postojna Caves and Piran Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

me on the train

Today we headed off for a look at what is apparently Slovenia most popular tourist attraction, the Postojna Caves. These caves are about an hours drive southish from Ljubljana (a little longer when you factor in the road works and traffic time). The caves themselves are massive and are apparently the largest in Slovenia, at 20km long, although not the largest in the world which are located in the USA and are over 500km long. The tourist section of the Posotjna Caves are only 5.7kms long. The only problem with visiting these caves is the fact that they are sooooo popular [View Full Entry]

By Dwtn Travelers
February 18th 2008

Day 1 Adriatic Coast Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Bay of Piran

The day began with breakfast at the hotel. Then, we headed on a 3 hour bus ride for the Slovenia Coast. We met our tour guide for the week, Jon. We headed south for Piran, a beautiful fishing village and vacation destination. The small village hosts 20 Catholic churches, dedicated to various saints. Piran was home to the composer, Guiseppe Tartini, whose statues welcomed us in Piran Square. We walked up small winding alleys, past hanging houses to see the view from the prominent Church of St. George. The original church building was constructed in the 3rd century. In the 14th [View Full Entry]

By Captain Eliot
June 27th 2007

MOREMOREMORE continued.... Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Hola, Last bloggotime, we were on round two of a trip to Barcelona from Paris. Bidding farewell to Paris in the Springtime is tough, but one must sally forth. We caught another night train to Barcelona, this time in recliner chairs. Now, last time I bashed overnight trains as loud, hot and uncomfortable. They are not ALL like that, and can be a delightfully cheap option to coughing up cash for a hostel or hotel. However, the constant stopping and going of the train and snoring Slovenian guy next to you may contribute to a less than peaceful nappy time. Julie [View Full Entry]

By Bagger Scooter Vicki
June 1st 2007

Piran & Potoroz Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Cocktails at Sunset

We left Pula feeling a little down so we were very exicited when we found ourselves in the beautiful towns of Potoroz and Piran, both are on the Slovenian coastline which is only 43kms long. These towns are very different. Potoroz is the Slovenian version of the French Riveria, a series of hotels along an esplanade. We decided we would stay in Potoroz and then drive the short distance to Piran for dinner. We spent the morning looking around and the afternoon laying by the pool area of our hotel, which was very nice. We travelled into Piran for dinner, [View Full Entry]

By Loz walton
October 15th 2006

My Final Day! Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Inside the Cave!

Today was my last sightseeing day in slovenia...but probably my favourite. We spent the morning in Piran, a very peaceful town by the sea, with small cafes on the waters edge, and many passers by walking their dogs. We took a nice stroll through the town, had a relaxing cuppa in a cute cafe, then headed off to what i had been looking forward to the most...the caves!!! When we arrived to the caves we stopped at an old castle, which was actually surrounded by caves. Hundreds of years ago, when war was taking place throughout europe, people who lived in [View Full Entry]

By i am
September 10th 2006

Picturesque in Piran... Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Statue of Gueseppe Tartini

Yesterday, after partying with a big group of Erasmus (European) students on Friday night, I took off with about 18 of them to a beautiful little town called Piran. The day started out pretty slowly, as they didn't realize how long it would take to rent cars. Car rental places are a little reluctant I think when a group of 18 or so 20 year old show up! Anyway, one girl, Malic, from Austria had her own car there, so after about an hour and a half of waiting for the rest of the group, 5 of us decided to take [View Full Entry]

By RAGZANDKEZ
July 24th 2006

We made it to Slovenia!! Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Hi ya, So we did it the long way round but we made it to Slvoenia at last. We're still on the Adriatic coast at a small place called Ankaran about a 5 minute walk from the Italian border (but its still Slovenia). Again we didn't think about it being a different currency but they still accept Euro's anyway. Its a scorcher again here apart from a thunder storm one lunch time that we thought was going to be rubbish until the heavens opened and we got soaked, it was lovely and refreshing!!! I'm afraid most time is spent sun bathing [View Full Entry]

By jefe
May 11th 2006

InterNautica Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Piran

Anyone want to buy a boat for 1,000,000 euros? The owners of the company I am visiting here in Slovenia are into sailing and boats, and they invited me to go to the Slovenian seaside with them to this expo. The show was set in Portoroze (the Slovene Monte Carlo as they say) ......Lots of boats...... anyway it was a beautiful day and it was really nice to get out of Ljubljana. The Slovene / Croatian seaside are so nice, architecture is left over from the days of the venetian empire, so each town is like a little piece of Italy. [View Full Entry]

By thehallidayinn
April 15th 2006

who knew?!? Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

will we make it there? questionable.

Again, getting to the Adriatic seemed easy enough - we bought a ticket from one city to another, on a direct train. But somehow, in a mix of Slovenian and Italian, we were directed off the train, put on a bus, and driven around the countryside. I went to the driver to try to make sure we were still going to Koper, but suddenly the English, so ubiquitous in Ljubljana, was gone. Lindsay, who had previously loved the sound and happy cadence of Slovenian (after French and German, "It's phonetic! It's like Spanish!"), could only comment after trying to save my [View Full Entry]

By susantravels
March 26th 2006

Europas största grotta Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran

Totalt fotoförbud. Men det var omöjligt att inte plåta..

Det är en värld för sig. Europas största grotta ligger i Slovenien, och vi åker tåg genom större delen av den, för annars skulle utflykten ta flera dagar. Jag är en riktig plåga och frågar en miljard frågor, men i slutändan är det upplevelsen i sig, flera mil av helt otroliga stalaktiter och stalagmiter, som är behållningen. Det är bara 10 grader i Postojna-grottan, och vi har varma tröjor på oss flera hundra meter under jord, men har jag förstått mina mejl rätt är det fortfarande varmare i Postojna än i Stockholm, Göteborg, Halmstad och Kläppen också. Så nåt rätt måste [View Full Entry]

Spagettistalaktiter. Bara några hundra år gamla.

Pärlan bland kalkstenarna. Ansedd som den vackraste.

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