You can rent bicycles to get around, take the tourist train which travels between the center and Ljubljana Castle via the Triple Bridge and the Stritarjeva ulica, Poljanska ulica and Ulica Janeza Pavla II streets or walk around. (Try to say those street names!) The tourist train departs from the Presernov trg square (the main square) every hour on the hour, and from Castle Hill every hour at 20 minutes past the hour.

There is a daily market with flowers... View image

-- you could smell the incredibly fragrant Lilies of the Valley a block away, before you even saw them...

fruits...

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The old town is so fascinating with narrow cobblestone streets, the river canal, a daily market with fresh fruits and flowers. Too many sidewalk cafes to even mention, with people sitting everywhere in the sun, walking, and eating ice cream. View image

Go to the Ljubljana website for extremely detailed information on all the things to see.

We enoyed going in and out of City Hall... View image...

wandering around the streets by the river...

and around the historic center.

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(Please refer back to the previous two articles on Planning a Trip to Slovenia and Our Itinerary.)

The Slovenia language is not easy - never sure if a "c" is pronounced as "ch" or "s" or "z" and not all the letters are articulated. We finally settled on LUBE-EE-ANA. (That was the best we could do.)

It is so easy to include Slovenia into your travel plans if you are going to Europe this year. Croatia, Austria and Italy all border Slovenia. Train, fly, boat or drive in.

Brnik airport is small, and we sped through customs. Everyone speaks English and Information told us that the most inexpensive way into town was by public bus - 890 SIT's per person. (The $ was trading around 187 SIT's. ) Or, there are plenty of Taxis available.

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