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Home Page > Travelogues > Slovenia (a.k.a. Slovenija) Quick Access for this Page -- [ Introduction ] [ Travelogues By Region ] [ Links ]
Click on the colored areas of the map to access a travelogue. The colors indicate different regions of Slovenia -- scroll down for explanation and introduction for each location. (Original map comes from the CIA World Factbook) Introduction. The Yahoo!
Travel site once describe Slovenia as the darling of What old ties? Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana (loob-lee-YAN-uh),
was the former
My own travels number one... a cold November weekend during which I sought to get in to see Slovenia facing Romania for the right to play in the World Cup Finals of 2002 (I succeeded). I spent most of the time in Ljubljana, but also made it out to the famous lake town of Bled (who will celebrate its 1000th anniversary in 2004, also). My "list" for Slovenia contains Koper and Piran on the coastline, the city of Maribor in the northeast which is only a short train ride from the Austrian city of Graz, and the Skocjan Caves which are somewhere between Koper and Ljubljana. Travelogues and Features. The coloring of the locations on the map above indicate different locations in Slovenia, as shown below.
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Links. The below links connect you to external sites in a new window. All links are official sites sanctioned by the national, state, or local governments unless otherwise indicated. These links will open to the Slovene-language home page, which will offer an icon or link to an English-language section (normally limited content). If an English language link is not available, click on the "Turizem" section. This is for the tourism page, which should have English content available. Pages where English content was not readily available is marked "in Slovene". Links updated 10 January 2006.
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Yugoslavia
that got away. Slovenia was the first country to declare independence from
Yugoslavia after the Cold War, and was fortunate only to have fought a ten-day
limited conflict, as opposed to the horrendous war that engulfed the rest of the
Balkans. Slovenia wasted no time exercising its old ties to the West and
positioning itself for inclusion into the European Union in 2004.
French
capital of Napoleon's Illyrian provinces (a memorial to Napoleon resides
downtown). Later, Slovenia was brought into the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
where it prospered. Now, Slovenia has every modern convenience available
and is attracting tourists seeking refuge from the high prices of the Austrian
Alps to the north by offering the southern Julian Alps. Slovenia's small
stretch of coastland (with Koper and Piran) is also attracting lots of visitors.
around
a sharp bend in the river with the grand white Ljubljanica Hrad (castle)
looming high overhead. It has a long history, 3000 years ago it was
the Roman city of Emona, and large sections of the Roman wall still
remains. But Ljubljana is very much a modern city with new cafes and
restaurants and all the modern conveniences. It's a great, and
relatively untapped, place to visit.
snowbunnies.
Among the foothills of these Alps is the town of 
