Slovenia
The Republic of Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe, where the Alps and the Mediterranean meet the Pannonian plains and the mysterious Karst.
In Slovenia, the sun shines approximately 2,000 hours per year. And there is plenty of snow in winter. The average temperatures 
are -2°C in January and 21°C in July.
Green is the dominant colour. There are many plenty of forests in Slovenia – covering more than half of the country – and numerous preserved and protected plant and animal species. Mountains, lakes, waterfalls, forests, caves, hills, plains, rivers and the sea – you name it, we’ve got it all in the country of only 2,000,000 people on only 20,000 km2.
As a small picturesque country, all of it makes Slovenia a great tourist destination. You can ski in the morning and surrender yourself to the luxury of the Adriatic Sea in the afternoon.
The highest mountain is called Triglav – the name meaning “three-heads” – and it is 2864m high. The mountain is a true national symbol, featured on the national coat of arms and the flag.
The country is also known for its great wines and delicious traditional food.
For further information about Slovenia, visit the official website of Slovenia or read up on it on Wikipedia.
Few sights:
Slovenian coast
The Slovenia coast is only 46 kilometers but it is these 46 of them you would regret not to see. Portoroz (Port of Roses) is the largest resort and, although modern in appearance, has a long history. There are plenty of hotels, bars, restaurants and shops that help make this a popular beach resort. Right on the border with Croatia, to the south of Portoroz you will find the Salt Pans of Secovlje. The only place where salt is still harvested in Slovenia, it is now a designated regional park.
Two kilometres north of Portoroz you will find the charming coastal town of Piran, whose medieval centre bears witness to 500 years of Venetian rule with narrow alleyways, tightly packed houses and beautiful churches. The delightful main square, Tartinijev Trg, (named after Giuseppe Tartini, the famous violin virtuoso) is just opposite to the harbour. At the tip of the peninsula of Piran you will find the main bathing area (man-made), a handful of restaurants overlooking the sea, and some of the best diving along this coast.
To the north of Piran is Koper, Slovenia’s largest coastal town, and although uninspiring from a distance, it has a beautifully preserved medieval centre. For the active, there are plenty of opportunities for sailing, swimming, windsurfing and hang-gliding along the Slovenian coast.
Bled
Bled’s scenery is almost impossibly romantic, with a little white church on an island in the center of an emerald green mountain lake, Bled Castle perched high above and the peaks of the Julian Alps all around — and it is consequently often packed with honeymooning couples and the like.
The town is also a popular access point for Triglav National Park and offers numerous possibilities for an active holiday, including hiking, mountain biking, swimming, rafting and skiing in winter or a relaxing spell in a modern wellness centre.
Postojna cave
Postojna cave is for sure one of the most famous caves in the world. One reason is the good accessibility of the cave: the natural entrance on the hillside is rather big, the cave itself is really huge and horizontal.
This country was also inhabited for a long time, its in the center of Europe, so many people visited this country and also explored this “easy” cave. And several of those visitor wrote descriptions, Johann Weichard Frh. von Valvasor and others, and spread the word. At last there were numerous congenial cave administrators who developed the cave for tourism and made the cave well known all over the world.
Today the visitors traverse this area very fast on the cave train, which takes them about 5km into the cave, where the tours take place. And the cave is so big, it has several other human installations beneath the train: a cave restaurant, a concert hall for more than 10.000 people, and the cave post office.
The building at the entrance of Postojna Cave was built in the last century. This was the time, when the growth of science made the whole area famous all over Europe.
