I was in Ljubljana couple of years ago for business and stayed in a nice and I believe the oldest hotel in town, though it has now a modern extention which offers full business services.

The old town is very nice with small shops, restaurants but not too impressive as Bled is (everyone visiting Slovenia must see Bled and the Alps behind the lake - what a georgeous view). Some of the best restaurants offer local dishes and far away from the downtown.

We were able to see almost the entire country in 2 days. Driving towards the Croatia/Italy border and then visiting the caves and then couple other treasures such as the castle carved in the mountain (forgot the name -- sorry) and then driving along the Austria border and driving through some mountain villages, visiting old ruins of couple of very old churches, visiting couple cities in the north - which looks like the wine country in Slovenia is really fun.

If you like skiing, Elan's factory and outlet is only 15 minutes out of Ljubljana and won't cost too much :) like they are selling here at States. Ski resort is not too far from the city.

When we were there, there were lots of constructions on the highways - once completed, driving in Slovenia from one location to another will be much faster. But taking backroads has this intriguing charm.

I would recommend Slovenia to anyone. Start your trip there, and then extend it to either to Austria or Hungaria or Italy or Croatia.

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