Where to go?
Sightseeing
One of the oldest and most carefully preserved medieval towns in Slovenia enraptures merely by walking through its two squares. The old town centre is composed of an upper square called Mestni Trg or Plac which ends with the oldest bridge in the country, and the lower, Spodnji Trg or Lontrg, both of which are dominated by Škofja Loka Castle. The castle hosts a museum with rich collections that range across archaeology, cultural history, art history and ethnology to the natural sciences. A trail leads to the castle gate.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 3 km/5 min
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Škofja Loka
One of the oldest and most carefully preserved medieval towns in Slovenia enraptures merely by walking through its two squares. The old town centre is composed of an upper square called Mestni Trg or Plac which ends with the oldest bridge in the country, and the lower, Spodnji Trg or Lontrg, both of which are dominated by Škofja Loka Castle. The castle hosts a museum with rich collections that range across archaeology, cultural history, art history and ethnology to the natural sciences. A trail leads to the castle gate.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 3 km/5 min
Ljubljana is Slovenia's capital and largest city. It's known for its university population and green spaces, including expansive Tivoli Park. The curving Ljubljanica River, lined in outdoor cafes, divides the city's old town from its commercial hub. Ljubljana has many museums, including the National Museum of Slovenia, displaying historic exhibitions, and the Museum of Modern Art, home to 20th-century Slovene paintings and sculptures. Things to see/do: explore the Triple Bridge and the old city, take a funicular railway to Ljubljana Castle, walk in the Tivoli City Park, visit Museum of Illusions, solve a puzzle in Forest Escape or have fun in Water Park Atlantis.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 25 km/35 min
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Ljubljana
Ljubljana is Slovenia's capital and largest city. It's known for its university population and green spaces, including expansive Tivoli Park. The curving Ljubljanica River, lined in outdoor cafes, divides the city's old town from its commercial hub. Ljubljana has many museums, including the National Museum of Slovenia, displaying historic exhibitions, and the Museum of Modern Art, home to 20th-century Slovene paintings and sculptures. Things to see/do: explore the Triple Bridge and the old city, take a funicular railway to Ljubljana Castle, walk in the Tivoli City Park, visit Museum of Illusions, solve a puzzle in Forest Escape or have fun in Water Park Atlantis.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 25 km/35 min
Bled, together with its surroundings, ranks among the most beautiful alpine resorts, renowned for its mild, healing climate and thermal lake water. The beauty of the mountains reflected on the lake, the sun, the serenity and the fresh air arouse pleasant feelings in visitors throughout the year. The view on the lake from the castle is magical. Plenty of activities to do: walking, swimming, tobogganing, boating, having fun in the adventure park and much more.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 40km/40min
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Bled
Bled, together with its surroundings, ranks among the most beautiful alpine resorts, renowned for its mild, healing climate and thermal lake water. The beauty of the mountains reflected on the lake, the sun, the serenity and the fresh air arouse pleasant feelings in visitors throughout the year. The view on the lake from the castle is magical. Plenty of activities to do: walking, swimming, tobogganing, boating, having fun in the adventure park and much more.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 40km/40min
The Vintgar gorge is 1600 m long and till 250 m deep gorge on the eastern part of Triglav National Park, 4 kilometers northwest from the center of Bled.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 45km/40 min
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Vintgar
The Vintgar gorge is 1600 m long and till 250 m deep gorge on the eastern part of Triglav National Park, 4 kilometers northwest from the center of Bled.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 45km/40 min
Jezersko is a picturesque valley, surrounded from the east by high summits of sixty million years old Kamnik-Savinja Alps and from the west by more than three hundred million years old coral reef. The valley shaped by the vast glacier which disappeared ten thousand years ago and flooded by the waters of melting ice that shaped a big lake after which it got its original name "Pr Jezer” (At the lake). The name was later modernized into today’s "Jezersko”.
The nearby city Kranj is the capital of Slovenian Alps and the cultural heart of Slovenia. The old town of Kranj is one of the most charming in Slovenia, with an interesting contrast in the modernist buildings at the entrance to the town centre. At every step, you can feel the affection for culture and the greatest Slovenian poet, France Prešeren. Underneath the town of Kranj, there are numerous artificial underground facilities that have long ago lost their original purpose and slipped into oblivion, but invite us as works of human hands to uncover their story. Among them, the most interesting one is the old town’s shelter, built during the Second World War.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 45 km/1 h
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Municipality of Jezersko
Jezersko is a picturesque valley, surrounded from the east by high summits of sixty million years old Kamnik-Savinja Alps and from the west by more than three hundred million years old coral reef. The valley shaped by the vast glacier which disappeared ten thousand years ago and flooded by the waters of melting ice that shaped a big lake after which it got its original name "Pr Jezer” (At the lake). The name was later modernized into today’s "Jezersko”.
The nearby city Kranj is the capital of Slovenian Alps and the cultural heart of Slovenia. The old town of Kranj is one of the most charming in Slovenia, with an interesting contrast in the modernist buildings at the entrance to the town centre. At every step, you can feel the affection for culture and the greatest Slovenian poet, France Prešeren. Underneath the town of Kranj, there are numerous artificial underground facilities that have long ago lost their original purpose and slipped into oblivion, but invite us as works of human hands to uncover their story. Among them, the most interesting one is the old town’s shelter, built during the Second World War.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 45 km/1 h
The Franja Partisan Hospital, located in Cerkno, is a reconstructed monument of immovable cultural heritage dating from the Second World War, and at the same time a symbol of the struggle, humanity and heroism of Slovenes who, together with other freethinking nations, rose against fascism and nazism.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 35 km/40 min
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Das Partisanenkrankenhaus Franja
Dolenji NovakiThe Franja Partisan Hospital, located in Cerkno, is a reconstructed monument of immovable cultural heritage dating from the Second World War, and at the same time a symbol of the struggle, humanity and heroism of Slovenes who, together with other freethinking nations, rose against fascism and nazism.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 35 km/40 min
The Old Mercury Mine, located in Idrija (known also for lace making), offers an amazing experience with guided tours into the second largest mercury mine in the world, where you just might catch a glimpse of the pit elf – Perkmandlc.
Driving distance from Granny’s pLace: 38 km/45min
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Anthony's Shaft Mining Museum
3 Kosovelova ulicaThe Old Mercury Mine, located in Idrija (known also for lace making), offers an amazing experience with guided tours into the second largest mercury mine in the world, where you just might catch a glimpse of the pit elf – Perkmandlc.
Driving distance from Granny’s pLace: 38 km/45min
Velika planina is a magical meadow village amongst the green pastures of the mountain plateau in the heart of the Kamnik Alps. A cable car will take you there to make the trip more exciting.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 60km/90min
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Velika planina
Velika planina is a magical meadow village amongst the green pastures of the mountain plateau in the heart of the Kamnik Alps. A cable car will take you there to make the trip more exciting.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 60km/90min
Kranjska Gora is an alpine resort in northwestern Slovenia, near the mountains and glacial lakes of Triglav National Park. It is however also a great place to visit in summer time, with plenty of family activities to do there (fairytale land, tubing, summer sledding,...).
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 70km/1h
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Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora is an alpine resort in northwestern Slovenia, near the mountains and glacial lakes of Triglav National Park. It is however also a great place to visit in summer time, with plenty of family activities to do there (fairytale land, tubing, summer sledding,...).
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 70km/1h
Postojna Cave and its exciting interior will take you on a fantastic journey beneath the surface of the Earth. Thus, it is no wonder that it has, during the 200 years since it was opened to the public, hosted over 37 million visitors from all over the world. Beneath the Postojna Cave Park's surface lies a wonderful subterranean world abundant with unusual sculptures and animals. And not far from the cave, above the surface, you can admire Predjama Castle and its surrounding area steeped in history.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 75km/1h
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Höhle von Postojna
30 Jamska cestaPostojna Cave and its exciting interior will take you on a fantastic journey beneath the surface of the Earth. Thus, it is no wonder that it has, during the 200 years since it was opened to the public, hosted over 37 million visitors from all over the world. Beneath the Postojna Cave Park's surface lies a wonderful subterranean world abundant with unusual sculptures and animals. And not far from the cave, above the surface, you can admire Predjama Castle and its surrounding area steeped in history.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 75km/1h
The Logar Valley is one of the most beautiful Alpine glacial valleys in Europe. It extends into the Kamnik-Savinja Alps from the north. A part of the Solčavsko region, tradition and nature have found harmony here, serving as a good example of sustainable development. As an added value to agriculture and forestry, tourism offers an opportunity for relaxation in the peaceful ambience of the landscape park as well as hiking, cycling, horseback riding, photo hunting, etc. Great experience for families is also the Fairytale Forest.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 80km/100min
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Logartal
9 Logarska DolinaThe Logar Valley is one of the most beautiful Alpine glacial valleys in Europe. It extends into the Kamnik-Savinja Alps from the north. A part of the Solčavsko region, tradition and nature have found harmony here, serving as a good example of sustainable development. As an added value to agriculture and forestry, tourism offers an opportunity for relaxation in the peaceful ambience of the landscape park as well as hiking, cycling, horseback riding, photo hunting, etc. Great experience for families is also the Fairytale Forest.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 80km/100min
Piran is one of the picturesque medieval towns of Slovenia. The most beautiful town on the Slovenian coast grew with the help of salt. The Piran salt pans, where the world-class fleur de sel (flower of salt) is still produced today using age-old methods, were the reason why the picturesque Mediterranean walled town, with its church with a view and cultural attractions, flourished. Relax amidst the vibrant pulse of summer events, try the local delicacies and take a dip in the sea for some much-needed refreshment on hot summer days in the nearby Portorož.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 140km/110min
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Piran
Piran is one of the picturesque medieval towns of Slovenia. The most beautiful town on the Slovenian coast grew with the help of salt. The Piran salt pans, where the world-class fleur de sel (flower of salt) is still produced today using age-old methods, were the reason why the picturesque Mediterranean walled town, with its church with a view and cultural attractions, flourished. Relax amidst the vibrant pulse of summer events, try the local delicacies and take a dip in the sea for some much-needed refreshment on hot summer days in the nearby Portorož.
Driving distance/time from Granny’s pLace: 140km/110min