Enjoy golfing on one of Slovenia’s nine golf courses while watching a herd of white Lipizzaner horses from the oldest stud farm known for continuous breeding of the same breed in Europe - Lipica. Since 1996, Lipica is an important cultural monument.

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia with around 300,000 inhabitants. It is home to a number of museums, theatres, an opera, a botanical garden and a zoo. Old medieval, baroque and art nouveau buildings coexist with modern buildings, which in spite of their impressive size do not overshadow the valuable heritage of architect Jože Plečnik, renowned throughout Europe.

Every year, Ljubljana hosts more than 10,000 different events and more than 50,000 students give the young capital a unique and bustling character. Slovenia offers exceptional diversity in many respects. The landscapes range from snow-covered Alpine peaks, glacial lakes and an emerald river, the rounded Pannonian hills overgrown with vines, to the mysterious Karstic caves and white salt pan fields.

The diverse landscape is reflected in the diverse cuisine and its rich tradition. You can have anything from the sausage kranjska klobasa in the Alpine world, dumplings (štruklji) and nut roll potica in central Slovenia, the prekmurska gibanica cake and braided loaves in the Pannonian area, to roast sardines and Mediterranean mussels in the coastal area.

The diversity of dishes is rounded off by wines. These range from quality and premium wines to predicate and sparkling wines. Wine growing areas are intertwined by wine and tourist roads, wind rattles and wine cellars, with the Ptuj wine cellar standing out due its longest tradition.

Also, the eastern and north-eastern parts of Slovenia are especially rich with wells of thermal and mineral water. The country has fifteen health centres which have received the certified status of a natural health resort. Europeans have known and trusted the healing effects of Slovene thermal and mineral water for more than four hundred years.

Kras, a rocky landscape exposed to the Karst north wind burja, overgrown with bright-red smoke plants and intertwined by cycling routes, is a Slovene peculiarity. The dissolution of rock has caused numerous landscape features to develop on the Karst ground, including underground caves, passages, intermittent rivers and disappearing lakes, as well as dry and blind valleys. With its colourful and diverse landscape, Slovenia is suitable for a number of activities. Caving here has a centuries-old tradition. Around twenty out of the total of 7,000 registered caves and potholes are open for tourists.

Slovenia is rich in water sources, which has enabled numerous water activities to develop on the country’s sea, rivers and lakes. Alpine rivers, with their rapid flow, are ideal for canyoning, rafting, kayaking, and hydro-speeding. A worldwide peculiarity is the disappearing Cerknica Lake, the largest non-permanent Slovene Lake. In addition to fishing, hunting is prevalent as well due to the vast numbers of deer and wild animals.

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