Slovenia's Enchanted Valley

It was lovely to meet Mojca at the farm on our second full day. Like all the Slovenians we met, she was charming and proud of her country. 

The Enchanted Valley was our best Inntravel holiday we have ever had, wonderful location in an unspoilt area of Slovenia. An ideal slow holiday. We can't recommend it too highly.

Hotel Plesnik situated in a stunningly beautiful valley with lovely wild flower meadows. We enjoyed all the walks and particularly appreciated the Panoramic Road and the Velika Planina. Also, the morning spent at the heritage farm was informative and very, very well done. You state that the Hisa Raduha is 'the most sophisticated restaurant in the area'. We think it's probably one of the best in Slovenia! It was superb.

Don't miss the short but lovely walk along the Savinja river and around wonderful Luce and a stop at the wood shop of Mr. Slanger. He is charming and his products are true works of art. 
We found the Slovenian people to be open, friendly and welcoming. They were happy to give a friendly wave or stop and talk. We felt privileged to experience the many delightful aspects of traveling in Slovenia.

Some personal highlights: The walk around the absolutely delightful town of Luce prior to our dinner at Hisa Raduha. I would suggest highlighting the Slanger woodworking studio; his work is gorgeous and he is an interesting character. Dinner at the Govc-Vrsnk farm - a fantastic dinner of locally produced food, and I would recommend that as one of the dinner options away from the Hotel Plesnik. (The food was delicious and abundant, but not at all fussy. Frankly, a much better "deal" than the more "sophisticated" Hisa Raduha.) The half day "heritage" farm tour with Mojca Osep at the Bevsek-Osep farm. She was delightful and so patient in answering our many questions about the farm and the region. The setting of the Hotel Plesnik in the Logarska Dolina.

Might want to include following notes about services in Solcava: The Mercator market is only open until noon on Saturdays and is closed on Sundays. It's the only market near the Hotel (before you get to Luce), so plan accordingly. The gas station in Solcava is only open until 2 p.m. daily (or at least that was the case the last week of May when we were there). There is no gas station in Luce.

The restaurants we ate in were excellent. Lake Bled Castle, window seat, memorable. The Enchanted Valley Pension Ojstrica food is really good and an easy walk from hotel. For very simple home cooked food at very reasonable cost and mixing with locals is Dom Planincev - lovely people.

INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers combined our walk Slovenia's Enchanted Valley with stays at Lake Bled and Ljubljana

HIGHLIGHT: Visit with Mojca and her farm. Incredible views, having car to drive up scenic roads after walks, friendly people of Slovenia.

Our tailor-made holiday in Slovenia was another Inntravel win!  We began with the beautiful Logarska Dolina and the views were magnificent.  Our hikes took us to the tranquil Robanov Kot, the Grohot mountain pasture, and Velika Planina, a high elevation herder’s settlement.  Enjoying refreshments on the sun terrace of Hotel Plesnik was a treat looking out over the valley. 

We then drove to Bohinjska Bistrica and enjoyed our walk around the serene Lake Bled including a visit to the castle.  Bohinj was even more peaceful where we had a quiet lunch at the lake and a hike through the Vintgar Gorge was very pleasant.  The Sunrose 7 Hotel was very modern and the staff friendly.  One restaurant recommendation at the Pension Resje was superb where their motto is “When was the last time you tried something for the first time?”

Our final destination was Kranjska Gora, an absolute favorite.  The mountains were majestic and so very peaceful through the Sava Dolinka Valley.  We hiked to the Russian Chapel and after a day of hiking we indulged in the most delicious Slovenian stew at the Brunarica Pri Ingotu Restaurant.  The staff at Hotel Miklic were welcoming and the hotel is close to the town center with many great restaurants.

Slovenia is a highly recommended holiday!

Hotel Plesnik, with its setting in the middle of the valley, is absolutely stunning - just having breakfast and being able to look straight out over the natural pool at the mountains immediately there always made us smile. And having a spa to retreat to in the evenings after a day walking is a very good combination. We would recommend visiting Slovenia, and in particular the Logar Bakery and staying in Hotel Plesnik to anyone

We loved this holiday and can recommend Inntravel's knowledge and efficiency absolutely. Agents knew the hotel personally which was lovely to hear before we went. I left it very late to book and was offered excellent and prompt service. Hotel Plesnik is an excellent, luxury spa hotel in the most beautiful of settings. The swimming pool is completely gorgeous. We visited with two (calm) teenagers and while it was more of a quiet spa than we were expecting, with a clear expectation of retaining the relaxing atmosphere, we never felt out of place or unwelcome. Easy walking which gave us an excellent overview of the local area.

The holiday was so organised but with flexibility to change. You achieved a brilliant combination and we had a wonderful,stress free holiday

Hotel Plesnik was excellent, the walks as described. The location is stunning. I would suggest that no one takes an evening flight to this destination as arriving late and doing the drive to Hotel plesnik in the dark was very demanding as the road twists and turns as is very steep and narrow in places. 

Angel Hotel is well situated in the city, the rooms comfortable. 

INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers added a stay in Ljubljana to our Slovenia's Enchanted Valley holiday

A wonderful experience at Hotel Plesnick (despite the swimming pool failings), due to unrivalled scenery, a well appoined room, lovely walks, the best food ever experienced on a consistent basis over one week(and we always dine well wherever we travel in the world) & top class, friendly staff & service.

Except for its 50 steps to heaven ie. the executive suite, also a pleasant stay at the Angel Hotel in Ljubljana right in the heart of the historic part of the city.

If one is reluctant to book one's luggage through from origin to destination where a change of flight is involved at some point, then make sure one leaves sufficient time to collect one's luggage & book it onto the next flight at the airport of change, because all it needs is one late flight to totally disrupt one's holiday. Not a great way to start one's holiday.

Slovenia was a very pleasant surprise. Beautiful hotel site in the enchanted valley. Lovely people. Walking was as described in brochure with exceptional alpine views. Much warmer than we expected.

The Hotel Plesnik was situated in the most beautiful breathtaking valley. We were blown away with its beauty. The Hotel Plesnik is a fantastic hotel. The staff were so pleasant and helpful and it is a place we would love to return to. The wild alpine flowers and woods were wonderful to walk through and air so fresh and clean. 

The atmosphere of the hotel Plesnick was one of calm and relaxation. Spa and treatments excellent.

BD's personal highlight was the Klemenca Jama walk. We both enjoyed the heritage half day. Overall we adored Slovenia: the beauty of landscape, the deciduous forests and the city's architecture, and the exceptional warmth and genuineness of the people - plus the fluent English we encountered everywhere. We feel Ljubljana would be well worth spending a whole week in what is a beautiful, compact, human-scale and relaxed city with excellent walking within reach. We would also recommend two cafes: Cacao for cakes and Cafe Romeo for evening light meals, also suitable for vegetarians. We would definitely return to Slovenia; there is so much else to see.

Our first visit to Slovenia and it exceeded our expectations. We added on 3 days in the Logar Valley and a visit to Trieste (to our The Best of Slovenia holiday), both very worthwhile and to be recommended as extra dimensions to this holiday. With the added benefit of good weather, we particularly enjoyed the mix of more rural surroundings and beautiful scenery in the Lake Bohinj and Logar Valley areas and the relaxed feel of the pretty Adriatic port of Piran, the busier atmosphere of Trieste, a modern city mingled with its centuries of history, and the charm of compact Ljubljana's old town; the combination of mountains and coast, country walking and urban exploration made interesting contrasts.

All the accommodation on this trip was excellent, as were the staff, and we were lucky to be given several upgrades, perhaps because it was early in the season.

We expected more contrast in the weather between mountain areas and coast but we found that an extra layer was sufficient for the cooler temperatures.

Last but not least, everyone we met was friendly and helpful - maybe we were just lucky or maybe the Slovenian people are just  cheerful, friendly people!

We had a very good time...Slovenia is a lovely natural country and the people friendly and mostly speak or understand English, so easy to ask,questions. Ljubljana Old Town was very attractive, Piran pretty busy and touristy, but easy to see in a full day, and the Logar Valley was indeed beautiful. However at the weekend the valley is very busy and not " enchanted"...during the week it was quite different. The Romanov Valley was a joy and our morning with Mojca was a pleasure. The walk along the Panoramic Road was perfect, although the drive up is again quite challenging for timid drivers! The food at the Plesnik was much better than average pension food and they had some excellent venison and creative desserts. We ate our extra evening meals there and were very happy. However if it rains there is not a lot of distraction other than trying the spa! We went for a drive to Celje about 75 minutes and it was not very exciting. Luckily we only had one damp day. Because we were late in the season most of the farms which did lunch or sold cheese etc had closed or were only open at weekends. The hotel did an excellent packed lunch!

INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers added a stay at the Hotel Piran (from our The Best of Slovenia Journey) as well as in Ljubljana, prior to our Slovenia's Enchanted Valley single centre walking holiday.