Moderate walking on varied surfaces, with some long days and regular ascents / descents.
The season for this holiday is:
01 May 2021 - 15 October 2021
01 May 2022 - 15 October 2022
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| °C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| mm | 92 | 88 | 104 | 135 | 137 | 154 | 148 | 155 | 147 | 137 | 168 | 102 |
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7 nights: 01 May 2021 - 15 October 2021 & 01 May 2022 - 15 October 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 12 May 2021 | £845 | £120 |
| 13 - 21 May 2021 | £865 | £120 |
| 22 May - 7 Jul 2021 | £895 | £125 |
| 8 Jul - 21 Aug 2021 | £920 | £125 |
| 22 Aug - 30 Sep 2021 | £895 | £125 |
| 1 - 8 Oct 2021 | £845 | £120 |
| 1 - 12 May 2022 | £880 | £130 |
| 13 - 21 May 2022 | £895 | £130 |
| 22 May - 7 Jul 2022 | £940 | £135 |
| 8 Jul - 21 Aug 2022 | £970 | £135 |
| 22 Aug - 30 Sep 2022 | £940 | £135 |
| 1 - 8 Oct 2022 | £880 | £130 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£50 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £50 |
Includes accommodation, meals and services integral to the holiday as described, plus walking notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
7 nights, staying at Dobra Vila: 01 May 2021 - 15 October 2021 & 01 May 2022 - 15 October 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 21 May 2021 | £940 | £240 |
| 22 May - 30 Sep 2021 | £995 | £245 |
| 1 - 8 Oct 2021 | £940 | £240 |
| 1 - 21 May 2022 | £990 | £255 |
| 22 May - 30 Sep 2022 | £1045 | £260 |
| 1 - 8 Oct 2022 | £990 | £255 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£50 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £50 |
Includes accommodation, meals and services integral to the holiday as described, plus walking notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Hvala Hotel, Kobarid (with dinner) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2021 | £142 | £162 |
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2022 | £150 | £170 |
| Martinov Hram, Bovec (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2021 | £55 | £65 |
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2022 | £58 | £70 |
| Rozle House Apartments, Kranjska Gora (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 17 May 2021 | £52 | £68 |
| 18 May - 12 Jul 2021 | £57 | £73 |
| 13 Jul - 25 Aug 2021 | £62 | £78 |
| 26 Aug - 21 Sep 2021 | £57 | £73 |
| 22 Sep - 15 Oct 2021 | £52 | £68 |
| 01 May - 17 May 2022 | £55 | £72 |
| 18 May - 12 Jul 2022 | £60 | £77 |
| 13 Jul - 25 Aug 2022 | £65 | £82 |
| 26 Aug - 21 Sep 2022 | £60 | £77 |
| 22 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 | £55 | £72 |
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Dobra Vila, Bovec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 01 May - 31 May 2021 | £8 | |
| Superior: 01 Jun - 30 Sep 2021 | £28 | |
| Superior: 01 Oct - 15 Oct 2021 | £8 | |
| Superior: 01 May - 31 May 2022 | £10 | |
| Superior: 01 Jun - 30 Sep 2022 | £30 | |
| Superior: 01 Oct - 15 Oct 2022 | £10 | |
| Superior with balcony: 01 May - 31 May 2021 | £15 | |
| Superior with balcony: 01 Jun - 30 Sep 2021 | £45 | |
| Superior with balcony: 01 Oct - 15 Oct 2021 | £15 | |
| Superior with balcony: 01 May - 31 May 2022 | £16 | |
| Superior with balcony: 01 Jun - 30 Sep 2022 | £48 | |
| Superior with balcony: 01 Oct - 15 Oct 2022 | £16 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Hvala Hotel, Kobarid (with dinner) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2021 | £142 | £162 |
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2022 | £150 | £170 |
| Dobra Vila, Bovec (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2021 | £96 | £164 |
| 01 May - 15 Oct 2022 | £100 | £172 |
| Rozle House Apartments, Kranjska Gora (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 17 May 2021 | £52 | £68 |
| 18 May - 12 Jul 2021 | £57 | £73 |
| 13 Jul - 25 Aug 2021 | £62 | £78 |
| 26 Aug - 21 Sep 2021 | £57 | £73 |
| 22 Sep - 15 Oct 2021 | £52 | £68 |
| 01 May - 17 May 2022 | £55 | £72 |
| 18 May - 12 Jul 2022 | £60 | £77 |
| 13 Jul - 25 Aug 2022 | £65 | £82 |
| 26 Aug - 21 Sep 2022 | £60 | £77 |
| 22 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 | £55 | £72 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen - Venice (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Belfast Intl. - Venice Marco Polo | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Birmingham - Venice (via Brussels) | Brussels Airlines |
| Birmingham - Venice (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Edinburgh - Venice Marco Polo | easyJet, jet2 |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Glasgow - Venice Marco Polo | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Venice Marco Polo | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Ljubljana | easyJet |
| Gatwick - Venice Marco Polo | British Airways, easyJet, TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Ljubljana | British Airways |
| Heathrow - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Heathrow - Ljubljana (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Heathrow - Trieste (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Heathrow - Venice Marco Polo | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Manchester - Venice Marco Polo | easyJet, jet2, TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Ljubljana (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Newcastle - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Newcastle - Venice Marco Polo (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Newcastle - Venice Marco Polo (via Amsterdam) | Air France |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you for any of the options listed above except those operated by Ryanair. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service (£60 for India and Nepal). Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Ljubljana
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi airport to hotel (2h) | £67 in 2021; £72 in 2022 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to airport (1h) | £53 in 2021; £56 in 2022 | flexible |
Connecting travel options - flying via Trieste
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Trieste airport to Udine (0h35), taxi Udine to hotel (0h50) | £45 in 2021; £48 in 2022 | 1800 |
| taxi Trieste airport to hotel (1h15) | £56 in 2021; £60 in 2022 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to Tarvisio Boscoverde station (0h15), rail Tarvisio Boscoverde to Trieste airport (2h05) | £47 in 2021; £50 in 2022 | 1100 |
| taxi hotel to Trieste airport (1h45) | £100 in 2021; £105 in 2022 | flexible |
Connecting travel options - flying via Venice Marco Polo
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Venice Mestre to Udine (2h), taxi Udine to hotel (0h50) | £54 in 2021; £57 in 2022 | 1800 |
| taxi Venice Marco Polo airport to hotel (2h) | £106 in 2021; £112 in 2022 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to Tarvisio Boscoverde station (0h15), rail Tarvisio Boscoverde to Venice Mestre (3h15) | £50 in 2021; £53 in 2022 | 1700 |
| taxi hotel to Venice Marco Polo airport (2h15) | £144 in 2021; £152 in 2022 | flexible |
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A lovely holiday with wonderful hotels and certainly worth an upgrade to Dobra Vila in Bovec with its peaceful garden and very helpful host. In Bovec the Hotel Restaurant Mangart gave us a superb meal which was perhaps the best of the holiday. Hotel Miklic was a great choice and the owner's son,Gregor, was extremely knowledgeable in helping us choose routes for the extra day that we stayed there. It is hard to say what was the highlight of the holiday! We had beautiful weather, fields of autumn crocus, autum cyclamen in the woodlands and all in all a holiday in a lovely country which we look forward to visiting again.
Slovenia is a beautiful country and the colours of the Soca River surpass any other river I have seen in the world. We really enjoyed our time in Kobarid - the historical trail was interesting as well as being quite a challenging walk. Watching people abseiling and canyoning into the Kozjak waterfalls was good too. The weather was really good that day so we enjoyed a dip in the Soca and a lie in the sun on one of the pebble beaches on the banks of the Soca. The included evening meals at the Hotel Hvala were excellent and the service in the restaurant was charming, knowledgeable and faultless.
The walk through the Lapena valley was just magical - a real favourite and the late lunch at the restaurant Pristava Lepena was very good and worth the steep uphill walk. The welcome and service at the Dobra Vila are excellent, as are the breakfast and the setting/gardens. Our room was a little tired and trying to keep the floor from flooding when using the shower was a challenge. However it was worth having a balcony for the gorgeous view. The included dinner at the Hotel Restaurant Mangart was outstanding and we were sadly too full after 5 courses for the cheese course. A shame the dining room at the hotel doesn't match the food.
Kranjska Gora is more built up and touristy than when I went in 2016 but still very gorgeous. The icy blue water in the river, the Lake Jasne and the Russian chapel are all highlights. An evening meal at the Restaurant Lipa was excellent. Other meals at Pri Martinu and Hotel Kotnik not so good. We hired e-bikes in KG on the last day as we had time to kill before our flight and made good use of both directions of the flat cycle path in the valley which was great for us as we are not used to cycling.
Two things particularly stay in the mind: the mountain route over Matajur from Italy into Slovenia, in perfect weather, blue skies and breathtaking views. It set the tone for the entire holiday. Secondly, the crystal clear, turquoise waters of the Soca river, whether cascading though narrow gorges or rippling in the shallows.
A lovely holiday with wonderful hotels and certainly worth an upgrade to Dobra Vila in Bovec with its peaceful garden and very helpful host. In Bovec the Hotel Restaurant Mangart gave us a superb meal which was perhaps the best of the holiday. Hotel Miklic was a great choice and the owner's son,Gregor, was extremely knowledgeable in helping us choose routes for the extra day that we stayed there. It is hard to say what was the highlight of the holiday! We had beautiful weather, fields of autumn crocus, autum cyclamen in the woodlands and all in all a holiday in a lovely country which we look forward to visiting again.
Slovenia is a beautiful country and the colours of the Soca River surpass any other river I have seen in the world. We really enjoyed our time in Kobarid - the historical trail was interesting as well as being quite a challenging walk. Watching people abseiling and canyoning into the Kozjak waterfalls was good too. The weather was really good that day so we enjoyed a dip in the Soca and a lie in the sun on one of the pebble beaches on the banks of the Soca. The included evening meals at the Hotel Hvala were excellent and the service in the restaurant was charming, knowledgeable and faultless.
The walk through the Lapena valley was just magical - a real favourite and the late lunch at the restaurant Pristava Lepena was very good and worth the steep uphill walk. The welcome and service at the Dobra Vila are excellent, as are the breakfast and the setting/gardens. Our room was a little tired and trying to keep the floor from flooding when using the shower was a challenge. However it was worth having a balcony for the gorgeous view. The included dinner at the Hotel Restaurant Mangart was outstanding and we were sadly too full after 5 courses for the cheese course. A shame the dining room at the hotel doesn't match the food.
Kranjska Gora is more built up and touristy than when I went in 2016 but still very gorgeous. The icy blue water in the river, the Lake Jasne and the Russian chapel are all highlights. An evening meal at the Restaurant Lipa was excellent. Other meals at Pri Martinu and Hotel Kotnik not so good. We hired e-bikes in KG on the last day as we had time to kill before our flight and made good use of both directions of the flat cycle path in the valley which was great for us as we are not used to cycling.
Two things particularly stay in the mind: the mountain route over Matajur from Italy into Slovenia, in perfect weather, blue skies and breathtaking views. It set the tone for the entire holiday. Secondly, the crystal clear, turquoise waters of the Soca river, whether cascading though narrow gorges or rippling in the shallows.
The area chosen in Slovenia was pretty and interesting to hike through. The history of this area, especially surrounding WWI, was fascinating.
This rates as one of our most enjoyable holidays. The walks were very well chosen and the walking notes excellent and very accurate. We would recommend walking poles for some of the downhill sections of the walks - even in the dry the loose rocks can be quite slippery. The scenery (mountains and the Soca valley and river) were breathtaking and it was wonderful to be in a less crowded part of the world. On reflection, we wish we had included an extra day in Kobarid or Bovec to spend a day kayaking on the river - the water looked very inviting. The food in the restaurants of hotels Locanda Al Castello and Dobra Villa was exceptional. We thoroughly recommend the upgrade at Dobra Villa. Excellent organisation by Inntravel throughout.
Excellent accommodation and food overall. Walk notes were very detailed and precise.
We didn't stay at our preferred choice of Dobra Villa in Bovec, however the Gostisce Martinov Hram was an good alternative. Clean, air con, plenty of hot water and food was good.
This was a dleightful holiday with some fabulous and varied walking in a spectacular part of Europe. All of the hotels and food were of great quality and service was excellent. Even though it does make for a long day, would particularly recommend the additional section from Kobarid to Trnovo Ob Soci following closely the Soca.
Helpful to note there are now plenty of ATMS in Kobarid so no difficulty in obtaining cash. If opting for the upgrade to Dobra Vila, although the restaurant is high end there was no requirement for formal attire; Slovenia on the whole being less formal of dress than Italy.
The name of the trip, Hidden Italy and Slovenia, is well chosen. This area is still being discovered and makes for secluded hiking among beautiful alpine fields of wildflowers and along the indescribably turquoise, emerald, aqua blue Soca River. The backdrop of ancient civilizations, brutal civil and world wars, and fairly recent independence add to the sense of discovery for those (like us) who are not familiar with this area. There is great variation in the walks which, being a group of 9 people, ages 25 - 65, was greatly appreciated. It's nice to stay 2 nights, 2 nights, and then 3 nights at the hotels. We upgraded to the Dobra Vila in Bovec for the last 3 nights and were so glad we did. This is a gorgeous, newly renovated, wonderfully designed and comfortably furnished hotel, just a bit on the outskirts of the town. Dobra-Vila also has a top-knotch chef with food as beautiful as it is delicious, starting with breakfast buffet and the freshly cooked eggs to the 4-course dinners featuring local ingredients and wines from their own cellars. Additional note for foodies who want a once-in-a-lifetime experience - in Kobarid we ate at Hisa Franko with chef Ana Roz (see Netflix Chef's Table, season 2, episode 5 for her story) but given its world-class status you will need to make reservations well in advance.
And the review wouldn't be complete without a huge shout-out to Inntravel's team of professionals who are highly skilled, knowledgeable, responsive, and professional. This was our third trip with them and I look forward to many more self-guided hiking tours!
The walks were interesting and varied - the best being the ascent of Mt Matajur and the hike up the Lepena Valley. The Hotel Locanda Al Castello in Cividale and the Hotel Dobra Vila in Bovec were both absolutely superb. We had breakfast and dinner on the patio in Bovec every day which was wonderful. The logistics worked perfectly.
Great holiday, countryside is stunning and weather was beautiful. Good mix of longer walks between hotels with optional rest/shorter days in between. Slovenia is a little outdoor activity gem, especially liked Bovec.
We thoroughly enjoyed this holiday and found this part of Slovenia to be stunningly attractive with mountain ranges around you whilst you walk within wild-flower meadows. The Soca river, with its aquamarine colour, is not only beautiful to look at but has lots of activity on its fast current (kyaks and rafts) to keep you interested. We are so glad that we added the two-day Venice trip and upgraded to the Dobra Vila in Bovec.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers enjoyed our Venice City add-on at the Hotel Ca’ Nigra before our Hidden Italy and Slovenia self-guided walking holiday (upgrade option).
Our highlight was the walk up the Lepena Valley. There was no one else around and the bird song was amazing. We actually got a taxi out to Camp Klin, had a coffee, walked up and down the valley, had lunch at Camp Klin and then walked back into Bovec. The weather forecast was not so good for the afternoon and we wanted to make sure we used the best part of the day in the Lepena Valley. It made for an interesting exercise reading the trip notes backwards, but it worked well for us!