Slovenia attractions
Slovenia surprises visitors at every step with its natural sites. In this thiny piece of Europe, the picturesque features of the Alpine, Mediterranean, Karst and Pannonian worlds are combined.
Slovenia is a country of karst regions, and its Kras region gave its name to this type of limestone landscape across the world. In Slovenia, there are thousands of karst caves and shafts, the best known among them is Postojna Cave, but wonderful are also the Škocjan Caves, which are on UNESCO´s list of world natural and cultural heritage sites. Snežna jama cave with its frozen stalactites in alpine Mount Raduha is a special sight, and the caves in the shallow karst of Dolenjska are also quite unique.
The springs,waterfalls and lakes are different in each part of Slovenia. The majority of Slovenia´s glacial lakes, including Lake Bohinj, the largest, are found in Triglav National Park, our largest area of protected nature. Lake Bled, which with its island is a world famous site in Slovenia, is also of glacial origin. Charms of a special kind are shown by karst lakes, among which the disappearing Cerknica Lake is the largest and the most picturesque.
Very beautiful are the Venetian style towns of Istrian coast (Koper, Piran) and the capital Ljubljana is also a wonderful city, called the small Prague.