• Kirk and Anna Lively and LairdItaly, Slovenia, Croatia 2025Traveler
    Anna with rock helmet on the Vintgar Gorge trail
    Whitewater in Vintgar GorgeVintgar Gorge with cantilevered walkwayNear the end of the Vintgar Gorge hikeBridge at the end of the Vintgar Gorge hikePart of the King of Triglav trail returning from Vintgar GorgeCows with Bled and Bled Castle in the backgroundWalking thru the village of Zasp on our way back to BledCornfield just outside of Bled with Bled Castle in the backgroundPre-tourist architecture in Zasp1Our boatman, Alesh, whose family has had a right to charge for boating here for generationsWaiting for a full boatAnna and some of our fellow boat trip travelersBled Castle from the boat tripSteps from the church down to the dock on the islandThe church tower on the island of Lake Bled. The only island in SloveniaBagpiper (dudelzak) at Lake Bled

    Bled, Slovenia

    September 27, 2025 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    27 September 2025, Saturday We walked to the local bus station, took the Vintgar shuttle to the Vintgar Gorge. Wore our mandatory rock helmets as we hiked thru this very picturesque gorge. It's a one way trail so we hiked back on the "King of Triglav" trail to the little church of St, Caterina, where we snacked looking over a view of cows with bells to the village (Zasip) and the valley beyond, including Bled. Walked back to Bled on a country road (about 1 1/2 miles) past cows and a large sunflower field, pretty homes, and interesting drying racks which we later learned were for drying hay. A little later we returned to the lakeshore for a boat ride (fellow with oars) out to Slovenia's only island, the island in lake Bled that has a church - which has only two ​​​​services each year but does serve for weddings and such things. On return to the shore we bought a take home avocado salad, returned to the bnb and had a nice dinner with some other food items we had bought during the day.Read more