Ljubljana Food Tour

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: food tours are the best way to explore a city.

You get local food, which comes with local history, which comes with stories — and while moving from stop to stop, you slowly learn how the city itself fits together.

Our Ljubljana Food Tour started with a tiny bit of chaos: apparently the meeting point instructions still need some fine-tuning 😄
We were waiting on one side of the Dragon Bridge while the guide waited on the other. Thankfully, after a short moment of panic, we found each other and the tour could begin.

Stops included:

- Pekarna Pečjak — burek with beef, cottage cheese, and spinach
- Kodila Gourmet & Bistro Market — charcuterie platter with local meats, cheese, and Slovenian white wine
- Tartufi Deli Shop — truffle oils, salts, spreads, and spices from around Slovenia
- Le Potica — mini potica cakes
- Klobasarna — classic Slovenian sausage with horseradish and mustard
- Hiša Pod Gradom — goulash, štruklji, and local red wine
- Grajska Vinoteka inside Ljubljana Castle — fruit-filled Kobarid štruklji

The ending at the castle was especially interesting because we could hear music echoing up from the city below. Turns out Ljubljana was celebrating high school graduates with a giant festival on the square near our hotel. By the early afternoon it had become a full-on party, and hearing the music drift all the way up to the castle was surreal.Read more