• Laura Mercer
  • Laura Mercer

Italy and Slovenia

Venice > Trieste > Ljubljana > Velika Planina > Lake Bled > Piran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Read more
  • Trip start
    June 20, 2024

    Venice

    Jun 20โ€“22, 2024 in Italy โ‹… โ˜๏ธ 27 ยฐC

    Venice, where the airport taxi is a boat, the bus is a boat and you can't walk 10 minutes to breakfast without getting a water taxi ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ›ถ way more chilled than I thought it would be, turns out all the tourists congregate in one area and where we stayed was so peaceful ๐Ÿ’ค hi-light was our catamaran tour โ›ตRead more

  • In-trieste-ing

    Jun 22โ€“23, 2024 in Italy โ‹… ๐ŸŒ™ 24 ยฐC

    A short Flix bus later and we'd left Venice for Sunny Trieste โ˜€๏ธ a small city which we were able to explore in one day, lots of old Roman relics were about and as always, a lovely park ๐ŸŒณ

  • Ljubljana โœจ

    Jun 23โ€“25, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ˜๏ธ 25 ยฐC

    I've wanted to go to Slovenia for years & Ljubljana didn't disappoint ๐Ÿ–ค highlights include the castle, Tivoli park & an after dark walking tour with a lovely guide from Guru guides who taught us lots about former Yugoslavia ๐Ÿค“ ๐ŸŒƒ I could have probably spent a week here (mostly eating Burek ๐Ÿ˜‹)Read more

  • Hiking Mostnica Gorge ๐Ÿฅพ

    June 24, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ˜๏ธ 21 ยฐC

    We were told on our walking tour that it's a crime to visit Slovenia and not hire a car to see the mountainous countryside, which was lucky as we'd already booked one ๐Ÿš— after a long queue to get the keys we had a lovely hike across the gorge to see Vorje Waterfall (or 'slap', in Slovenian - it definitely did slap). Finished off with a heavenly swim in lake Bohje ๐Ÿ’ฆRead more

  • Velika Planina ๐Ÿ„

    Jun 25โ€“26, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ›… 16 ยฐC

    This alpine region is stunning ๐Ÿ˜ we were planning to hike to the top but the less than favourable morning weather conditions โ›ˆ๏ธ meant we got the cable car & ski lift which, although we're both scared of heights, was amazing ๐Ÿš  it didn't rain while we were on the top of the mountain also ๐ŸŽ‰ lots of traditional huts and cows ๐Ÿ„ our hostel is very pretty also ๐Ÿž๏ธRead more

  • Gorge-ous

    June 26, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ˜๏ธ 19 ยฐC

    We were going to drive to the Logar Valley today but as the weather forecast was a bit iffy (see video for the amount of water coming out of the sky when we woke up!) we opted for a gorge walk at Vintgar Gorge. I didn't realise it's a paid activity with obligatory helmets (lol as there was no danger at all) but it was well worth the money as the water was stunning! And we avoided the โ›ˆ๏ธ Day finished off with a refreshing dip in lake Bled (after a lot of faffing looking for a place that you're allowed to swim). ๐Ÿ’™ We've ended up with way more space than we thought in our rented apartment so had dins in to enjoy the luxury after 3 nights of hostels, which was interrupted by our tyre popping as we drove onto the driveway from a nail that we knew was there ๐Ÿ™„ 45 mins later and our guys Sixt had sent a man out to change the tyre and a brand new car and taken the old one away O: so back on the road for us tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš—Read more

  • Zelenci nature reserve & lake Jasna

    Jun 27โ€“28, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ›… 23 ยฐC

    We weren't sure whether the nature reserve was just a pond (which it wasn't), but even if it was it was easily the prettiest pond I've ever seen ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿชด we went on a hike here with the backdrop of the mountains and saw so much wildlife which Jonny spent a lot of time shooting with the long camera lens ๐Ÿฆ‍โฌ› the river was stunning!

    Afterwards we went for a freezing dip in lake Jasna, which is cold all year round as it's in the alpine region โ„๏ธ sooo refreshing ๐Ÿ˜ we finished the day with a stroll around lake Bled & a drink at the rock bar (or course), there was no dark choc vegan gelato here so I made do with pineapple sorbet ๐Ÿฆ
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  • Piran, beach day ๐Ÿ–๏ธ

    Jun 28โ€“30, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 27 ยฐC

    We gave back our hire car today and said goodbye to the mountains ๐Ÿฅฒ but have two nights in Piran before we head home ๐ŸŽ‰ Piran feels much more Mediterranean, it was 30 and with the sea breeze was perfect for sunbathing. The sunset was beautifulllll and we found vegan gelato which we'll have tomorrow so all is good ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ˜Read more

  • Piran, exploring ๐Ÿฐ

    Jun 29โ€“30, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ˜๏ธ 27 ยฐC

    Our final full day in Slovenia today ๐Ÿฅฒ Piran was lovely and warm today, 33 degrees ๐ŸŒž we went exploring the old town, had lunch then went for a swim ๐ŸŒŠ it's great here as there's steps down to the sea literally everywhere so you can just go for a swim whenever you like ๐Ÿ˜ went to see the city walls afterwards, castley ๐Ÿฐ & we had the best meal of the trip for dins, home made vegan meso pasta ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ˜‹Read more

  • Portoroz (final day)

    Jun 30โ€“Jul 1, 2024 in Slovenia โ‹… โ˜€๏ธ 29 ยฐC

    Our last day today ๐Ÿฅฒ we went for a vegan breakfast this morning before we checked out of our Piran apartment, then got the bus to Portoroz which was where we had a beach day the other day ๐ŸŒŠ we had a lovely sit in a beach bar before our bus! After 3 hours we landed back in Venice, where we had a short bus to our campsite (refuse to pay much before an early flight!) near the airport, we have a lil hut & had food in the campsite restaurant which was surprisingly nice ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ›– byeeee Italy, hopefully see you soon ๐ŸŒžRead more

    Trip end
    July 1, 2024