Middle Slovenia represents the capital Ljubljana with its surrounding. Loo-ble-yan-nah, pronunced by foreigners is a green, clean walking town, especially around its central Preseren Square, along both banks of the river, in Old Town – a labyrinth of curving cobblestone alleys, baroque churches and townhouses, handsome plazas with statues and fountains, trendy and funky boutiques, cool cafes, restaurants and wine bars – and up to the medieval hilltop Ljubljana Castle.
Ljubljana is also a city by the river on which the mythological Argonauts carried the Golden Fleece, a city by a moor where the crannog dwellers once lived, a city with the rich heritage of Roman Emona, a city that was once the capital of the Province of Carniola and the capital of Napoleon’s Illyrian Provinces, a city of Renaissance, Baroque, and especially Art Nouveau facades, a city that boasts the greatest exhibition of the architecture of the master Jože Plecnik.

With its 280.000 inhabitants, Ljubljana most certainly ranks among the smaller European capitals, but we are convinced that many bigger cities could be envious of all that it has, and many who would not. Ljubljana did not become a capital overnight, it prepared for this for centuries. When it was still "only" a provincial capital of Carniola, it became the capital for all Slovenians in 1918, when the Austro-Hungarian monarchy collapsed. A year later, in 1919, it acquired a university, in 1938 the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, a radio station as early as 1926 and TV in 1957.
The capital of Slovenia is a political, cultural, scientific, educational, business, and transportation center that in its own way combines the characteristics of Slovenia’s eastern and western, northern and southern regions. The city nestling below the hill with Ljubljana Castle has a lively cultural life created by numerous theatres, museums, and galleries, one of the oldest Philharmonics in the world, cinemas, more than ten thousand cultural events each year, as many as ten international festivals.
As Slovenia’s business and commerce center, Ljubljana hosts numerous trade fairs, and like any capital city it also offers numerous shoppings, from smaller shops and boutiques in old city core to large shopping centers on the outskirts. During a visit to Ljubljana, which is linked to the world by road, railway, and Brnik Airport visitors can chose among friendly cafes, pastry shops, and restaurants, as many serving distinctly Slovene cuisine as those with the offer of foreign horizons.
What else can you do in Ljubljana:
- experience boat ride on the Ljubljanica River,
- you can stroll in Tivoli Park in the very vicinity of the city centre where you can visit the Botanical Garden with more than 4,500 plant species.

- Park Tivoli can bi perfectly combined by the trails to nearby Roznik Hill, as well, you can decide to take a pleasant walk in the Ljubljana ZOO or take a guided tour of Plecnik's Ljubljana.

- Very popular half day trip is also ascending to Smarna gora or many of the other friendly peaks in the city surroundings with great views or call SPIN TRAVEL AGENCY to take you to any of those spots

Other places around Ljubljana to visit:
- Among the nearby places that invite visitors into the surroundings of the city within the middle Slovenia are Iski Vintgar, a gorge with picturesque river pools, carved deeply in the limestone dolomite plateau from the confluence of the Zale and Iška streams where a ten-meter high solitary pillar called the “Rock Man” stands. Along with the numerous rapids, pools, waterfalls and other phenomena in the gorge, we also find indigenous vegetation and numerous animals. Numerous trails, including the E6 European Foot Trail run through the gorge.
- Very popular place is also the climatic health resort on Rakitna, a plateau with a lake and an attractive walking circuit;
- Pekel Gorge and its waterfalls near Borovnica;
- the karst springs of the Ljubljanica River near Vrhnika;
- the former monastery in Bistra where currently houses the Technical Museum of Slovenia with a beautiful garden, - fish pond and a learning trail through the nearby borest. On the 6,000 square metres the Museum features numerous colllections from the fields of agriculture, textile engineering, transport, forestry, wood processing, etc.;
- Zbiljsko Jezero Lake offers possibilities of boating, canoeing, sailing, fishing, bicycling, and walking, only 12 kilometers away from Ljubljana. On the bank of the lake you will find the Jezero Restaurant with its pleasant terrace and excellent cuisine and the Dotik bistro with an ice cream garden.
- Sticna with its famous Cistercian monastery and Museum of Religion.
- Especially Ljubljansko Barje Moor is one of the remarkableness of Ljubljana's surrounding where the unique fauna and flora can be found.