13 days in Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary at the end of September.
Slovenia – this beautiful alpine mountain country is mostly covered by forests. Its eastern part, on the border with Hungary, is covered with fields and vineyards, but the highlight of the country is the north-western part on the border with Austria. The places you must visit are Logarska Valley, Bled, Bohinj, Triglav National Park and Postojna cave.
Croatia – is the sea, the sun, thousands of islands and unforgettable Plitvice National Park.
Hungary – on this trip we mainly visited Budapest, which is rightly called “the eastern Paris”, as well as Lake Balaton.
This route is definitely suitable for traveling with children, but we traveled there only with our friends.
We did not book hotels and apartments before the trip, and every couple of days moved to a new place finding them on the way.
In the local language, the apartments are called Sobe and signboards are visible everywhere from a road.
Brief route:
Here you can see all the waypoints on the Google Maps and also use Google navigation to the place:
You can also download KML file and open it in other offline application for navigation and editing:
Day 1:
Budapest airport
By car along the southern coast of Balaton lake to the Slovenian border.
The vine road and Jeruzalem town in eastern Slovenia.
One night in apartments near Jeruzalem.
Day 2:
Ptuj
Celje Castle
Evening in Ljubljana – the capital city of Slovenia
Two nights in a hotel in Ljubljana
Day 3:
Logarska Dolina
Slap Rinka waterfall
Klagenfurt in Austria
Day 4:
Ljubljana city center and the Castle
Skofja Loka
Soteska Vintgar Gorge
Bled Castle on a sunset
One night in apartments near Bled
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Day 5:
Bled (By boat to the island)
Around Bohinj lake
Vogel observation point
Boat on the lake
Savica waterfall
One night in apartments near Bohinj
Day 6:
Pericnik waterfall trail
Triglav national park via Kranjska Gora (You should plan to be there at least one more day)
Russian wooden church
Vrsic pass
Soca River
Kobarid – Italian memorial and the viewpoint
Tolmin Gorge
Two nights in apartments near Postojna
Day 7:
Postojna cave – the biggest stalactite cave in Europe
Predjamskj Castle
Skocjanske jame – huge underground world
Koper
Day 8:
Piran
Rovinj (Croatia)
By Ferry to a Rab island
Two nights in apartments near Slunj
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Day 9:
Slunj waterfalls
Plitvice lakes
Day 10:
Zagreb – the capital city of Croatia
One night in a hostel
Day 11:
Helikon Castle Keszthely
Tihany village
Balatonfüred Marina and promenade on Balaton Lake
Budapest – the capital city of Hungary
Return the car in the center office
Two nights in a hotel
Booking.com
Day 12:
Budapest – just visit the tourist information center and ask a two days trip for you
Day 13:
Budapest
Budapest airport
Photos and description:
Day 1:
Southern coast of Balaton lake
The vine road and Jeruzalem town in eastern Slovenia
Day 2:
Ptuj
Celje Castle
Ljubljana – the capital city of Slovenia
Day 3:
Logarska Dolina
Slap Rinka waterfall
Klagenfurt, Austria
Day 4:
Ljubljana city center
Skofja Loka
Soteska Vintgar Gorge
Bled Castle
Day 5:
Bled (By boat to the island)
Around Bohinj lake to Vogel observation point
Boat on the lake
Very good restaurant
Day 6:
Pericnik waterfall trail
Triglav national park
Russian wooden church
Vrsic pass
Soca River
Tolmin Gorge
Day 7:
Postojna cave – the biggest stalactite cave in Europe
Predjamskj Castle
Skocjanske jame
Koper
Day 8:
Piran
Rovinj, Croatia
By Ferry to a Rab island
Day 9:
Slunj waterfalls
Plitvice lakes
Day 10:
Zagreb – the capital city of Croatia
Day 11:
Helikon Castle Keszthely
Tihany village
Balatonfüred Marina and promenade on Balaton Lake
Day 12:
Budapest – Parliament
Hungarian State Opera House
Central Synagogue
Vaci Street
Buda Castle
St. István Bazilika
Central Market
Szechenyi Baths and Pool
Day 13:
Budapest
Buda Castle Hill
