Ljubljana is the most charming and quaint European capital you may never have considered traveling to and probably don’t know how to pronounce {it’s lube-lee-ana, in case you’re curious}. It’s also been voted the “Greenest Capital City” in Europe beating out all the usual Scandinavian cities. For these two reasons alone, it was one of my favourite city destinations in Europe for responsible travelers looking to make positive travel choices.
Read MoreCraft beer tours in Europe are a dime-a-dozen. Most are more like messy pub crawls than beer tours that pass on historical and cultural knowledge to its participants. Luckily for me, Peter’s craft beer tour of Ljubljana, a capital city that stole my heart, packed in as much architecture, history, and cultural context as it did pints.
Read MoreStaying in a prison cell might sound like a nightmare, but Hostel Celica is more like a dream set in the art-meets-grunge Metelkova Mesto area in Ljubljana. Cells of a military prison have been transformed into individual cell rooms designed by local and international artists. My stay at Hostel Celica was one of the most interesting and unique hosted stays I’ve ever had.
Read MoreLake Bled is quickly garnering attention from travelers thanks to its pristine lake water and dense forest greenery. Topped off with a castle on a hill and famous cream cake, and you have the making’s of what quickly became one of my favourite destinations I’ve visited in Europe ever— which says a lot coming from a girl who literally grew up traveling the continent.
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