Julian Alps

Slovenia

The Julian Alps are a region of Slovenia. They are part of The Alps and extend over the border into north-eastern Italy. They were named after Julius Caesar. They offer a wonderful alpine flair, that would have you swear you were in Upper Bavaria or Tyrol on a good day's hiking.

  • Bled. — impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle, island and town
  • Bovec.
  • Cerkno.
  • Dovje-Mojstrana. — the best starting point for hiking and climbing to Julian Alps
  • Idrija. — the oldest Slovenian mining city, with more than 500 years of history
  • Jesenice.
  • Kobarid. — historical, culinaric and sport town
  • Kranjska Gora. — village and ski area
  • Radovljica. — old historical town, agriculture museum
  • Srednja Dobrava. — village with nice views of the mountains, close to Bled, Radovljica and Kropa
  • Tolmin.- the largest town in Soča Valley

Bled. — impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle, island and town

Bovec.

Cerkno.

Dovje-Mojstrana. — the best starting point for hiking and climbing to Julian Alps

Idrija. — the oldest Slovenian mining city, with more than 500 years of history

Jesenice.

Kobarid. — historical, culinaric and sport town

Kranjska Gora. — village and ski area

Radovljica. — old historical town, agriculture museum

Srednja Dobrava. — village with nice views of the mountains, close to [[Bled]], [[Radovljica]] and [[Kropa]]

Tolmin.- the largest town in Soča Valley

Soča Valley.

Triglav National Park.

Trnovski gozd. (Trnovo Forest Plateau)

Slovene is the national language. Most can speak Serbo-Croatian as a result to the Yugoslav experience (its also very similar) and many to most young people some English and or German. German also played a historic minority role in the region prior to WWII with many places having dual place names as a result. Today the Austrian and German tourists speak it.

Metal Days music festival in summer: http://www.metaldays.net/