Posted by Admin Posted on 22 January 2026

40 – 22-24/5 Ljubljana

Ljubljana is pronounced Loo-blah-na.

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Things to do:

2 hours and meets at 11am all year round (in summer, there are also tours at 3pm and 6pm)
You don’t have to book the tour. Just turn up outside the pink church (Google Maps link) and look for the person with the yellow umbrella. It’s obviously free but, of course, you should give the guide a tip at the end. I normally do 10€.

pink Franciscan Church

Another church. It’s open to 8pm so you can inside later if looking for something to do
Its interior is pretty impressive though: gold and white and dark wood everywhere, with an ornate ceiling and a glass coffin with the mildly unnerving remains of a saint inside near the altar.

Jože Plečnik’s house, the architect behind Ljubljana

Jože designed many things in Loo-blah-na like:
- The Triple Bridge
- The central market
- The Library which has an interesting facade
- The embankments along the river
- His house and Museum
He used the house as his ‘testing hotbed’ and it’s still full of his experimental designs and ideas. Dead interesting stuff. You can do a guided tour and see his house as it was when he lived there, or just walk around the small museum downstairs. I really liked it. Check the official website for times and prices 9euro for adults every hour 10am-5pm book here. We could book a clsed group and pay 8 euro for 6 or more peeps.

Locksmith St

700 faces in the street
Follow the faces and they’ll lead you to a water fountain and some other weird sculptures, including a caged skeleton.
It’s the work of a Slovenian sculptor called Jakov Brdar. He also did the less creepy sculptures on Butchers’ Bridge.

Dragon Bridge

River Cruise

recommend going with: Barka Ljubljanica cruises – very slow web site as they are the only ones with wooden boats. Pricelist and schedule Cost 15euro pp for 50 minute tours every hour on the hour starting at 11am if they have enought people

Funicular up to the castle

Ljubljana Castle experiences Classic Tour Ticket and Funicular (up and down) cost 34euro pp
Funicular and look at the outside of the castle tickets cost 3.5 euro one-way

Cyanometer

Cyanometers are machines that measure the blueness of the sky, which determines the air quality.
How it works is that it captures images of the sky and compares them with a colour wheel. It then makes the machine itself change colour to match the sky. So depending on when you visit, it will look different. It sends the data it collects to the Environment Agency: all powered by solar panels of course.

Nebotičnik rooftop bar Google maps location