16 independent reviews for Slovenia highlights vacation, self drive
Reviews for Slovenia highlights vacation, self drive
Neil Drury review 3 Oct 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Piran and the Logar Valley were beautiful2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Stay longer! I would suggest staying another 2 nights somewhere else on the coast3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
It benefited locals because we spent money! Don’t think we reduced environmental impacts but I think travel makes you appreciate the environment4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Excellent, manages driving and navigating well. All roads were excellent but the road to Logar Valley was in poor condition due to recent rains.Lynne Harrison review 17 Sep 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Lake Bled took my breath away2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
To trust the recommendations given. They were spot on regards sights to see and length of time to be spent in each place.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
We contributed financially to the local economy. But not sure how we impacted the environment or conservation efforts.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Absolutely brilliant Slovenia is a must see and easy to get around by car.Alison Grant review 7 Aug 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The whole vacation was memorable but our favourite stay was at Hotel Plesnik in the Logar Valley. The valley area itself was beautiful and peaceful and the hotel with its wellness spa and freshwater pool (with fish in!) with a view of the mountains was just stunning.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
We loved our multi-destination route and it is definitely worth staying in a few different locations in such a varied country. Even a couple of nights in a place is enough to get off the beaten track a bit and explore properly. Mix a few more remote areas in with the classics like Bled, which can be quite busy if traveling in peak season. Take the scenic routes when traveling from place to place - everything is pretty close to everything else anyway, and it is totally worth a extra few miles for the views and locations you travel through. If we did it again would probably choose Piran over Izola on the coast, but both are lovely and with 3 nights on the coast we spent a day in each so felt we explored both.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Local people presumably benefit from the tourism dollar and some of the hotels were very eco-focused, so yes to some extent, but a fly-drive vacation is never going to be environmentally low in impact.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Fantastic vacation, full of variety and interest. We wanted to stay longer at every location. It was super well organised, all the hotels chosen were in great locations, all transfers and hire car was smooth and the app was very useful in helping us to plan as there were so many different things to do in each location it would have been hard to keep on top of it otherwise. Tips and itinerary ideas from the agent were so useful and helpful. Overall an excellent trip. Would highly recommend this agency if traveling to Slovenia.Ian Dover review 6 Aug 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Piran was great for us. Not glitzy like the Italian Riviera, not crowded like Venice, but with wonderful swimming straight off the quay in front of the hotel. But e also enjoyed the visit to the Mercury mine in Idrija.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Don’t visit in peak summer vacation season and you’ll get wonderful attention from the locals.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
I felt that our vacation was generally environmentally and socially responsible.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
It was wonderful and we’d certainly go back for more if the opportunity arose.Claire Tyrrell review 4 Aug 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Logar valley and Hotel Plesnik2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Go to Lake Bohinj rather than Lake Bled3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes to local and green hotels, not sure any support if conservation.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Lovely place, more mountains to visit.Janine Coupe review 5 Jun 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
We loved every part of our Slovenia self-drive vacation but Lake Bled was a highlight, incredibly beautiful (no filter required!), we were lucky that it wasn’t too busy.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Take your time to enjoy Slovenia at a slow pace, it’s green, clean & friendly.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Staying at mid-range local accomodation, using a local care hire company and eating at local restaurants benefited local people.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Brilliant!! We would recommend Slovenia to everyone!! The timely responses from Andy from the tour operator made the organisation and booking stress free- I highly recommend the tour operator to book your next vacation.Jo Boydell review 8 Aug 2023
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Postojna Caves & castle2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Consider doing it on train for lower cost & carbon footprint3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Appeared to use Slovenian companies and are at independent local restaurants. Not sure if one hotel was part of chain. Not sure that refuced environmental impact or supported conservation although a lot of the food in hotels & restaurants appeared to be local4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Enjoyed the variety, beauty of the country & insights into Slovenian culture.John Lodge review 11 Sep 2022
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Visiting the lakes at Bled and Bohinj.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Spend an extra night at Izola rather than Postojna. Visit the street food market in Ljubljana if it is being held.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Difficult to answer, I hopefully helped by buying local products where possible.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
An excellent experience from initial contact through to the end. Everything worked as planned, transfers to and from the airport were on time, polite drivers and prestige vehicles. Hire car arrived on time and the Vamoose app worked really well.Vivienne Shilling review 6 Oct 2022
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Seeing the beautiful Logar Valley for the first time. The rest of Slovenia is lovely but that view down the valley is astonishing2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Bring some decent maps of the areas being visited. The equivalent of our OS ones. If traveling in late September/early October pack for all types of weather particularly in the mountains. Listen to the advise of the travel company as parking in some places is problematic and they will know where to avoid. In some hotels the bars close quite early.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes all three. Slovenia is a very clean country with little litter. The people are proud of their country and encourage one to eat the locally produced foods. The local wines are also excellent.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
We enjoyed it very much despite the weather. We travelled around and it was a great taster experience. We will certainly come back and visit some new areas and revisit others.Deborah Wilson review 23 Sep 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The hiking up the gorge by lake Bohinj2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Beautiful countryVicky Spalter review 2 Aug 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Our stay in Pisan, Slovenia. Just lovely. The whole country is beautiful, very clean, the people are friendly and helpful.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
It definitely benefited local people, tourism is very important for such a small country and they are very conscious of their environment.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
ExcellentWalter Kagi review 14 May 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The mixture of medieval cities, green landscape, huge caves, snow covered mountains, clean country, friendly people,reasonable prices2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Feel free to choose your individual trip. The local partner of Responsible Travel will give you full support.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Local car rental, mostly small hotels with local connection.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
We (4 people) had a wonderful week, good hotels, fine dining, best sightseeings, walks in beautiful landscape …. For us, it was really memorable.Damon Lane review 4 Jun 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Predjama grad lived up to expectation. Spectacular.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Don't rely on the car rental firm. They were late to drop the car off and forgot to collect to car at the drop off. The car itself was excellent. Modern and well maintained.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
While I did not stay at large corporate hotels, neither were they small family run boutique. The option of hiring an electric vehicle might be an option worth exploring.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Excellent. 1. The UK interface of the company was exemplary and I would recommend the firm based on this. Andy, who I dealt with was fantastic and was a credit to the company. 2. The price is reasonable. 3. Local suppliers were generally well chosen. The hotels I stayed in were pleasant. The AC at Marina Hotel did not work, but this was a minor issue. Possibly, given I wanted to drop the car off at Trieste airport, a larger car rental for with a depot at the airport may have proved easier. The failure of car pick up proved quite stressful,.Read the operator's response here:
Hi Damon, I am so glad that you enjoyed your trip to Slovenia. I was however concerned to read about your experience with the hire car drop off arrangements which sounded quite out of character for our local supplier. I checked with them and they explained that the representative sent to meet you and collect the car had been stuck on the motorway in a traffic jam due to an accident that happened on the section from Postojna to Koper. I am told that they contacted you and provided exact information for you to park the car and leave the keys and documents at the Airport Information Desk. The car was collected a few hours later and I can tell you that everything was OK (i.e. no problems). In light of the stress caused they have agreed to refund one day's rental as a gesture of goodwill.
Jan Rabaste review 3 Jun 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
We both loved Lake Bled, so scenic and beautiful. Shame the weather wasn’t any good!2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Make sure you leave plenty of time when leaving Izola for the airport. It took us nearly 4 hours due to road works & a car accident.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
We thought that the country was quite affluent. We went to some castles & caves and everything was very clean & well appointed.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Everything went smoothly and as planned. Just the road closures & delays on the highway coming back to the airport which was not so good.Geoff Edwards review 11 Oct 2018
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
The amazing number of trees in Slovenia. It is a very beautiful and varied country. We loved walking in the mountains in the north, around the lakes and then along the Adriatic coast. We were blessed with great weather - we took too many jumpers and too few t-shirts - which was a surprise for mid September.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Having a satnav could be a help. We just had a road map, but really only got lost once. We learned that their road numbers are on little signs at the road side and the main direction signs do not include road numbers. Also stick to main roads. The small village roads (shown as white on our map) soon disappeared into gravel tracks pirouetting over the mountain.3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Tourism is a major industry and we did our bit. Although it was a fly-drive vacation, we only drove between resorts: once there we walked.4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
A wonderful experience - we enjoyed every bit.Celia Marsh review 5 Jun 2017
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Lake Bled. The many medieval villages. The island of brijuni for its Roman remains Llubjiana.2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Slovenia and Croatia are must visit destinations3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Not especially4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
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