LeavingVenice
We were up early and left Venice with our Perigrine tour guide and group at 8.30am. The side door of the Hotel had their own jetty and a boat was waiting to take us back to the mainland. After driving down some of the canals we opened out into the channel where the cruise ships and all other vessels sail. It was quite rough but we had a good driver and in no time were back on dry land to meet up with our driver and mini van for the tour of Slovenia and Croatia. There are 11 people on our tour, six from NZ, four from Australia and one from Canada who all seem lovely people so we should have a good time.
First stop on tour was the Postojna Caves (approx 2 hours drive). A network of 20 kms of passages, galleries and chambers, Postogna is the largest classic karst cave in Europe. An amazing ride in the train passing stalactites and stalagnites before we stopped and were let off to walk the amazing trails through the caves. We were blown away with the enormity and scale of the underground system which was 4kms walk. After lunch we travelled to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana (approx 40mins). A city full of style and a treasure-trove of history, monuments, churches and museums, unfortunately it started raining and so cut our walking tour short. We also took a ride on the funicular to the castle on the hill with great views of the city.
Our last stop was Bled for the night where we are staying a Kompas Hotel.
We were up early and left Venice with our Perigrine tour guide and group at 8.30am. The side door of the Hotel had their own jetty and a boat was waiting to take us back to the mainland. After driving down some of the canals we opened out into the channel where the cruise ships and all other vessels sail. It was quite rough but we had a good driver and in no time were back on dry land to meet up with our driver and mini van for the tour of Slovenia and Croatia. There are 11 people on our tour, six from NZ, four from Australia and one from Canada who all seem lovely people so we should have a good time.
First stop on tour was the Postojna Caves (approx 2 hours drive). A network of 20 kms of passages, galleries and chambers, Postogna is the largest classic karst cave in Europe. An amazing ride in the train passing stalactites and stalagnites before we stopped and were let off to walk the amazing trails through the caves. We were blown away with the enormity and scale of the underground system which was 4kms walk. After lunch we travelled to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana (approx 40mins). A city full of style and a treasure-trove of history, monuments, churches and museums, unfortunately it started raining and so cut our walking tour short. We also took a ride on the funicular to the castle on the hill with great views of the city.
Our last stop was Bled for the night where we are staying a Kompas Hotel.
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