Guidebook for Ljubljana
Drinks & Nightlife
Prulcek has an ongoing chamber-concert scene virtually every day of the week. Also, they do provide both you and me a stress-free check-in&out procedure :)
40 locals recommend
Prulček - live music venue
2 Prijateljeva ulicaPrulcek has an ongoing chamber-concert scene virtually every day of the week. Also, they do provide both you and me a stress-free check-in&out procedure :)
Metelkova is the antidote to the orderly architecture of the city centre. It resembles a little to Christiania in Copenhagen, and provides with all the 'genie is out of the bottle' kind of culture, art and music scene.
55 locals recommend
Metelkova ulica
Metelkova ulicaMetelkova is the antidote to the orderly architecture of the city centre. It resembles a little to Christiania in Copenhagen, and provides with all the 'genie is out of the bottle' kind of culture, art and music scene.
run by an ex-Berliner from Slovenia, this bar next to the town-hall offers nice selection of drinks, good electronic music and is a mainstream LGBTR bar.
39 locals recommend
Pritličje
2 Mestni trgrun by an ex-Berliner from Slovenia, this bar next to the town-hall offers nice selection of drinks, good electronic music and is a mainstream LGBTR bar.
rooftop bar with views to the Neboticnik, castle and the Alps.
A bit pricy drinks but priceless views on sunny days. And the service is top-notch!
InterContinental Ljubljana
59 Slovenska cestarooftop bar with views to the Neboticnik, castle and the Alps.
A bit pricy drinks but priceless views on sunny days. And the service is top-notch!
Parks & Nature
as an antidote to the Castle hill, Golovec with its excellent and well maintained grid of jogging-paths will make you feel like being out in the nature while in fact remaining firmly in or near the city centre.
23 locals recommend
Golovec District
as an antidote to the Castle hill, Golovec with its excellent and well maintained grid of jogging-paths will make you feel like being out in the nature while in fact remaining firmly in or near the city centre.
this small park, just across the nearest pedestrian-only bridge from the apartment has a nice collection of various plant species, it's own green-house with tropical plants, a small pond and even it's own café. Ideal for young families with infants or plant lovers.
48 locals recommend
Botanični vrt
15 Ižanska cestathis small park, just across the nearest pedestrian-only bridge from the apartment has a nice collection of various plant species, it's own green-house with tropical plants, a small pond and even it's own café. Ideal for young families with infants or plant lovers.
it is the biggest and best maintained park in Ljubljana, with trails for running, a pond, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, forest, galleries, etc..
425 locals recommend
City Park Tivoli
Tivoliit is the biggest and best maintained park in Ljubljana, with trails for running, a pond, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, forest, galleries, etc..
unique underground canyon, second biggest in the World, UNESCO heritage. Ideal for a rainy-daytrip from Ljubljana.
Watch out for the timetables so that you can combine it with other points of interest in the south-west region of the country.
Timetables:
http://www.park-skocjanske-jame.si/en/read/tourist-information/skocjan-caves-guided-tours
115 locals recommend
Skocjan Caves
12 Matavununique underground canyon, second biggest in the World, UNESCO heritage. Ideal for a rainy-daytrip from Ljubljana.
Watch out for the timetables so that you can combine it with other points of interest in the south-west region of the country.
Timetables:
http://www.park-skocjanske-jame.si/en/read/tourist-information/skocjan-caves-guided-tours
Arts & Culture
it does give an insight into local life through the centuries
90 locals recommend
Mestni muzej Ljubljana
15 Gosposka ulicait does give an insight into local life through the centuries
the gallery itself may not be so interesting, but the coffee-shop downstairs is. They will serve you customised coffee, with grains from around the World, brewed on various temperatures and times and poured in your cup in time and under pressure that you decide for.
http://www.mg-lj.si/si/obisk/1263/kavarna-moderna/
49 locals recommend
Moderna galerija
the gallery itself may not be so interesting, but the coffee-shop downstairs is. They will serve you customised coffee, with grains from around the World, brewed on various temperatures and times and poured in your cup in time and under pressure that you decide for.
http://www.mg-lj.si/si/obisk/1263/kavarna-moderna/
Shopping
BTC city is Ljubljana's answer to the western consumer society treat. It is a city inside of a city, well connected by public transport. You will find here most of the big corporate names that dominate the city centres of bigger European cities but are pleasantly absent from the city centre of Ljubljana.
267 locals recommend
BTC City
2 Ameriška ulicaBTC city is Ljubljana's answer to the western consumer society treat. It is a city inside of a city, well connected by public transport. You will find here most of the big corporate names that dominate the city centres of bigger European cities but are pleasantly absent from the city centre of Ljubljana.
nearest bigger shopping mall, with some good shopping malls and da big department store with huge selection of wines and French delicatesse (cheese corner).
11 locals recommend
E. Leclerc Ljubljana
225 Jurčkova Cestanearest bigger shopping mall, with some good shopping malls and da big department store with huge selection of wines and French delicatesse (cheese corner).
Essentials
Mercator
163 Celovška cestabasic, but convenient, near the Prulcek bar.
hopefully you will never need it, but just in case of health issues: https://www.kclj.si/
6 locals recommend
Klinični center
hopefully you will never need it, but just in case of health issues: https://www.kclj.si/
This designer spa in the north-east corner of Slovenia is designed to spoil your body and soul. Good 90min drive from Ljubljana it can be a perfect solution for a rainy day and a visit to less know, but equally stunning parts of eastern Slovenia.
http://www.terme-olimia.com/sl/wellness-spa/wellness-orhidelia-12480
Wellness Orhidelia
24 Zdraviliška cestaThis designer spa in the north-east corner of Slovenia is designed to spoil your body and soul. Good 90min drive from Ljubljana it can be a perfect solution for a rainy day and a visit to less know, but equally stunning parts of eastern Slovenia.
http://www.terme-olimia.com/sl/wellness-spa/wellness-orhidelia-12480
Getting Around
For a faster moving around Ljubljana you can use the city bicycle grid, with Urbana cards that you find in a black pocket next to the main apartment door.
all the instructions for a hop on hop off bicycle ride in Ljubljana: http://en.bicikelj.si/Ljubljana
19 locals recommend
Bicike(lj)
1 Ilirska ulicaall the instructions for a hop on hop off bicycle ride in Ljubljana: http://en.bicikelj.si/Ljubljana
it is around 45min walk from the apartment, going down Miklosiceva street to the tripple bridge and then down the river till the peers.
122 locals recommend
Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
4 Trg Osvobodilne fronteit is around 45min walk from the apartment, going down Miklosiceva street to the tripple bridge and then down the river till the peers.
some guests reported that the small-boat captains are sometimes willing to drop you off by boat right next to the apartment. pretty amusing :)
17 locals recommend
Park Spica
20 Gruberjevo nabrežjesome guests reported that the small-boat captains are sometimes willing to drop you off by boat right next to the apartment. pretty amusing :)
Bober Marine offers canoes, paddle boards (SUPs), boat rides or simply a chillaxing coffee on the riverbank. check: https://www.bobermarine.si/ , unfortunately only in Slovenian, but you will get the idea and location: opposite to Spica cafe-river bank
Bober Marine - plovba, Benjamin Jernejčič s.p.
22 Velika Čolnarska ulicaBober Marine offers canoes, paddle boards (SUPs), boat rides or simply a chillaxing coffee on the riverbank. check: https://www.bobermarine.si/ , unfortunately only in Slovenian, but you will get the idea and location: opposite to Spica cafe-river bank
Flox
e-scooter, same locations as bicycle hire
https://www.floxit.co/#city-popup
Food Scene
it offers ethnic cuisine from around Africa and Asia, employing knowledge and manpower of immigrants from around the world who found their new home in Ljubljana.
7 locals recommend
Skuhna - svetovna kuhinja po slovensko
56 Trubarjeva cestait offers ethnic cuisine from around Africa and Asia, employing knowledge and manpower of immigrants from around the world who found their new home in Ljubljana.
Marley & Me
9 Stari trgtasty food in a classy setting with good price performance
RozaSlon center
14 Trg Osvobodilne fronteit has by far the best offer of wok based staples in town.
very nice decoration and superb offer of coffee for the coffee addicts like myself :) The owner is a Columbian architect, living in Slovenia, who will serve you Cafe de Colombia Brand in all it's possible manifestations, from cold press to ristretto. Highly recommended! Just tell him that Rok from AirBnB sent you.
8 locals recommend
Črno Zrno Specialty Coffee
17 Gornji trgvery nice decoration and superb offer of coffee for the coffee addicts like myself :) The owner is a Columbian architect, living in Slovenia, who will serve you Cafe de Colombia Brand in all it's possible manifestations, from cold press to ristretto. Highly recommended! Just tell him that Rok from AirBnB sent you.
each nonrainy Friday from end March till end October congregates the world's and regional food in one place.
It is a pop-up street-food market with a vibrant ambient.
Not to be missed, if you are around on Fridays!
88 locals recommend
Open Kitchen (odprta kuhna)
1 Pogačarjev trgeach nonrainy Friday from end March till end October congregates the world's and regional food in one place.
It is a pop-up street-food market with a vibrant ambient.
Not to be missed, if you are around on Fridays!