A beautiful landscape interspersed with snow-capped peaks, sweeping forests and rugged gorges with sparkling turquoise-green rivers ending in mirror-smooth lakes is enriched by a Venetian-style coastline, varied architecture and fine cuisine. Pull through the Julian Alps<\/strong> to the famous lake of Bled<\/strong> where a fairytale castle has been built in the middle of the water. Travel on to the lesser-known Lake of Bohinj<\/strong> located in Triglav National Park<\/strong> and take a hike through the mountains. Cross the Vintgar Gorge<\/strong> and immerse yourself in the underground magic of the caves of postojna<\/strong> and \u0160kocjan<\/strong> then enjoy dramatic vistas of the Vr\u0161i\u010d pass<\/strong> on the way to Kransjka Gora<\/strong> .<\/p>\n Due to the combination of different climate zones, Slovenia<\/strong> a very rich diversity of flora and fauna. Chamois and ibex are easy to spot, more effort should be made to discover bears, wolves, lynx or the golden jackal. The zilverkocjanski zatok<\/strong> andSe\u010dovljske soline<\/strong> bird reserves on the coast are home to the little egret, yellow-legged gull and little tern, while in the wetland area of Cerknica<\/strong> migratory birds such as red-footed falcons, sea eagles and corncrake breed. Owls are all over the country. The Slovenian caves are the habitat of the olm, a blind cave-dwelling salamander species.<\/p>\n Your taste buds will not be disappointed either, as the extensive Slovenian cuisine borrows from all its neighbors \u2013 Italy<\/a> , Austria<\/a> , Hungary and the Balkans<\/a> \u2013 ingredients to reinvent dishes. Slovenia’s wines are unknown but exceptionally good. Taste the sparkling wine produced in the dark in Gornja Radgona<\/strong> , see the oldest vine (400 years) in Mariboro<\/strong> and visit the 13th century wine cellar in ptuj<\/strong> .<\/p>\n Slovenia, a place to sharpen all the senses. ‘Where the world can’t find you …’<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Discover one of the pearls of Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":179067,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"country":[],"continent_category":[264],"class_list":["post-179152","countries","type-countries","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","continent_category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries\/179152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/countries"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=179152"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=179152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}One of the greenest countries in the world<\/h4>\n
Great discovery for foodies<\/h4>\n