Looking back at Ljubljana it’s a bit hard to explain why we loved it so much. After our trip, people often asked, what was your favorite part? What was your favorite city? Without pause, my answer is always Ljubljana… and then comes the question, why? Here is where things get a bit tough because it’s hard to put a finger on it. The city just had an amazing, relaxed vibe to it. A lot of travel is luck which may explain part of why this city was just so enjoyable, everything seemed to work out so well during our stay.

Truth be told, there’s not a lot of activities and sights for tourists in Ljubljana. Wikitravel’s section on the city only lists a handful of things to see or do and most of those are museums – not usually my thing. But the city is beautiful with a river running through the center and many great restaurants and cafes. The city center is also very small, you can easily walk across it in 45 minutes. We spent the first day just walking through the old town, seeing the picturesque bridges (it’s like a mini version of Paris where each bridge is unique) and walking up to the Ljubljana Castle. There’s a funicular up from Old Town to the castle but since the walk only takes five minutes we skipped the line and just took the path up. There are boat cruises leaving from many spots along the river for short 50 minute cruises. We took one just before sunset which was perfect.