It was not the first time I had the idea of doing a weekend trip to Slovenia. In May 2026 I combined it with some stops in Friuli and took the opportunity to see mostly places I did not know.

In this article there are no less than 4 videos of Slovenia. In particular they are of tourist places. I dedicate one to a place of a completely different kind, to Caporetto, where there was the famous defeat.

Since the area is not very large and has small places, it is ideal to do this tour by car. These were the stops:

• Trieste
• Caves of San Canziano
• Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle
• Ljubljana
• Lake Bled
• Bohinj Lake
• Triglav Park
• Soriska Planina (where I found snow, see featured photo)
• Tolmin
• Caporetto
• Gorizia

A classic weekend in Slovenia, the caves

Perhaps the most visited place in Slovenia are the fantastic Postojna caves. Near there, however, there is also a beautiful castle and especially the other caves of St. Kanzian.

Below is a video as they are in the little train that partly runs through them.

Below is the video from outside the San Canziano Caves.

Another classic weekend trip to Slovenia? The lakes

Other very touristy stops in Slovenia are the lakes, particularly Lake Bled. However, I liked Bohinj Lake the most.

The first one has just about everything:

• surrounded by dense forests
• a small island with a small church, reachable only by boat (spending an arm and a leg)
• A castle to tower above it
• A small village with tall church with a high steeple
• Lots of souvenir stores
• So many bars in particular with rude waitresses
• Not to mention so many people

The videos of Slovenia are in my you tube channel, this one of Lake Bled.

But I liked Lake Bohinj the most, surrounded by forests and the imposing and, in May still snow-covered Triglav. We also found the staff of the locals much nicer and fewer crowds.

Finally, the link to the other story from Slovenia.

While this is the page with all my articles with videos.

Concluding the pages where you can find detailed articles and photos of trips, categorized by type.

Trips taken, travel stories divided by continent

Countries visited in my travel stories

Anecdotes, divided by type in travel narratives