Highlights in a Day: Vintgar Gorge, Bled, Postojna Cave, Predjama Castle

After pickup in Ljubljana, start your tour near the Alpine town of Bled, visiting the beautiful Vintgar Gorge, graced with pools, rapids of the Radovna River and Šum Waterfall. After exploring Vintgar Gorge, you will return to Bled town and sail to Bled Island with the traditional Pletna wooden boat. You will have time to explore the little island where you can walk up the 99 stone steps and admire the Church of the Assumption. Once you sail back to shore, the options are in your hands. Take a swim in the lake or visit the majestic Bled Castle, perched on a rock above the lake to take a look at the dazzling panoramic view of the town and its surroundings. Before you leave Bled don't forget to try the famous culinary local specialty, Bled cream cake. 

Your trip continues to Karst region, to the town of Postojna, where you visit the Postojna Cave. Its interior leads 67,516 feet (20,579 meters) into the underground and boasts many natural beauties: stalactite and stalagmite columns, Proteus or ‘human fish’ and more. It is the only cave where you can see the beautiful underground karstic features by riding a train. After visiting the magnificent underworld of Postojna, you go to the village of Predjama, where majestic Predjama Castle is perched on a 403-foot (123-meter) high cliff with a small creek Lokva disappearing into the underground below the stone wall. You will explore the Renaissance castle, built in the entrance of the cave and learn about its legend of Erazem of Predjama.