Julian Alps
The Julian Alps are a region of Slovenia. They are part of The Alps and extend over the border into north-eastern Italy. They were named after Julius Caesar. They offer a wonderful alpine flair, that would have you swear you were in Upper Bavaria or Tyrol on a good day's hiking.
Cities
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Map of Julian Alps
- 1 Bled — impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle, island and town
- 2 Bovec
- 3 Cerkno
- 4 Dovje-Mojstrana — the best starting point for hiking and climbing to Julian Alps
- 5 Idrija — the oldest Slovenian mining city, with more than 500 years of history
- 6 Jesenice
- 7 Kobarid — historical, culinaric and sport town
- 8 Kranjska Gora — village and ski area
- 9 Radovljica — old historical town, agriculture museum
- 10 Srednja Dobrava — village with nice views of the mountains, close to Bled, Radovljica and Kropa
- 11 Tolmin- the largest town in Soča Valley
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Soča Valley
- 2 Triglav National Park
- 3 Trnovski gozd (Trnovo Forest Plateau)
Understand
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[edit]Slovene is the national language. Most can speak Serbo-Croatian as a result to the Yugoslav experience (its also very similar) and many to most young people can speak some English and/or German. German also played a historic minority role in the region prior to WWII with many places having dual place names as a result. Today the Austrian and German tourists speak it.
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[edit]Metal Days music festival in summer: http://www.metaldays.net/%5Bdead+link%5D