Type: Family hotel
Price Guide 38 - 65 euros/person Minimum nights: Single booking: 3, Itinerary booking: 2
Best of all worlds
Superb views
OUR VIEW
Hotel Kristal is a family-owned hotel, which grew to its present size from humble beginnings as a little restaurant. Many years ago, the owners decided that, as their eatery was so popular, they would add some rooms for those who wanted to stay overnight. Then they expanded the restaurant... which required more rooms... and so on until they woke up one day with a pretty sizable hotel around them. Given that the Kristal has been nurtured and almost organically 'grown' over the years, you can be sure that as a guest, you will receive friendly, homely treatment in this charming little hotel.
ACCOMMODATION
There are thirty rooms in the Kristal, ranging in size from doubles to family suites. All are tastefully decorated in the local style: the beds and furniture are pine, the linen is crisp and the views are gorgeous.
THE RESTAURANT
Unusually for many hotels in the area, the Kristal's restaurant is the core of the business. The chef always uses fresh, seasonal, local produce and takes great pride in cooking some of the best food in Bohinj. Most dishes are traditional alpine fare... but are none the worse for that!
WORKING UP
AN APPETITE Skiing. The mountains around Lake Bohinj are a popular ski resort for Slovenes. You won't find advanced pistes, but plenty of easy-moderate skiing. The management can organise ski passes, tuition, transport, equipment hire... and something we just have to try when we go back: white-water rafting... on snow!
Go hiking (or, as we call it, walking). Around
the lake, or walking trails lead you up over mountain
passes to alpine pastures or along river valleys to
hidden waterfalls. Fishing. A permit will
cost around £75 a day, which can be arranged for
you. Golf.
There is an excellent golf club in Bled, about 20km. Driving to Lake Bled
(smaller and less impressive than Bohinj), Ljubljana…
or just about anywhere in Slovenia: allow an hour to
get you just about anywhere… up to two to get you
anywhere else.
LANGUAGES Slovene, English
CHILDREN Absolutely.
WEATHER
Summer temperatures average around 22C, while winters
can get down to around minus 15C at night.
WHEN &
HOW LONG
Hotel Kristal is open all year.
TO TAKE WITH YOU Late spring, summer, early autumn:
shorts, T-shirts, sturdy shoes or boots, something warm
for the evenings and something waterproof in case it
rains, for daytime adventures.
Late autumn, winter, early spring: warmer clothing -
especially during January and February.
CAR HIRE AVIS - click on this link and you will open a new window for the Avis Slovenia website, from where you can book your car.
HOW TO GET THERE
Closest destination airports are in this colour.
Click on the airline name to open their web page in a new window. From Gatwick: Ljubljana with Adria (the national airline).
From Stansted: Ljubljana or Rijeka with EasyJet. Trieste, Klagenfurt, Graz or Balaton with Ryanair. From Luton: Zagreb with Wizz. From Manchester: Ljubljana with Adria (summer months only). From Bristol: Venice with EasyJet. From Birmingham: Trieste with Ryanair, Wednesday and Sunday only.
1.01 euros adult/night; children (7-17) 0.50 euros child/night
Children's discounts: (extra bed in parent's room)
Up to 6 years: gratis
Between 7 and 10 years: 50%
Between 11 and 14 years: 30%
Extra bed (adult):
30% discount
Infant's cot:
5 euros
Full board supplement:
6 euros (on top of half-board)
New Year Dinner:
46 euros (if staying - compulsory)
Open:
All year
Minimum stay, nights:
Single booking: 3, Itinerary booking: 2
Deposit:
A deposit of between 10% and 25% will be required at the time of booking. The remainder will be payable directly to the hotel by you upon your arrival. Note that we do not add an extra margin to the hotel's prices: the price you pay by booking through us is exactly the same as the hotel's.
DRIVING TO LAKE BOHINJ
Hotel Kristal is 70m from Lake Bohinj. See the map below for details from Bohinjska Bistrica. Ljubljana Brnik: Take the E61 motorway towards Bled. Drive through Bled and onwards to Bohinjska Bistrica. Klagenfurt (Austria): Take the A2 motorway and then the A11/E61 towards the Karavanke tunnel. At the exit from the tunnel at Jesenice in Slovenia, take the E61 motorway towards Ljubljana and Bled. Take the exit for Bled, drive past Bled and onwards to Bohinjska Bistrica. Trieste (Italy): Take the A4/E70 towards Trieste and take the exit for Slovenia at Fernetti-Sežana (do not drive into Trieste itself). Take the A3 and then the A1/E61 towards Ljubljana. At Ljubljana, follow the A1/E61 to Ljubljana Sever and then towards Kranj, then onwards to Bled, drive past Bled and onwards to Bohinjska Bistrica.
NOTE: there is now a vinjeta system on Slovenian motorways for collecting tolls. You can buy a vinjeta at any petrol station near the motorway or the airport. For 95/30/15 euros per year/month/week, you will receive a sticker that must be displayed on the front windscreen of your car.
Skiing. 
Ljubljana Brnik: