| As we have said elsewhere on this site, Slovenia is really a western European country, snuggling between Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. In other words, it takes around two hours to fly there, or 24 hours by train (about 16 hours by car). |
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Air Travel to Slovenia |
 For most of us, the obvious way to get to Slovenia is by aeroplane. Ljubljana airport is easily the best: however, one of the advantages of Slovenia being so diddy, is that there are plenty of useful airports in the surrounding countries.
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Airport |
Description |
Airlines |
Ljubljana Brnik(Slovenia) |
 Far and away the largest in Slovenia. Having said that, it's also one of the smallest international airports you'll see in Europe. As you can see from the picture on the left, it is surrounded by forests and farmland, ensuring you stay calm and relaxed while flouncing the local traffic laws in trying to check-in for your flight (you really should have left the hotel earlier). Seriously, it is an easy twenty minute drive from Ljubljana - and is certainly the best choice for most of Slovenia.
2007 update: the Slovene government, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to rename the airport after someone who's name is a bugger to pronounce: Jože Pučnik. You can either learn to pronounce it (Yozhe Pootchnik), or wait for the next government to change it back to Brnik. |
Adria Airways |
Gatwick
Manchester
Birmingham |
| EasyJet |
Stansted |
| Trieste (Italy) |
Unhurried little airport that's perfect for the west of Slovenia (the Soča Valley) - but good for anywhere west of Ljubljana (it's just 90 minutes or so to Ljubljana itself). |
Ryanair |
Stansted
Birmingham |
| Venice (Italy) |
True, you have to drive for about 90 minutes on north Italian motorways (yeeugh), but the transformation at the border is worth all that. Plus, as you can see, Venice is served by plenty of UK airports. |
EasyJet |
Bristol
East Midlands
Gatwick |
| BMI |
Heathrow
Glasgow |
| Jet2 |
Leeds
Manchester |
| British Airways |
Gatwick |
| Thomsonfly |
Manchester |
| Klagenfurt (Austria) |
Neat little airport just over the border in Austria - good for the north west (Kranjska Gora, Bled, Bohinj), over into the Soča Valley, or even Ljubljana. |
Ryanair |
Stansted |
| Graz (Austria) |
The alternative to flying into Maribor for the north east of Slovenia. |
Ryanair |
Stansted |
| Zagreb (Croatia) |
Not a bad choice at all for the coast, south east (Dolenjska) or even Ljubljana (two hours drive) and beyond. |
Wizz Air |
Luton |
| Pula (Croatia) |
Good for the south east and the coast. |
Ryanair |
Stansted |
| Balaton (Hungary) |
Perfect for Prekmurje (east and north east). |
Ryanair |
Stansted |
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Rail Travel to Slovenia |
 The most expensive route... but it depends on what you make of it. Rail travel has so many advantages over flying: comfortable seats (or sleepers), scenery, polite and helpful cabin staff, a sense of actually having travelled somewhere and no airports. Plus, you actually get to see a bit of the countries in between.
Take a look at the wonderful Man in Seat Sixty-One website - bloody marvelous. |
Driving to Slovenia |
| ... would take around 18 hours, according to the RAC route planner. That's at an average of 30/60 mph, so given that much of it is through Germany, you would probably shave a good few hours off that. Probably not recommnded if you have just a week, but might be an interesting option if you have more than 10 days for the entire trip. But not if you have a car full of kids. |
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