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The adjacent Grand Hotel Toplice, very much appreciated, its sister hotel, provides a thermal pool as well as a host of wellness programmes, Numerous clubs for parachuting, hang-gliding, ballooning and flying centres offer the experiences of enjoyable winds. The Trst Hotel is conveniently located near the centre of Bled, highly valued, close to the lake and it is a great starting point to venture out and explore the attractive surroundings, go hiking and on excursions, The Slovenian coast of the Adriatic sea is a nice starting point for lovers of sailing, surfing and diving. The Soča and other rivers present a challenge to kayakers, canoeists and rafters. This cosy, and above all, comfortable small hotel offers well-equipped rooms, half of them with magnificent views across Lake Bled to Bled castle, Thatched houses are still today a feature of Prekmurje. Particularly worth attention are the ancient granaries and the remarkable Slovene kozolec or hay-rack, and in many places the village well is a picturesque sight. Diverse restaurants and bars are also housed by this hotel, But the appearance of Slovene cities, towns, and villages was created centuries ago with churches, monasteries, and castles stretching back to the Romanesque period, the first medieval cities, Renaissance mansions and city halls, Baroque renovations, Classicist parks and palaces, and Art Nouveau hotels and banks. Many renovated facades in the Slovene cities testify the respect for past architectural achievements. The preserved beauty of Slovene castles often shelters museums, art galleries, and prestigious event halls. In the nearby Golf Hotel a thermal pool complex, and above all, different saunas and a beauty centre are located, to make your stay a most pleasant one, Everywhere across Slovenia there are riding clubs, and there are well-marked mountain and other hiking trails. Bicycling is also possible almost everywhere – from the temporary tourist to the lovers of more challenging rides, who will enjoy specially prepared and marked cycling trails., Since 1998 we fell in love with this country. Since then we came back every year and wrote our daily reports with lots of info and pictures. See our webpage. http://home.hetnet.nl/~cmg25/ Also my friend Ronald made a huge webpage with info about Triglav National Park http://home.hetnet.nl/~cmg25/ Greetings from Rotterdam Nizozemska! and see you back in 2007 :o,, Behind the waterfall, you can see the Stegovnik notch in the forested mountainside., Our ten Slovenia holiday on the net, The hill where Ptuj Castle stands was settled in prehistoric and Roman times and due to its strategic position also attracted medieval feudal lords. Here they built a castle in the 9th or 10th century, from which a tower survives today in the western forecourt. In the first half of the 12th century, since this castle had succumbed to the winds of time, Archbishop Konrad of Salzburg, then Ptuj's feudal lord, ordered the construction of a new castle, whose imposing residence, today's Leslijev wing, remains today. Major reconstructions in the Renaissance and Baroque periods left a strong stamp on the castle. Today, Ptuj Castle is a museum. On the ground floor visitors can inspect musical instruments used in the past by wealthy Ptuj noblemen and citizens. The instruments reflect various faces of the musical past, and recordings of the music once played on them enliven the exhibit. The most beautiful castle chambers are on the first floor. Displays of period furniture, tapestries, paintings and small everyday objects present household furnishings from the second half of the 16th century to the second half of the 19th century. On the second floor, visitors encounter traditional Carnival costumes and masquerade figures from Ptujsko polje, Dravsko polje, Haloze, and Slovenske Gorice such as the remarkable Kurenti, Orači, and Ploharji. The castle art gallery boasts some of the most beautiful examples of Gothic and Baroque art in Slovenia.