Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
www.tnp.si
; Ljubljanska cesta 27; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun May-Sep, noon-4pm Tue-Fri
Oct & Dec-Apr)
has information on Triglav National Park.
Travel Agency Kompas
( 572 75 01;
www.kompas-bled.si
; Bled Shopping Centre,
Ljubljanska cesta 4; 8am-7pm Mon-Sat, 8am-noon & 4-7pm Sun)
is a full-service
travel agency offering excursions to Bohinj, Radovljica and Kropa, airport transfers and
transport, and bike and ski rental. It also sells fishing licences and arranges accommoda-
tion in private homes and apartments.
Getting There & Away
Bus
Bled is well connected by bus. There are buses every 30 minutes or so to Radovljica
(€1.80, 15 minutes, 7km) via both Lesce and Begunje and around 20 buses daily run from
Bled to Lake Bohinj (€3.60, 45 minutes) via Bohinjska Bistrica, with the first bus leaving
around 5am and the last about 9pm. Buses depart at least hourly for Ljubljana (€6.50, 1¼
hours, 57km).
Train
Bled has two train stations, though neither one is close to the centre. Main-line
trains for Ljubljana (€6.50, 55 minutes, 51km, up to 21 daily), via Škofja Loka, Kranj and
Radovljica, use Lesce-Bled station, 4km to the east of town. Trains to Bohinjska Bistrica
(€1.60, 20 minutes, 18km, eight daily), from where you can catch a bus to Lake Bohinj,
use the smaller Bled Jezero station, which is 2km west of central Bled.
Bohinj
04 / POP 5225 / ELEV 525M
Many visitors to Slovenia say they've never seen a more beautiful lake than Bled…that is,
until they've seen Lake Bohinj, just 26km to the southwest. We'll refrain from weighing
in on the Bled vs Bohinj debate other than to say we see their point. Admittedly, Bohinj
lacks Bled's glamour, but it's less crowded and in many ways more authentic. It's an ideal
summer holiday destination. People come primarily to chill out or go for a swim in the
crystal-clear, blue-green water. There are lots of outdoor pursuits like kayaking, cycling,
climbing and horseback riding if you've got the energy, and the charming villages to the
lake's northeast have, remarkably, remained faithful to traditional occupations like dairy
herding and farming.
