Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Jazz Klub Satchmo
( 250 21 50;
www.jazz-klub.si
; Strossmayerjeva ulica 6; 9am-2am Mon-Thu,
9am-3am Fri, 7pm-3am Sat, 7pm-midnight Sun)
Maribor's celebrated jazz club meets in a
wonderful cellar in the Fine Arts Gallery building.
JAZZ
Information
Abanka
(Glavni trg 18)
In the mall at the eastern end of Glavni trg.
Kit Kibla
( 252 44 40;
www.kibla.org/kit
;
Glavni trg 14; per 30/60min €0.70/1;
9am-10pm Mon-Sat)
City-run centre in the town hall with a dozen internet terminals.
Mladinska Knjiga
( 234 31 13; Gosposka ulica 24; 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm
Sat)
Bookshop, with Lonely Planet guides and maps.
Nova KBM Bank
(Trg Svobode 2)
Opposite Maribor Castle.
Post Office
(Slomškov trg 10)
Tourist Information Centre Maribor
(TIC; 234 66 11;
www.maribor-pohorje.si
;
Partinzanska cesta 6a; 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm Sat & Sun)
Very helpful TIC in
kiosk opposite Franciscan church.
Getting There & Away
Bus
You can reach virtually any town in Slovenia (and certain international destinations)
from Maribor's huge bus station.
Bus services are frequent to Celje (€6.70, 1½ hours), Murska Sobota (€6.30, 1¼ hours),
Ptuj (€3.60, 45 minutes) and Ljubljana (€12.40, three hours). Other destinations include
Rogaška Slatina (€7.20, two hours) and Slovenj Gradec (€7.20, two hours).
There's a daily bus to Sarajevo (€60, 9½ hours) at 9.15pm (5.15pm on Friday), as well
as Munich (€46, 7½ hours) and Vienna (€29, 4½ hours).
Train
From Ljubljana there is the ICS express service (€15.20, 1¾ hours), or more fre-
quent slower trains (€9, 2½ hours). Both stop at Celje. Eastbound, services run to Murska
Sobota (€8.50, two hours).
International connections include Zagreb (€16, three hours), Vienna (€49, 3½ hours)
and Belgrade (€49, 8½ hours).
