Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL
The nation's premier festival of classical entertainment (music, theatre and dance) held
from early July to mid-August (
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)
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August
The traditional summer holiday month for Europeans finds resorts like Piran and
Portorož filled to brimming. Campgrounds are packed, and the waters of lakes Bo-
hinj and Bled warm up enough to swim.
TRNFEST
Probably the most popular annual festival in the capital, this month-long party (
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) at the KUD France Prešeren cultural centre showcases music, dance and theatre from
around the world.
RADOVLJICA FESTIVAL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
One of the most important festivals of ancient classical music in Europe is staged over 10
days from early to late August (
www.festival-radovljica.si
)
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September
The first autumn chill comes to the mountains. Swimming winds down on the Adri-
atic coast and resorts like Bled and Bohinj hold their last big shindigs of the season.
Mushroom-hunting shifts into high gear.
COWS' BALL
Zany weekend of folk dance, music, eating and drinking in Bohinj to mark the return of
the cows from their high pastures to the valleys in mid-September (
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)
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