Travel Reference
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Private Rooms & Apartments
You'll find private rooms and apartments through tourist offices and travel agencies in
most towns. The Slovenian Tourist Board's brochure Rates for Accommodation in Private
Rooms and Apartments provides photos and the location of the house along with rates.
You don't have to go through agencies or tourist offices; any house with a sign reading
'Sobe' or 'Zimmer frei' means that rooms are available. Depending on the season, you
might save yourself a little money by going directly.
In Slovenia, registered private rooms and apartments are rated from one to four stars.
Prices vary greatly according to the town and season, but typical rates range from around
€15 to €30 for a single and €25 to €40 for a double.
The price quoted is usually for a minimum stay of three nights. If you're staying a
shorter time, you'll have to pay 30% and sometimes as much as 50% more the first night
and 20% to 30% extra the second. The price never includes breakfast (from €4 to €6 when
available) or tourist tax.
Some agencies and tourist offices also have holiday apartments available that can ac-
commodate up to six people. One for two/four people could go for as low as €35/50.
PRACTICALITIES
» The metric system is used for weights and measures.
» Plug your hair dryer or laptop into a standard European adapter with two round pins
before connecting to the electricity supply (220V, 50Hz AC).
» Stay up to date with the following: Slovenia Times ( www.sloveniatimes.com ) , a
fortnightly English-language magazine usually distributed for free; Sinfo
( www.ukom.gov.si ) , a free government-produced monthly magazine about Slovenian
politics, environment, culture, business and sport; and Slovenian Business Report
( www.sbr.si ) , a quarterly publication with a cover price of €12 but usually available
for free at top-end hotels.
» Listen to the news bulletin broadcast in English year-round at 10.30pm on Radio
Slovenija 1 (88.5, 90.0, 90.9, 91.8, 92.0, 92.9, 94.1, 96.4 MHz FM and 918 kHz
AM). In July and August Radio Slovenija 1 and Radio Slovenija 2 (87.8, 92.4, 93.5,
94.1, 95.3, 96.9, 97.6, 98.9 and 99.9 MHz FM) broadcast a weather report in English
at 7.10am and Radio 2 broadcasts traffic conditions after each news bulletin from Fri-
day afternoon to Sunday evening. In summer Radio Slovenia International (RSI) has
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