Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Postal Rates
Domestic mail costs €0.20 to €0.30 for up to 20g depending on the size, €0.41 for up to
50g and €0.48 for up to 100g. Postcards are €0.26. For international mail, the rate is €0.45
for 20g or less, €0.92 for up to 100g and €0.35 for a postcard.
Sending & Receiving Mail
» Look for the sign 'Pisma - Paketi' if you've got a
pismo
(letter) or
paket
(parcel) to
post.
»
Poštno ležeče
(poste restante) is kept at the main post office of a city or town. In the
capital, address it to Glavni Pošta, Slovenska cesta 32, 1101 Ljubljana, where it will be
held for 30 days.
Public Holidays
Slovenia celebrates 14
prazniki
(holidays) each year. If any of them fall on a Sunday, then
the Monday becomes the holiday.
»
New Year's holidays
1 & 2 January
»
Prešeren Day
(Slovenian Culture Day) 8 February
»
Easter & Easter Monday
March/April
»
Insurrection Day
27 April
»
Labour Day holidays
1 & 2 May
»
National Day
25 June
»
Assumption Day
15 August
»
Reformation Day
31 October
»
All Saints Day
1 November
»
Christmas Day
25 December
»
Independence Day
26 December
Although it's not a public holiday, St Martin's Day (11 November), the day that ferment-
ing grape juice officially becomes new wine, is almost marked as such; just about every-
one has a sip or three.
On the eve of St Gregory's Day (11 March), children in certain Gorenjska villages -
Železniki is the most famous - set afloat hundreds of tiny boats bearing candles.
