LAKE BLED - Croatia and Slovenia - page 914

€20 main dishes; €2 cover, Tue-Sat 12:00-22:00, Sun 12:00-17:00, closed Mon, Mošnje 1,
tel. [phone], www.vilapodvin.si ) . They also rent rooms and offer cooking classes (ex-
plained on their website).
Lake Bled Connections
Themostconvenient trainconnections toBledleave fromtheLesce-Bled Station, about2.5
miles away (see details under “Arrival in Bled,” earlier). Remember, when buying a train
ticket to Lake Bled, make it clear that you want to go to the Lesce-Bled Station (not the
Bled Jezero Station, which is poorly connected to the main line). No one in the town of
Bled sells train tickets; buy them at the station just before your train departs (open Mon-Fri
5:30-21:00,Sat7:00-15:00,Sun14:30-19:30).Iftheticketwindowthereisclosed,buyyour
ticket on board from the conductor (who will likely waive the €2.50 additional fee).
Note that if you're going to Ljubljana, the bus (which leaves from Bled town itself) is
better than the train (which leaves from the Lesce-Bled train station).
From Lesce-Bled by Train to: Ljubljana (roughly hourly, 40-60 minutes), Salzburg
(3/day,4hours,somechangeinVillach,Austria), Munich (3/day,5.5hours,somechangein
Villach), Vienna (that's Dunaj in Slovene, 3/day, 5.25-6 hours, transfer in Villach), Venice
(2/day with transfers in Villach and Klagenfurt—likely partway by bus, 6.5 hours; instead
consider a GoOpti minibus—described on here ) , Zagreb (4/day direct, 3-3.5 hours).
By Bus to: Ljubljana (Mon-Sathourly—usuallyat:30pastthehour,feweronSun,1.25
hours), Radovljica (Mon-Fri at least 2/hour, Sat hourly, Sun almost hourly, 15 minutes),
Lesce-Bled train station (2/hour, 10 minutes), Lake Bohinj (hourly, 40 minutes to Bohinj
Jezero stop, 50 minutes to Bohinj Vogel or Bohinj Zlatorog stop, 3/day in summer continue
all the way to Savica Waterfall trailhead), Podhom (15-minute hike away from Vintgar
Gorge, Mon-Fri 5/day in the morning, 1/day Sat, none Sun, 15 minutes), Spodnje Gorje
(also 15-minute hike from Vintgar Gorge, take bus in direction of Krnica, hourly, 15
minutes). Confirmtimes attheTIorbyusingtheschedules postedattheunstaffedBledbus
station. Buy tickets on the bus.
By Plane: Ljubljana Airport (airport code: LJU) is between Lake Bled and Ljubljana,
about a 45-minute drive from Bled. Connecting by taxi costs around €40-50 (set price up
front—since it's outside of town, they don't use the meter; be sure to use a Bled-based taxi,
rather than a Ljubljana-based taxi, which will likely be more expensive). The Zup Prevozi
shuttle bus is a more affordable option at €13, but it runs only two to four times each day
(generally coordinated to meet easyJet flights). However, at other times you can arrange
for a shuttle from Zup Prevozi for a bit less than a taxi (€36/1 person, €37/2 people, €38/3
people, €39/4people, mobile [phone], www.zup-prevozi.eu ).Thebusconnection from
Bledtotheairportischeap(totalcost:about€6)butcomplicatedandtime-consuming:First,