SLOVENIA SQUEEZES A LOT INTO ITS TINY BORDERS. ITS CITIES ARE NO DIFFERENT, WRAPPED BY MOUNTAINS, MARSHES, AND MEDIEVAL AND NATURAL WONDERS. YET HOW YOU SEE THEM CAN TURN A SIMPLE URBAN BREAK INTO AN ...

One of the smallest countries in the EU may also have some of the biggest ambitions. Slovenia has announced that its largest shopping center — coincidentally known as BTC City — will transform into a ...

As a picturesque city in the heart of Europe, Ljubljana sometimes gets overlooked by travelers heading to Austria, Croatia, or Italy. But this Slovenian city, which is the country’s capital, has so ...

You will, no doubt, recall that long ago time (2006, I mean) when everyone thought Slovenia was about to catch on. Sure, it was a great place, especially on magical summer evenings in the capital, ...

Some cities are metaphorically forged on political and historic fault lines; the Slovenian city of Nova Gorica actually exists right on a literal political and historic divide. It is joined at the hip ...

On the banks of the Drava River, Slovenia’s second-largest city cuts a handsome dash. A riot of colour, the medieval, red-roofed houses and turquoise church spires of Maribor stand against a forested ...

Nova Gorica was founded after the Second World War and has since had a metropolis boom among the striking Julian Alps and the emerald-green Soca river (Getty) Get Travel Insider with Simon Calder. A ...