Classic Slovenia Traveller Reviews

We walked from Slovenia to near Trieste through beautiful villages and incredible views, while enjoying local food and wine.

The holiday was extremely well planned and carried out. The people on the ground were very helpful and interesting. We knew that all we had to do was walk and enjoy ourselves, because every single detail was taken care of.

A fabulous 6 days walking from Ljublijana in Slovenia to Trieste in Italy. Everything well organised by On Foot Holidays. Accommodation was of a good standard and the food was excellent. We found the Slovenian people very welcoming and helpful. Altogether a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

A very personal service. Always kept us informed throughout the booking process accommodating changes in personnel with no fuss. The holiday was very well organised with local reps very helpful. An excellent holiday.

From our initial booking through to the stress of having to cancel our walk for health reasons then re-booking we received nothing but outstanding, friendly & efficient service from all at On Foot Holidays. The route was well chosen and the notes precise and easy to follow as were the instructions on downloading the GPS software and using it. Our accommodation along the was exactly what we needed and our various hosts comments made it clear that On Foot staff were very familiar with both them and the route. We really appreciated the information supplied with regard to the route, countryside, hosts, local restaurants and sights. We've walked various long distance routes in a number of countries with different companies and On Foot Holidays tops the list. Thank you!

We can't recommend On Foot Holidays enough: they are very knowledgeable with regards to the actual route, the accommodation hosts and their services and also with the various places of interest along the way. They pass on recommendations from their past clients for restaurants, etc. which proved helpful too. Their notes, maps & luggage transfer service are excellent - the best we've had on all walks we've done and, above all, everything was handled efficiently and in a caring, friendly manner. We can find no fault with their service and thoroughly recommend them.

Walking tour in The Karst area of Slovenia

On Foot Holodays are friendly helpful and supportive. The luggage transfers went without a hitch and the accommodation was clean in pleasant surroundings

This was a lovely 6 day jaunt through Slovenia: with meadows , hills, vineyards and traditional hospitality. The flora and fauna were wonderful. Very enjoyable

On Foot were wonderful: very efficient and caring. We always felt we were being watched over and looked after.

This was an immaculately researched walking holiday in an area of agricultural time-warp where the fields and woods were ablaze with beautiful wildflowers and buzzing with life. The farms we stayed at were welcoming and comfortable and largely self-sufficient in delicious food and wines.

I can't praise On Foot Holidays highly enough for their friendly and exceptionally knowledgeable service, the back up of their walk notes and phone app meant they were with us every step of the way!

We arrived in Ljubljana and spent a day there. Then we got a train to Postojna, stayed nearby and then, over 6 days, hiked to Trieste. On one of these days we also saw the Skocjan Caves

Everything was organized to perfection. Each step of the journey worked exactly as planned. The people at the company that I dealt with had a complete understanding of both my own situation and what we were attempting to accomplish. All correspondence with the operators was replied to punctually and with great accuracy. Payment was simple.

Never had a walking holiday but enjoyed the walks and had good weather. The walking notes were generally excellent with one or two ambiguous instructions. The GPS track and the downloaded maps got us out of trouble twice. One suggestion when you are walking through scrubby woods between stone walls it would be nice to have some intermediate way points. It would allow you to know where you are in the walking notes have a map reference. The tourist farms are quite varied but the accommodation was excellent. Marij washing machine is a godsend but the price is now 4Euros and the Villa Opicina tram is now 1.3Euro/person

Very good at communicating either by e-mail or phone despite the fact we live on different continents

We are a couple in our mid fifties and mid sixties , respectively. This was our first organised walking holiday and we loved the concept, the route, the organisation, Slovenia and the Slovenians equally. We initially spent two nights in Ljubljana under our own steam since the city hotels were exceptionally busy due to a number of big sporting events and conferences in town, so the relatively small hotels used by 'On Foot' were fully booked. We booked direct with the Hotel Slon (Elephant) and had two very comfortable nights there in a very pleasant, standard European city hotel. Ljubljana, we felt, was an absolute gem of a city - beautiful, friendly, hugely walkable (10 minutes from side to side), cultural, international...the positive feelings go on and on. Although the city hotels were full, the feel in the city itself was of of 'busyness' but still with space and calm. It has a picturesque river, a dramatic castle on a hill, numerous excellent restaurant, bistros, bars - simply sublime! Now the walking. We had three days walking in glorious sunshine and three in pelting rain. We loved them all. WE wlaked from alpine meadows all the way to the coast. There was a large range of landscapes and vistas from upland mountain, conifer and mixed forests, moorland and, finally the (Italian) coast. We have never seen such a profusion of wildflowers anywhere in Europe, and this at a time (August/September) when they should not have been at their peak. It had been a wet summer in Slovenia though, which helped the plants but not our walking - see below. Virtually all of Slovenia appears not to use fertilisers or other agri-chemicals which explains the profusion of flowers and also the quality of the ingredients we ate as we travelled the country. WE followed the walks provided for us by 'ON foot' ranging from about 14km (10miles) per day to 8km (5 miles). All the walks were accurately described in the detailed descriptions we received, which also came with timings. We found these timing to be just slightly slower than we actually achieved by maybe 5-10% which is just about as accurate as you could ever hope for. WE also found it invaluable to have downloaded the file that 'On Foot' had offered onto our hand-held GPS device. WE bought this especially for the walk and were very glad of it. It gives you a moving arrow to follow along a live map of the terrain. Very straightforward and very useful when faced with a map instruction which says 'take the second fork' and you are not sure whether a little path constitutes a fork or not. The machine will tell you that you need to walk another 400 yards to the fork. We possibly only needed it four or five times over the week we walked but, on those occasions, it was invaluable. The package form on foot comes with detailed printed walking maps in addition to the walking instructions, together with notes for each day's walk, distance, times, picnic sites, contact telephone numbers for that night's accommodation etc. Exceptionally thorough. Most of the accommodation is in in farmhouses which have converted outhouses into bedroom blocks. We also had one rural hotel on our first night of walking and one night in a castle gatehouse (in Stanjel). All the rooms we had were very comfortable. In all the farmhouse accommodation, you have no choice of food - you get what they are servingthat nighht unless you have decalred a dietary preference beforehand. The food we had ranged from the good (2 nights) to the exceptional (also two nights). It is a bit meat-heavy in the mountains, getting lighter as you near the Italian border. In Stanjel, which is B&B only we were advised not to eat tin the castle restaurant, which did look very pretty, but had had numerous bad reports. INstead Marya, the owner of the accommodation drove us 20 minutes to what looked like a very drab, moderm, pizza parlour. We were very glum. The food we were served (no choice again) was simply exquisite,; Slovenian produce, Italian cookery, minimal prices - no pizza. Highly recommend. The other superb food we had was on the last night in Slovenia in Tomaj. All sourced from their farm, all fresh and simply superb. All meals are served with Slovenian wine. For the last 4 days or so, this comes from their own vineyards. Very good, very cheap. The red is very potent! For the walks, we found ourselves pleasantly tired, but no more, at the end of the longest days. Our first three days, in the uplands, were sunny and warm (perhaps 25C/75F). We then had two days of heavy rain. One (the day we walked to Stanjel), the rain was biblical. We still enjoyed the day, though. One of the good things about being on a walking holiday is that you know you have nothing else to do that day - no shops to visit, no funfair to kill time in...... The reception we received in Stanjel could not have been warmer. We were literally stripped down to our undies by Marja, the owner, placed in front of a fire and given tea and schnapps to warm us up. An excellent welcome and not unlike most of those we had during the walk. A few travel tips for Slovenia. You will need to take ALL your needs with you every day. We passed literally ZERO shops and one bar from the time we started walking until we reached the Italian border a week later. This is not a cafe society. Do not expect to meet other walkers. We met one walker during our week's walking, plus perhaps a dozen cyclists. In the villages and on the footpaths, everyone we met was very friendly, though sometimes a bit mystified. There are not many walkers hereabouts. There is absolutely no problem with rights of way or access. It seems to be assumed as a given. There are multiple paths and few wire fences. Mobile phone signal everywhere was significantly better than most of the UK. All accommodation had free wifi. Tourist attractions we saw 1) Ljubljana - love at first sight 2) Disappearing Lake Cerknika Museum (Walking Day 1)- Fascinating. 2) Caves at Postojna (Walking day 2). Had seen caves before. Hadn't expected to like these. Left 3 hours later. Gobsmacked. Final recommendation. On Foot's taxi driver/guide Gregor Sustersic was friendly, funny, exceptionally knowledgeable and clearly very proud of his country, as well he should be. It is a welcoming, beautiful country with much to be proud of. Hugely recoimmend this holiday. Can only think of one thing that could have been improved and that was the rain. Still marvellous, though.

WE had not traveled with 'On Foot' before or, if we're honest heard of them, but they were excellent. Their responses to our queries before we booked were thorough, speedy and insightful. The folk we were e-mailing clearly knew the holiday they were selling us from personal experience. They were enthusiastic about it from personal experience. They also answered questions at hours of the day, night and weekend where we have never had responses before. They felt like a company that really cared about their customers. This was also reflected in the quality of all the documentation we received from them.

We have just completed the Slovenian walk from Lake Cerknica to Trieste through the limestone karst area. It took us 8 days and we took advantage of the suggested extra side trips as well. (Postojna Caves, Predjama Castle, Lipica Horse Stud and Skocjan Caves). We thoroughly enjoyed the experience of walking through varied countryside, local farm accommodation and getting to know the area intimately (particularly wild strawberries, figs and cherries). We were very fortunate with the weather, having mild sunny days most of the time. It was a wonderful holiday.

We have been dealing with On Foot Holidays for about a year now as we booked and planned our trip to Slovenia. They were so helpful even about advice not directly related to the trip (train travel in Europe for example). We cannot recommend them highly enough for their quick, honest responses and the care taken to ensure every detail of the trip was organised so there were no hiccups or stressful moments. Even to pre-booking taxis for the extra activities. We loved the cultural/ historical notes in our guidebook and the instructions, especially about when and how much to tip specific people, so that we could be politically correct and not embarrass ourselves in such gracious company. Their planning is meticulous and their interaction is personal and highly professional. We will definitely be using this company again.