Slovenia– Julian Alps, Bled i Ljubljana
From Budapest to Slovenia
There’s a direct connection with a train from Budapest do Ljubljana. It cost 29€ or 2290ft (students to Hungary border) and 16€ (from Slovenian border)
Students and trains
Tickets inspectors unfortunately do not recognize other students than Slovenian ones. I mean you must have a Slovenian ID to have a discount in Slovenian rails. You make one for 15€ and have 50% discount. In Hangary sou must show the inspector your original ID card (no Euro26!)
FromLjubljanato Bohinj Jezera
From Ljubljana there’re trains to
1) Bled Jezero through Jesenice for 6,22€. Next you take a bus to Bohinj Jezero for 3,6€
2) Lesce Bled for 4,8€; next you take a busto Bohinj Jezero for 3,6€
3) Bohinjska Bistrica for 6,22€, next you take a bus bus for 1,8€ to Bohinj Jeziero
Buses in Slovenia - Timeschedule
Bled
In Bled is a nice clear lake (Blejsko Jezero). There’s an island with a small, nice church on it. Above the lake is a small church too. A very nice place to shoot photos!
If you want to swim in the lake you do not have to pay for it. On the west-side of the lake is a local, free beach.
On the eastside of the lake, in Bled, there’s an ice-cream shop. You can buy a portion for 1,2€. Within one portion you can mix many tastes
Planinska zveza Slovenije (PZS)
It’s a Slovenian Alpenverein. If you’re a member you have a 50% discount in mountain huts!
The price for a membership if 13€ for students up to 26 yrs and 20€ for others.
Is it worth having a card? YES!!!
In every mountain hut you save at least 8€.
Do not forget to take a photo for an ID card with you.
You can obtain a membership in Ljubljana, Dvorakova 9 (p. p. 214) 1001 LJUBLJANA
Tel: + 386 01 43 45 680
Mountain huts
In every mountain huts there’s information you cannot drink the water from taps (pipes). The prices for drinkable water is between 2€ for 0,5litresand 4€ for 1.5l. The prices of the beer is between 2,5-4€. Gulash price is about 8€.
- Koča pri Savici (Ukanc, east bank of Bohinj Jezero, near Savica Waterfall)
Prices: 9€ for PZS members, 18€ for non-members, 2.5€ for a shower
You sleep in a 20beds room; 2blankets included in price; there’s an electircity; good toilet and access to water from pipes. - Zasavska Koča
Prices: 8.5€ for PZS members, 17€ for non-members
No shower, toilet in a wooden privy – condition is extremely bad!
You sleep in a hut or in an another hut near the cottage. 2blankets in price
- Dom Valentina Staniča
The hut is run by 3-4 grandmothers. They know no languages but Slovenian. They’re very mean.
Prices: 9€ for PZS members, 18€ for non-members
Toilet in a wooden privy – condition not known. 2blankets in price - Triglavski dom na Kredarici
The biggest mountain hut in Julian Alps
Prices: 10€ for PZS members, 20€ for non-members
Floor – free!!!
Toilet – very good :) - Bivak pod Luknjo
Free!
You sleep under the roof. There’s 7 mattresses. Animals run during the night – mousse,rats or something else. Very annoying!
There’s a water from rain where you can wash yourself. In a hut lives a man who is a guard. 15minutes east is a water from a small river,where you can have a shower and drink a water. Very good toilet in a wooden privy. - Bivak IV, Bivak na Rušju
Free
7-8 places. There’s a table, some chairs, wardrobe, small chimney. There’re 2 metal boxes around the hut to collect water from rain - Pogačnikov dom na Kriških
Prices: 9€ for PZS members, 18€ for non-members
If there’re no places, you sleep on the floor for 8€ + strucel as a gift
There’s a good toilet. You can drink water from pipes (though there’s a warning) - Poštarski dom na Vršiču
Prices: 10€ for PZS members, 20€ for non-members
They offer places for 6€ as well but in 20beds room
No shower, very good toilet. 2 blankets in price.
Maps
Best here:
My maps and my journey
Peaks and mountain huts
Tracks and difficulty
- (mountain hut) Koča pri Savici653 m – Crno jez1294 m – Lopućniska Dolina - Koča pri Triglavskih jezerih mountain hut1685 m – Dolina Triglavskich Jezer – Zasavska Koča2071 m (mountain hut)
Very easy. The beginning quite hard – you have to climb 600 mat the distance of1 km. Very steep climbing.. You can swim in Crno jez. – though water is cold
- Zasavska Koča 2071 m (mountain hut) – Hribarice – Kanjavec 2569 m - Tržaška koča na Doliču mountain hut 2151 m – Dolič 2164 m - Dom Planika mountain hut 2401 m - Triglavski dom na Kredarici 2515 m - Dom Valentina Staniča (Staničev Dom) 2332 m
Quite steep climb to Kanjavec, though the track is not protected by metal bolts and fixed cables. From Dolič to Dom Planika occasionally protected track. From now on usually protected track. Very nice panorama!
- Dom Valentina Staniča (Staničev Dom) 2332 m - Triglavski dom na Kredarici 2515 m – Triglav 2864 m – west track – Plemenice – Luknja 1758 m – Bivak pod Luknja 1480 m
Fully protected trail. It takes about 1.5hour to Trigalav from Kredarici. In my opinion very safe track. The most safety is the west track (from the peak to Dolic) though it’s also the shortest one.
The journey through Plemenice from South is very hard! and dangerous! You should have Via Ferrata kit (Helmet, gloves, climbing harnesses with two short lengths of rope or webbing linked in Y formation to the harness by means of a braking device, with a carabiner at the end of each line (so called via ferrata kit))
It’s easier to make it from north to south, i.e. to Triglav and not from it.
Going north it takes 3-4hours.
Protection in Plemenice is old and rusty. - Bivak pod Luknja 1480 m – Sovatna – Dovska vrata 2180 m – Kriż 2410 m – Bivak IV na Ruśju 1980 m
Very steep and exhausting climb from Bivak to Dovska vrata.
Protected track to Kriż. - Bivak IV na Ruśju 1980 m – Zadnji Dolek – Škrlatica 2740 m - Zadnji Dolek – Rogljica 2547 m – Bovska vratica - Pogačnikov dom na Kriških 2050 m
Long and boring track to Zadnji Dolek. You can there leave your bags and climb Škrlatica without them! It’ll be much easier. You will return the same way. It’s not a hard climb.
Hard climb on scree slope from Zadnji Dolek to Rogljica. - Pogačnikov dom na Kriških 2050 m – Planja 2453 m - Poštarski dom na Vršiču
Avoiding Prisojnik and two windows – Prednje okno and the other one. The track leads south and east from Prisojnik. Long but beautiful track.
Equipment
You should have a helmet with yourself. The mountains are stony and many stones fall from the top.
For safety you should have Via Ferrata kit - Helmet, gloves, climbing harnesses with two short lengths of rope or webbing linked in Y formation to the harness by means of a braking device, with a carabiner at the end of each line (so called via ferrata kit)
It will be very useful when climbing Tiglav (though it’s not necessary).
Plemenice from south and Prisjonik – in my opinion you need the equipment.
Animals
There are many goats, sheeps and lizards.
Water
Generally there’s no drinkable water. Do not melt the snow!!!
There are some sources of drinkable water. However it’s better to buy pecial pills to disinfect the water – that’s what I was doing. The price is around 20€ for 100pills, each for 1 litre. Then you can drink water from rain and from pipes in mountain huts.
Water sources
I marked some points with drinkable water here:
Attraction that should be avoided
- Savica Waterfall – Bohinj Jezero
You must pay 2,1€ (student) lub 2,5€ (adult) for an entrance. First you make about 488 steps up, then have a quick glimpse at the boring waterfall. It’s not worth paying for!
It’s better to see it on the Internet. - Dom Valentina Staniča – mountain hut
Ljubljana
Accomodation
I recommend DIC Hostel
Prices from 10€. For 3€ a very nice breakfast! A lot of rolfs, sausages, eggs, dark- wholewheal- white-bread, cornflakes, milk, tee, many arts of coffee, juices, salads, cheeses, hams, cakes, yoghurts, honey, jams – SUPER!
Attractions
- Restaurant „Stari Tiśler” Kolodvorska 8,
Traditional slovenian dishes in proces 8-14€ - „Foculus” Pizzeria – The biggest and most popular pizzeria in Ljubljana. Almost 66 kinds of pizzas. Two types of dough – normal and whole wheal. Prices between 6-11€ for large pizza (42cm)
- Nobel Burek, Miklosiceva 30,
Burek for 2€, with cheese, with meat, with pizza. Super! - OldTown
- Cocka – drink from Slovenia. Try it!