Guidebook Updates for Slovenia

• If your passport is due to expire within six months of your ticketed date of return from Europe, you need to renew it. Allow plenty of time to renew or get a passport, especially while a backlog of applications is causing significant slowdowns — see the US Department of State's travel site for current estimated processing times.

For books printed before June 2020, the following may also apply:

• Eurail Select Passes are no longer being sold (but similarly priced Global Passes still are) — see our 2019 rail-travel update.

For books printed before June 2020, the following may apply:

• The Planica ski jump's hours are now daily July–Sept 9:00–18:00, March–June and Oct until 17:00, winter until 16:00.
• Hiša Franko restaurant outside Kobarid is now closed Mon–Tue year-round but is no longer closed Jan–March.
• Kotlar Restaurant in Kobarid is now open daily 12:00–23:00.
• Hiša Polonka restaurant in Kobarid is now closed Tue–Wed (open Thu–Mon 12:00–23:00).
• In Kobarid, Hiša Sonca has a new email address: [email protected].
• The Kobarid Museum is now open until 20:00 July–Aug.
• Martinov Hram hotel in Bovec has a new email address: [email protected].
• Bovec's tourist information office has a new phone number:  +386 5 302 9647.
• The public bus that follows our driving-tour route over the Vršič Pass from Ljubljana now runs daily July–Aug only at 15:00. Another bus now runs over the Predel Pass via Italy Mon–Sat at 7:30. Bus schedules and info are also available at Get By Bus.

For books printed before August 2023, the following may apply:

• The Škocjan Caves no longer require you to choose between two ticket prices and levels of hike difficulty — now all visitors simply join a tour, after which you have the option of extending it at no extra cost. Also, it's now especially wise to ahead for a summer visit to the caves.

For books printed before August 2023, the following may apply:

• Reservations are now recommended at Vintgar Gorge, as same-day tickets often sell out. Visitors must now follow one of several one-way loops through the gorge.
• Recommended guides Tina Hiti and Sašo Golub are now best reached via email at [email protected] and [email protected].
• There's no longer a hop-on, hop-off bus connecting Lake Bled to outlying towns.

For books printed before June 2020, the following may also apply:

• Tito's Vila Bled has reopened but the Socialist Realist wall murals are not open to the public.
• Penzion Bledec has closed.

For books printed before August 2023, the following may apply:

• The tourist information office on the main market square has closed.

For books printed before June 2020, the following may also apply:

• B&B Petra Varl has a new phone number: +386 31 851 842.

For books printed before August 2023, the following may apply:

• Ptuj's tourist information office has moved to Mestni Trg 4.