I have a 2-month Europe backpacking trip this summer (which I've posted about in the general Europe forum) and one of my stops is Slovenia.
I originally was going to do:
- 2 nights in Lake Bled (with a day trip to Lake Bohinj)
- 4 nights in Ljubljana (with day trip to Predjama Castle and Postojna Caves)
But now I've also took interest in seeing Maribor (and potentially stepping out of the city to see some vineyards and countryside, although I don't know how doable that is without a car). So I tweaked my itinerary around to add a couple of days in Slovenia. Now I'm wondering if 8 nights would be sufficient to see Ljubljana (with the day trip), Bled, Bohinj and Maribor? I've also seen other cities near that seem really nice but I probably need to cut myself off at some point haha.
I would start in Maribor (from Zagreb, which I think makes the most sense since I'm going toward Venice after Slovenia).
How would you build that itinerary? And if you have any pointers on some ways to see a bit of Slovenian countryside without a car I'd love to know! I'll be going to a couple of national parks already during my trip, but I could always use more ''outside the city'' time.