We are traveling in Slovenia for 2 weeks in September 2025. We are wine lovers and want to spend 3 nights in the Gorski Brda region, or at least do some tastings there. My research shows that the 2 main towns are Dobrovo and Smartno. We usually stay in airbnbs. We will have a car. Has anyone spent any time in this area and have any helpful advice for us? There don't appear to be a lot of options for lodging/dining around there. Are there restaurants in either of these towns? Is it a better idea to stay in this area for wine tourism or to travel back and forth from Ljubljana, maybe even taking day trips and/or wine tours? Not sure if the infrastructure for wine tourism is there or not quite yet. Kind of hard to find a lot of information online or in travel blogs, books, etc.
Thanks for your help!
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Cleveland area
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I would definitely stay in the wine region, since you have two weeks in Slovenia. We drove through Brda and stayed at a winery in Collio Italy. It would be considered one wine region if not in two countries. It is a lovely area with plenty of restaurants and places to stay.
We also stayed in Vipava for two nights and had some wonderful winery stops there. I think Brda is more well known but we loved Vipava too. We considered using Winestronaut but ended up self driving.
Here is our trip report from last year with more details: Slovenia Trip Report (22 days)
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Hi Susan,
We are traveling to Slovenia in June and spending two nights in Brda at Tavarneta Estate in Dobrovo. Looks lovely but I can report back upon our return. But to me there seems to be plenty of things to do and plenty of restaurants as well.