Hello travelers! Has anyone ever swam to the island in lake Bled? We are staying at Vila Bled in late August and it looks like the distance from the hotel swimming dock to the island is one of the shorter distances. I have heard accounts but not seen many details online. I saw somewhere that the shortest distance is 300m. I know there is a no swimsuit rule on the island--but my husband was going to take a boat over (the hotel has boat rental) so i can dry off and put something on over my swim suit so we can see the island. Just wondered if any of you had swam to the island and what it was like. Thanks!
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Brooklyn, NY
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We saw people swimming by the dock on the island. They had a small boat with them.
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Seattle, WA
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Are you an experienced open-water swimmer? I ask because my husband is, and he had no interest in swimming in Lake Bled. He usually takes every opportunity possible to swim in lakes or the ocean when we travel, but not at Bled. Maybe because we were there for a rowing competition, and he did not want to distract himself or tire himself too much with swimming, but we were there for 4 days and he only rowed on one of them. The rest of the time he want to hike, ride bikes, or mingle with the other rowers and watch the races. I kept encouraging him to go for a swim, to no avail.
Maybe it was the difficulty of access to a suitable swimming swimming area —-I don’t see much on satellite view.