Things to do in Ljubiana before RS tour starts

Here’s an excerpt from my trip report:

” Our RS travel forum is so helpful, and I especially want to mention & thank “Carol now retired”. Thank you so much for suggesting the Postojna Cave/ Predjama Castle tour! Arrive at least one full day ahead of the RS tour to go on this tremendous half-day morning tour! When the minivan headed towards the cave, one of the couples in the minivan was also in the Adriatic tour! We enjoyed being together and actually ended our RS tour sharing a taxi to the Dubrovnik airport. : )”

”I brought the Skin-So-Soft Avon mosquito repellent individual towelettes through Amazon, and I used them at Plitvice Lakes National Park, Hvar & Korcula Islands, and Dubrovnik. And they work! I had a few hovering, but they didn’t land on me. One towelette was sufficient, and my towelettes were popular with another lady who also tends to attract mosquitoes.”

”Ljubliana - my flight from Gatwick arrived late, so I changed into a dress and was racing from Hotel Mrak after my GoOpti shuttle ride to get to the Philharmonic Orchestra concert before they started! Afterwards I found a wonderful pizza restaurant near the water. I pointed to an item on the menu, and it was fantastic!”

”The next pre-tour day (Saturday) was the cave & castle tour mentioned earlier. Sunday, I met a few more people on our tour at breakfast and some of us took the funicular up to enjoy the castle.”

Not sure what is covered by the tour, but something we especially enjoyed was Plecnik House (architect/artist home and museum) https://mgml.si/en/plecnik-house/ We also did a classical music walking tour. But my google search just now indicates it was once available but no longer is. Have fun planning!

I would suggest calling the Rick Steves office to see if they can tell you what is typically part of the tour.

I agree with the above recommendation for the Plečnik House

There is an excellent local food tour in the city that I much enjoyed: https://ljubljananjam.si/
It also includes a bit of a walk about town to learn about the city.

The National Museum of Contemporary History tells story of Slovenia (and Yugoslavia) during the 20th and 21st centuries. I thought it was quite good. https://www.muzej-nz.si/en/

I highly recommend signing up for the bike share service BicikeLJ and using this to explore around town.
https://www.visitljubljana.com/en/visitors/travel-information/getting-around/bicikelj/

It only costs 1E per week or 3E per year, and then you can ride as much as you want for free. (Each ride has to be less than 1 hour or you pay more, but there are docking stations all over the city and it's surrounding area, so when you get close to an hour you can just dock your bike and take it out again to reset your hour). The system works great with a phone app and automated locking system. You can look at a map on the app to see how many bikes are available at each station. The bikes are nothing special, but the ones I used were well maintained. I had lots of fun biking around at night and during the day! Lots of car-free and low traffic areas to explore, it felt very safe.

P.S. I haven't done the RS tour so sorry if this is already covered :)