08 Apr 2025
Our Lake Bled tour was fantastic. We were picked up from our hotel at 8 a.m by our tour guide David. The journey time to Bled was about one hour from the centre of Ljubljana. David was very knowledgeable and gave us an insight into the culture of Slovenia and about various places of interest along the way. We were given ample time to explore Bled Castle on arrival and to take some amazing photos as the sun appeared. We were driven around the lake and dropped off to enjoy a thirty minute walk around the western/southern shore where we took photos of Bled Island and the snowcapped Julian Alps in the background, a different photo around every corner. Perhaps another time when we’re better prepared we will take the boat (pletna) to the island, the wind was quite keen and cold. Finally we were taken to the Hotel Park on the eastern shore of the lake where we sampled the famous ‘kremšnita’ cream pastry with coffee. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and certainly would recommend to others.