Discounts for HI members in Slovenia

All members of Hostelling International, who want to travel around Slovenia, are invited to read these interesting suggestions, where they’ll get special offers in addition to getting a 10% discount to staying in Youth Hostles in Slovenia. Slovenia, with its diversity, is a great destination to visit any season of the year. Travellers can chose among beautiful – world renowned - natural sights and many sporting activities (rafting, canyoning, paragliding, cycling, hiking, cave exploring, rock climbing, skiing, etc.) for which we are sure you need to see or do during your stay in the unique and small country that is Slovenia. For less active types there are also many museums, galleries, castles and beautiful medieval towns with hidden treasures of Slovenian history. Here are some of the offers, where they will welcome you and give you a special discount on their regular offer.

Lipica Stud Farm
The Stud farm in Lipica is one of the oldest stud farms in the world and the place of origin of the famous white horses Lipizzaners. The tradition of breathing white horses is over 400 years old and living in the unique Kars world. It’s one of the best and most beautiful natural and cultural monuments of Slovenia. Feel the world of the white horse in a unique way – by guided tours of the rich culture and natural heritage of the stud farm; by seeing the shows and trainings at the classical horse-riding school; by taking a carriage ride around the estate; through ridding courses and pony ridding for children. The owners of HI membership card have the right to the student discount for the guided tour of the stud farm and for the horse-ridding shows. More on: www.lipica.org

A walk around Ljubljana with a boat trip
The sightseeing tour includes the most important sights of the old centre as well as a boat ride on the Ljubljanica River. You’ll see the old city centre with its unique architecture – a combination of baroque and succession styles and above all the masterpieces of Jože Plečnik. On one of the stations you’ll enter the tourist boat that will take you under the famous Three Bridges. HI members get 50% discount for guided tours of Ljubljana and the boat trip. More on: www.visitljubljana.si

Quicksilver mines
Visit the Anotoni’s hall in Idrija, the oldest mining town in Slovenia, which is today, with its quicksilver mine part of the UNESCO world heritage. The quicksilver mine at Idrija was the second largest quicksilver mine in the world. People gained 147.000 tons of this metal in the more than 500 year old history of the mine, which is more than 13% of the entire quicksilver production in the world. The mine at Idrija is under the town and is over 1500, long and 300-600 m wide. The miners dug over 700km of tunnels, with the deepest running down to 400 meters – or 36m below sea level. In the mysterious world of quicksilver, where you can see drops of the only liquid metal in the world, you get to see the one of a kind underground chapel of the Holy Trinity, discover the ways of mining and much more. HI members get a €4 discount for the ticket to enter the mine. More on: www.rzs-idrija.si

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