Luxury Ljubljana and the Brda Wine Region

Take a funicular ride up to the city’s most prominent landmark, Ljubljana Castle. This charming castle offers a rich and dynamic history. In the company of a guide, you’ll visit the Outlook Tower, the castle’s prison, an exhibition on Slovenian History and see an early 19th century well, with a wooden tread wheel crane for hoisting water, which is still operational today. The castle also commands magnificent panoramic views of the area.

Bohinj is one of the most beautiful places in the Julian Alps and Triglav National Park. Enjoy a walk around the lake’s shores and a boat trip on its waters before taking a cable car to Vogel panoramic plateau. The upper Vogel cable car station, located at 1,535 meters (5,036 feet), greets visitors with spectacular panoramic views of Komna, the Triglav mountains and all the way to the Kamnik and Savinja Alps. Triglav (meaning three peaks) is the highest peak in Slovenia and is represented in the coat of arms of Slovenia.

Set amidst the snowcapped Julian Alps less than an hour from Ljubljana, the mirror emerald lake is small enough to walk around on foot. The beautiful Church of the Assumption, sitting on an islet, dates from 1698, and watching over the lake is the medieval Bled Castle with its Romanesque tower. With the waters off limits for motorised craft, the island is reached on a flat bottomed pletna boat – a huge gondola type vessel – or by rowboat.

This beautiful, small village is a living cultural heritage monument. The village looks out onto endless vineyards that cover all of Brda. Once a fortification on the Venetian-Austrian border, the village’s roots date back to when it was used as a Roman stronghold. The Church of Saint Martin, the largest church in Brda, is adored with beautiful frescoes and a bell tower that was once part of a fortification tower.

Enjoy a privately guided tour of the cellars beneath the Simčič household, a family owned winery in the small village of Vipolže. Run by father-son duo Edi and Aleks, this initially unassuming winery is heralded by many as the finest and most forward thinking in Slovenia with its selection of whites and reds grown on small vineyards around the country. Learning about their work which is reinvigorating wine growing traditions, you’ll taste a number of their vintage wines accompanied by local cheese and olive oil.

Enjoy a private Slovenian wine degustation followed by gourmet dinner at the amazing 18th-century Gredic Castle overlooking a panorama of Brda. Mediterranean influences collide with continental tastes in this restaurant that serves up the finest fresh ingredients, combing these with modern technological knowledge and a deep respect for tradition.