Hop-On Hop-Off Experience
The easiest way to discover the hidden corners of the Radovljica countryside.
Price of full day ticket: 8 €.
Children under 10: free
Tickets purchased on the bus.
FREE with Radovljica Card or Bled Card!
Each year in July and August, a special Hop-On Hop-Off tourist bus takes visitors to discover the countryside.
Go on an interesting sightseeing trip between Bled, Radovljica, Kropa and Brezje. Locals will show you museums and attractions and tell you stories of their towns and villages.
Did you know that:
- tourists that ride on the Hop-On Hop-Off bus get to see sights that other visitors rarely visit?
- you pay just once for a daily ticket and can hop-on and hop-off as many times as you want?
- children up to 10 years old can ride free?
- local guides are avilable to give tours of places along the route?
- the guide on the bus will also point out things of interest and make suggestions to further enhance your enjoyment of the trip?
TUESDAYS: Charming Towns and Villages WEDNESDAYS: Bee Our Guest THURSDAYS: Tales from the countryside FRIDAYS: Panoramic Road to Tržič
CHARMING TOWNS AND VILLAGES
EVERY TUESDAY IN JULY AND AUGUST
Bled - Radovljica - Kropa - Radovljica - Bled
TOP ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE ROUTE:
- guided tour of Radovljica
- guided tour of Kropa
- demonstration of iron forging in the Vigenjc Vice foundry
- the Lipnica valley
- walking and hiking trails
TUESDAY: PROGRAMME OF GUIDED TOURS & ACTIVITIES
A fascinating circular trail from Radovljica over the Sava river to the ruins of Lipnica Castle.
Every Tuesday morning Radovljica's Tourist Information Centre invites you to join a guided tour of the old town centre.
Take off into the world of the Carniolan grey bee, learn about the history of beekeeping in Slovenia, and admire the diverse painted beehive panels.
BEE OUR GUEST
EVERY WEDNESDAY IN JULY AND AUGUST
Bled - Lesce - Žirovnica - Radovljica - Bled
TOP ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE ROUTE:
- Kralov med Beekeeping
- Anton JAnša Memorial Apiary
- Lesce Beekeeping Centre
- Apicultural Museum Radovljica
WEDNESDAY: PROGRAMME OF GUIDED TOURS & ACTIVITIES
Take off into the world of the Carniolan grey bee, learn about the history of beekeeping in Slovenia, and admire the diverse painted beehive panels.
Set off as a family on an adventure accompanied by a cute 'bee' who will explain where she lives, what her chores are, and where she goes to gather nectar. Visit the Museum of Apiculture and see her treasures, and, as a reward, savour the taste of sweet honeybreads.
Visit the Beekeeping Education Centre of Gorenjska where you will found out about modern beekeeping and enter the secret world of bees.
A workshop and museum, full of delicious smells of honeybread, and where every day decorative honeybread products are made.
TALES FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE
EVERY THURSDAY IN JULY AND AUGUST
Bled - Vrba - Žirovnica - Begunje na Gorenjskem - Mošnje - Brezje - Radovljica - Bled
TOP ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE ROUTE:
- France Prešeren's birth house
- Begunje na Gorenjskem
- Mošnje
- Brezje
- Radovljica
THURSDAY: PROGRAMME OF GUIDED TOURS & ACTIVITIES
Besides the Draga stream a green valley winds it way to the foothills of the Karavanke.
Pay a visit to Brezje's basilica to see the merciful painting of Mary Help of Christians and the work of the architect Ivan Vurnik as well as other Slovenian artists.
The Village Trail invites you to take a walk through the birth place of Slavko Avsenik, where memories of the past are still alive.
Find out about the beginnings of Slovenian popular folk music and listen to hits by the Avsenik Ensemble.
PANORAMIC ROAD TO TRŽIČ
EVERY FRIDAY IN JULY AND AUGUST
Bled - Begunje na Gorenjskem - Tržič - Kovor - Bled
top atractions along the route
- Kamen castle
- hiking routes
- Tržič
- The Dovžan Gorge
FRIDAY: PROGRAMME OF GUIDED TOURS AND ACTIVITIES
Take a tour of Kamen Castle in Begunje accompanied by a guide.
The easily accessible mountain pastures, hill tops and mountain peaks in the surroundings of Radovljica await all year-round.
This circular trail, in the shape of a rosary bead, leads along old pilgrimage paths and connects the renowned village of Brezje and its basilica, with the lesser-known hamlet of Brezje pri Tržiču.
A small church with a view beneath the slopes of Mt. Dobrča adorned by an exceptionally opulent portal inscribed with the date 1633.
News & Blog
Would you agree that this year, the year 2020, is a really special date? It has inspired us so much that we have put together 20 facts that connect the Radol'ca area with Slovenia and the world. Some of them are really astonishing!
The year 2020 brings a new series of great events. Culinary and musical events will take place in Radovljica and its surroundings – the dates of the biggest have already been announced.
written by Rebecca Svetina, January 2019
I quite enjoy the start of the new year in my (now) hometown of Radovljica. The hype of the holidays has faded and we can enjoy the frost-kissed landscape and snow capped mountains, which makes the fairytale town of Radovljica even more idyllic.
Written by Adele Gray, january 2018
Though, in truth, I will never be a lover of winter and snow, since moving to Slovenia in 2007 I have learnt that in winter in the area where I live – Radovljica, in the northwest i.e. the alpine area - snow is a fact of life and, to some extent, have learnt to embrace it!
