Exploring LAKE BLED and hiking VINTGAR GORGE in ONE DAY! (Is this the PRETTIEST PLACE IN SLOVENIA?)

On this episode of Mapping It, we spend the day exploring Lake Bled, Slovenia, and hiking Vintgar Gorge.

We begin with an early morning walk around Lake Bled to enjoy the sunrise. Later in the morning, we hike through Vintgar Gorge and it’s like walking through a magical, mystical, faerie land! After getting thoroughly sunburnt on the walk back to our car, we stop by the Park Hotel on Lake Bled for some delicious Bled Cream Cake, or Kremsnita.

In the afternoon, we take a pletna boat out to explore Bled Island and enjoy some refreshing gelato. By the time we return to Bled town, we haven’t had a decent meal all day and we are showing definite signs of hanger, so we stop for dinner at Ostarija Peglez’n and are wow’d by the food! We try squid stuffed with cheese and ham, and a mixed grilled meat platter, both of which we can highly recommend!

To wrap up our day, we catch the last rays of sunset at Bled Castle with fantastic views overlooking the lake.

We hope you enjoy coming along on our adventures!

The songs used in this episode are from Epidemic Sound:
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We're Karin and Jeremy! Just an average couple with a love for travel. We work full-time jobs that only offer limited vacation time, so we work hard to get the most out of our holidays. Join us on our adventures as we maximize our time off on Mapping It.

Timestamps:
00:00 Sunrise at Lake Bled
02:30 Vintgar Gorge
06:37 Bled Cream Cake
07:42 Hiking to the car
08:42 Original Bled Cream Cake
09:35 Bled Island
12:19 Dinner at Lake Bled
13:59 Bled Castle
15:37 End of the Day