Julian Alps Voyage Tips and guide

The Julian Alps are a region of Slovenia. They are part of The Alps and extend over the border into north-eastern Italy. They were named after Julius Caesar. They offer a wonderful alpine flair, that would have you swear you were in Upper Bavaria or Tyrol on a good day's hiking.

Map of Julian Alps

• 46.36833314.1147221 Bled — impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle, island and town
• 46.33777813.5522222 Bovec
• 46.12777813.98753 Cerkno
• 46.464813.9444 Dovje-Mojstrana — the best starting point for hiking and climbing to Julian Alps
• 46.002514.02755 Idrija — the oldest Slovenian mining city, with more than 500 years of history
• 46.43657214.0601726 Jesenice
• 46.24705913.5795997 Kobarid — historical, culinaric and sport town
• 46.48538113.7871088 Kranjska Gora — village and ski area
• 46.34251714.1720789 Radovljica — old historical town, agriculture museum
• 46.30611114.21944410 Srednja Dobrava — village with nice views of the mountains, close to Bled, Radovljica and Kropa
• 46.18313.73311 Tolmin- the largest town in Soča Valley

• 45.99444413.6413891 Soča Valley
• 46.383113.84972 Triglav National Park
• 45.95640813.8141193 Trnovski gozd (Trnovo Forest Plateau)

Slovene is the national language. Most can speak Serbo-Croatian as a result of the Yugoslav experience (it's also very similar) and many to most young people can speak some English and/or German. German also played a historic minority role in the region prior to WWII with many places having dual place names as a result. Today the Austrian and German tourists speak it.

Metal Days music festival in summer: http://www.metaldays.net/^{[dead link]}