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Full-Day trip to Lake Bled: Visit Slovenia's Enigmatic Lake and Bled Castle
4.8
19 Ratings
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Invest a complete day, and take a comfortable air-conditioned bus journey to Slovenia, to explore one of Europe’s most fascinating locations, Lake Bled. Beginning in the morning, enjoy a 10-hour journey with your proficient local guide - including a visit to Bled Castle, with entrance fees covered.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- motorway lay-by Ravbarkomanda - East - Hotel departure followed by:
10:30
- arrival Ravbarkomana, break
11:00
- departure Ravbarkomanda
- Bled Castle (Blejski Grad) - Slovenia’s Lake Bled is truly stunning. Set in a pine forest with a mountain scenery backdrop, Lake Bled is can’t-believe-your-eyes-pretty, and it rightfully deserves its name as
‘the Pearl of Alps’. With a snow-capped mountains and glass-like waters, Lake Bled is a home to Slovenia’s only island. Sending an Austrian Alps vibe, once you come here you will feel like you have stepped into a scene from the Sound of Music. Think enchanted forests, toy town houses and a fairy-tale church. To get the best view, you will visit Bled castle - you can see right across the lake from here. However, spare some attention for the chateau itself. With its cone-shaped turrets, yard-thick walls and lofty parapets it is something special
What's Included
- Ticket to Bled Castle
- Professional guide
- ‘pletna’ boat ride
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- entrance fee to St.Mary church on the Bled Lake
Additional Information
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- IMPORTANT: A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Contact the tour supplier’s bookings department by calling +385 091 603 5028 (calls only no text messages)
- Personal documents (ID or passport) are needed for the excursion
Location
motorway lay-by Ravbarkomanda - East
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(19 Ratings)
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Craig_d
Jun 8, 2024
Long day, well worth it - Really well organised trip, great informative tour guide. With some beautiful scenery. Well worth doing.
Notes - the trip from pula town is longer than advertised.
There is a really steep hill, that leads up to the castle entrance and either 99steps or another steep hill upto the church.
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Katie_p
Oct 2, 2023
Amazing trip - Our guide was brilliant, very engaging and informative. He knows so much and kept the tour on track. It was also very well organised as we were picked up by mini bus and then transferred to the main coach, both of which were clean and comfortable. At Lake Bled there was the option to do a horse and carriage ride around the lake. It was €70 per for four people in a carriage. We got to go to Castle Bled, to the town of Bled and on a boat ride on Lake Bled. We learnt so much about Slovenia and Croatia. Would fully recommend.
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Fauzia_g
Sep 23, 2023
Beautiful views! - The day trip was great, although I would not use Viatour again to book the excursions. It’s better to book these trips directly with the company who actually run the tour. I was asked to go at a meeting point, 30-60 minutes before the pick up time and they gave me the wrong address for the meet up point which made the whole thing very stressful.
However, the company running the tour were great, our guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. Lake Bled is beautiful, it rained a lot on the day we went with some sunny bits and we made the best of it. The original cream cake that we all had was like our custard cream but with less flavour. The horse carriage ride round the lake was also fun. The castle was nothing special but the views from it were spectacular. Boat ride to the island was fun too, but the little shops on the island were really expensive!!
Glad I did the tour and might have to go back there and stay for a few days around there.
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Sally_b
Aug 19, 2023
Fantastic day out - Great day out, we thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience, breathtaking views. Driver and host very friendly and kept us informed all the way.
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Elena_d
Jul 31, 2023
Long day but totally... - Long day but totally worth it! We really enjoyed the guide's explanations and the fact that he cared about everybody on the trip.
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Brian_l
Jul 24, 2023
Beautiful scenery and excellent trip. - Seeing the beautiful Julian Alps for the first time and then seeing Lake Bled and its beautiful church and castle were worth the few hours in the bus. The tour guide was constantly informative and explained all the activities and procedures well in advance. We did the optional horse and cart ride around the lake and it was well worth the money. Unfortunately it started to rain very heavily after we had been to the castle but before we went to the church. Going to the castle and taking in the scenery before that was perfect though. We were quite surprised that the boat trip to the church on the island still went ahead in the middle of torrential rain and thunder and lightening but still glad we did it. I guess the storm made it even more memorable !
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Jason_d
Jul 11, 2023
Great experience - This really is highly recommended. It's a long day, but the stops on the way ( food toilets) where spot on. Lake bled is stunning, from the castle views to the boat ride. You have free time in bled. I would recommend the horse and carnage around the lake. Our guide was superb throughout.
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Kathryn_t
Aug 8, 2022
Lake Bled trip from Porec - An amazing trip. Arriving at the castle to experience the first view of the lake was fantastic. We could appreciate the view in all it's glory. The traffic was busy, mainly due to being the first week of August and having to go through border control into Slovenia although I understand this will no longer be required from Jan 2023 so this should save some time. The trip and full experience was not shortened in any way due to the traffic and we very much appreciated that. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable.
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Mirellav808
Jul 30, 2022
Spectacular view! - Great guide who told interesting stories during the tour, and the location is magical! Absolutely worth the money.
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Pattsy2018
Sep 29, 2022
Good overall - The trip was enjoyable but very long - the progress of the bus was slow and it took a while to get over the border (although this won’t be an issue from Jan 2023).
The castle was mediocre and there was only a couple of rooms to go in (so not a big castle like Warwick Castle etc in the UK) but the view is incredible. The horse and cart ride round the lake was lovely & worth doing. Boat trip across to the little island was cool but would have been nice to have longer on the water.
You need to take some Euro coins (50c) for the toilets as many of them needed to be paid for. Having come over from Porec we only had Kuna.
Overall the experience was good and the tour guide was full of interesting facts - he worked hard to make the day a success and frequently checked in on everything/everyone.
If you have a day to spare then Lake Bled is definitely a good choice.
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