For the Bohinj area of Slovenia to be regarded as a village is somewhat misleading. There isn't as such a settlement simply called 'Bohinj', with the valley between regional centre Bohinjska Bistrica and the hamlet of Ukanc, translated as 'the end', consisting of several villages including Polje, Ribcev Laz, Kamnje, and Brod. Whilst all of…
Lake Bohinj: Dogs, pollution, and being a victim of its own popularity
The northern shores of Slovenia's Lake Bohinj are not only diametrically opposed to its southern flank dominated by an interminably busy road connecting Ribcev Laz with Ukanc and the Vogel cableway, but by contrast affords walkers a fairly rough path only suitable for pedestrians and not bicycles, or any other form of mechanised transportation. This…
Can Bohinj AVOID becoming another Dubrovnik or Venice?
The seemingly endless proliferation of travel guides and competitions that seek to rank areas of the world or indeed individual resorts as the best of their genre, have undoubtedly made the world a smaller place, allowing 'armchair' travellers a greater insight into countries they otherwise of which would know little. As though the world becomes…
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