Did you know that Slovenia has two special days that are meant to celebrate love. Beside Valentine’s Day, St. Gregory’s day, or Gregorjevo as it is called in Slovenian, is celebrated as a second holiday of love. It’s the Slovenian version of Valentine’s day. Old folktales told by grandmothers say that birds get married on March 12th and announce the arrival of spring. And did you know that Slovenia is the only country with the word LOVE in its name. The capital Ljubljana means ‘the beloved one’. The country’s tourist slogan is “I feel sLOVEnia” (with “love” bold). And Slovenia is considered as the darling of former Yugoslavia that parted ways without any bitterness and aggression unlike other nations. With all the beauty and all the wonderful and kind people you cannot but as the song by John Paul Young goes, ‘Love is in the air, everywhere you look around. Love is in the air, every sight and every sound.’
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A picture gallery containing 20 interesting photos that prove Love Is In The Air in Slovenia. Enjoy!
If making a list of the most romantic sights in the country then up near the top would be the heart-shaped road amidst the vineyards near the village of Spicnik in eastern Slovenia. (photo: Nea Culpa d.o.o., slovenia.info)
Another photo of a heart-shaped road amidst the vineyards in Spicnik at night. (photo: Piotr Skrzypiec)
Lake Bled is one of the most photogenic and romantic destinations in Europe. The beauty of it will steal your heart. (photo: Dean Dubokovic, slovenia.info)
Hot air balloons are a great and also very romantic way to see Slovenia, as ballooning can give you a unique perspective on the landscapes that make up the country, which simply would not be possible with many other modes of transport. (photo: Mankica Kranjec, slovenia.info)
Velika Planina is one of Europe’s largest and most beautiful Alpine pastures located in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps at an elevation of 1,665 meters. The spring months attract a growing number of visitors who come to admire and take photos of crocuses that cover the meadows like a purple carpet. (photo: Miroslav Asanin)
A gun shooting out hearts. Slovenia is a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the world. (photo: Mankica Kranjec, slovenia.info)
Gingerbread hearts are always a sweet opportunity to show those dearest to you how much you love them. They are also a lovely gift, with which you bring the scent and spirit of Slovenia to your friends. (photo: Matjaz Jambrisko, slovenia.info)
The making of lect hearts, a type of honey bread with ornaments, is among the oldest crafts in Slovenia, but only a handful of lect heart workshops have survived. The one in Radovljica, which is also a gingerbread museum, is more than 250 years old. (photo: Jost Gantar, slovenia.info)
Slovenian gastronomy is strongly influenced by the Balkan region and its neighbouring countries of central Europe and Italy. (photo: Nea Culpa d.o.o., slovenia.info)
Happy cookies in the shape of a heart are common in Slovenia in the festive season. (photo: Nea Culpa d.o.o., slovenia.info)
One type of cheese, known as Trnic, is a particularly interesting specialty in Velika Planina, Slovenia. It’s a dried hard cheese shaped into mounds that resemble women’s breasts. It was once given by herdsmen of Velika Planina to girls they were wooing. The girls who were given the Trnic cheeses accepted them as romantic gifts, but if the herder who gave them the gift meant little to them, they simply ate the cheese. (photo: David Lotric, slovenia.info)
With a little bit of imagination you can see a heart even in vegetables. (photo: Mankica Kranjec, slovenia.info)
Wooden chairs with a heart-shaped opening carved through the back are still popular in the countryside and can be found in many small restaurants in villages all across Slovenia. (photo: Nea Culpa d.o.o., slovenia.info)
Red carnations hanging from window sills have long been one of the most characteristic sights in Slovenia’s Alpine villages. For centuries, the indigenous Upper Carniolan variety of the carnation was one of the most treasured flowers in the country. Almost every house in the northern part of the country was decorated with the carnation’s distinctive red blossoms, and the carnation even became a cultural symbol. (photo: Mirko Kunsic, slovenia.info)
The woodworking skills of Slovenian carpenters are well-known, as they produced a variety of wooden objects, often in the shape of a heart. (photo: Mirko Kunsic, slovenia.info)
This heart was carved out of a century-old wooden shutter belonging to a tiny little house in Slovenia. (photo: Mankica Kranjec, slovenia.info)
The huts at Glamping Gozdne Vile are made of unprocessed larch wood and covered with larch shingles. The doors have a heart-shaped opening. (photo: Dean Dubokovic, slovenia.info)
A heart-shaped fossils formed from shells found in the Triglav National Park, one of the oldest and most beautiful national parks in Europe. (photo: Ales Zdesar, slovenia.info)
Hearts can be find everywhere. (photo: Mankica Kranjec, slovenia.info)
A heart shaped stone on a beach with some pebbles. (photo: Mankica Kranjec, slovenia.info)
Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana itself is a romantic gem that is often overlooked. Even its name is similar to the Slovenian word for love, ‘ljubljena’ and many people believe that this is not just a coincidence. The city offers a bridge with hundreds of love locks that can be seen on the railings. The locks represent a couple’s eternal love for one another. The bridge is fairly new, having been placed over the Ljubljanica River in 2010. A unique feature of the bridge is the glass edges on either side that let one feel as if they are walking on water. The bridge was also constructed in a way with strong metal cables that makes it seem purpose-built to hold locks, it wasn’t built for this but that’s the way it worked out and the padlocks look quite charming. (photo: Tomo Jesenicnik, slovenia.info)
‘I Feel Slovenia’ (with ‘love’ bold) is the tourist slogan. And that is just what you feel when you visit Slovenia. (photo: Nea Culpa d.o.o., slovenia.info)
There are so many romantic getaways in Slovenia. The coastal town of Piran, famous for its Venetian-style architecture, is one of them. (photo: Iztok Medja, slovenia.info)
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