Spring is such a wondrous time of year in Slovenia! The days become longer and brighter, the weather is getting warmer and nature begins to come out of dormancy, and the flowers and trees begin to bloom. Every day, a little more life and colour come back into nature. By mid-spring, everything is in full bloom.

Spring is from April until June, and it’s the perfect time to explore Slovenia. The obvious benefit of visiting in spring is the fact that you’ll see Slovenia transform right before your eyes. The meadows and hillsides all across the country are full of wild flowers, from the very common daisies, ox-eye daisies, white hellebores, primroses and blue-eyed-marys to the rare summer snowflakes, lily of the valleys and tassel hyacinths, and to those who picturesquely carpet the entire hillsides and meadows like daffodils and crocuses. Approximately 70 wild flowers are endemic and cannot be found anywhere else in the world like Zois’ violets, Carniolan lilies, and short-haired sandworts. The countless cherry trees with their white blossoms convey a unique charm to the Slovenian countryside. there’s just so much beautiful plant life flourishing across the land and there’s nothing like the smell of blooming Lilacs in the spring. There’s just so much beautiful plant life flourishing across the land.

This is the time to see Slovenia’s rolling hills, country pastures and luscious forests at their absolute greenest. Sure, spring has a few bouts of rainy spells, but these are the reasons the glistening grasses are accentuated by the seasonal change.

There are plenty of hiking opportunities too. Many of the most popular walking tracks become much safer to access and as a bonus, you won’t need to share the path with too many tourists, because summer is the busiest time for Slovenia hiking.

Spring is Slovenia’s low tourist season. That means you’ll get to enjoy cheaper prices on accommodation, transport and activities — which is great news for those travelling on a tight budget!

You know what else is great about travelling in the spring? Many of Slovenia’s best attractions are going to be largely empty. That means you can enjoy your selected nature expeditions without bumping into large influxes of people, and you’ll have many more opportunities to take postcard-worthy photos of the country’s unspoiled landscapes.

Photo Gallery

With the warm weather and beautiful colours, spring is the perfect time of year to take pictures! So here’s a gorgeous picture gallery containing 50 breathtaking spring photos of Slovenia that prove you absolutely have to visit this very picturesque country in the springtime. Enjoy!

11 photos below by Bojan Kolman

Krma is a beautiful alpine valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. It is especially picturesque in the spring when nature comes to life with its most beautiful arrangements of color displays and all sorts of flowers blooming everywhere. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Another photo of the beautiful Krma valley in the spring time. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Very few nitrogen fixing cover crops are as spectacular as crimson clover. With their bright crimson red, conical blooms atop tall fleecy stems, one might think a field of crimson clover was planted purely for aesthetic appeal. However, this little plant is a tough workhorse in agriculture. In the last few years, crimson clover is also becoming an important source of nectar for honeybees and other pollinators in Slovenia. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Yellow dandelion flowers in the meadows above the Logarska Valley in spring with the Kamnik-Savinja Alps in the background. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

The dandelions well-known yellow, composite flowers grow to be 2 to 5 centimetres wide. They grow individually on hollow flower stalks 5 to 40 centimetres tall. On the photo is a beautiful meadow full of yellow dandelion and the hilltop Church of St. Thomas in Sveti Tomaz. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

A beautiful meadow full of yellow dandelion in Jezersko, a pristine and very scenic mountain valley in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps on Slovenia’s northern border with Austria. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Dandelions change from the little yellow flower to the white globular flower overnight. Well, the puffy white stage isn’t exactly a flower, it’s the seed head. Each seed has a small parachute, to spread itself far and wide in the wind. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Garland flower, or rose daphne as it is also known, is a trailing evergreen plant native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. In late spring it bears beautiful clusters of fragrant rose-pink flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Arboretum Volcji Potok is the most visited botanical garden in Slovenia. Especially in spring during the tulip season visitors from all over Europe come to see it. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

Every spring, like it had been on a repeat button for eternity, people come from all parts of Slovenia and beyond to be fascinated by millions of daffodil flowers. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

There are few things more beautiful than a fruit tree in full bloom in the early spring. (Image by Bojan Kolman)

The spring in Goriska Brda is just so beautiful. It is when everything is coming to life. In addition to its grapes and wine, Goriska Brda is celebrated for its delicious cherries usually available in late May and early June. (Image by Luka Esenko)

Three photos below by Ales Krivec

A cherry tree in full bloom is stunning in its abundant beauty of hundreds of thousands of blossoms. (Image by Ales Krivec)

The beauty, freshness and awakening of nature in the Slovenian Alps in spring is something really special. (Image by Ales Krivec)

In the spring new, light green leaves begin to appear on branches and remain that way all summer. (Image by Ales Krivec)

Spring is such a magic time of year in Slovenia. The trees begin to bud, blossoms appear on trees, then the blossoms give way to the fresh green color of new leaves. It’s really amazing to watch the trees and see how quickly they change from day to day! (Image by Domen Dolenc)

All images below provided by I Feel Slovenia)

Probably most beautiful panoramic road in Slovenia, the Solcava Panoramic Road offers some of the most amazing views of the Logarska Dolina valley and surrounding area and is well worth visiting in all seasons, but particularly in spring when nature is full of colors. (Image by Iztok Medja)

Spring is such a wonderful time to visit Jezersko, a pristine mountain valley in northern Slovenia. (Image by Iztok Medja)

The nature in spring in the Triglav National Park is at its best with lovely wild flowers everywhere. (Image by Iztok Medja)

At an elevation of 1,665 meters, Velika Planina is a herdsmen’s village in the Kamnik Savinja Alps in northern Slovenia, one of the few remaining seasonal villages of its size and use. Every spring, the crocuses are carpeting its pastures with purple. It’s an amazing sight. (Image by Ana Pogacar)

Every spring the meadows all across Slovenia are covered in a beautiful yellow blanket of dandelion flowers. (Image by Ana Pogacar)

When spring arrives in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana the days get longer and warmer and everything bursts into life. (Image by Bogdan Kladnik)

Spring is the perfect time to walk among blossoming fruit trees in the Slovenian countryside. (Image by Tomo Jesenicnik)

The most photographed and arguably the most beautiful tree in Slovenia stands in front of Lake Bohinj. It looks especially beautiful in spring with its large light green crown. (Image by Tomo Jesenicnik)

Spring comes late in the Slovenian Alps, but it’s incredibly beautiful. (Image by Tomo Jesenicnik)

Numerous wildflowers can be found in the Triglav National Park in spring, including some endemic ones like Triglav hawksbeard, Julian poppy, monkshood and Zois’ bellflower. (Image by Jost Gantar)

A spring hike in the Slovenian Alps is a great way to appreciate the newly-warm weather and enjoy the best of what nature has to offer. (Image by Jost Gantar)

The old church of St. Oswald in Jezersko was built at the end of the 12th and early 13th century. It’s famous for the sculpture of Virgin Mary dating back to 1386, and for the 14th-century frescos. (Image by Jost Gantar)

Slovenia enjoys more aesthetically pleasing hives than much of the world. (photo: Jost Gantar)

Spring is a wonderful time to visit Lake Bled, the most Fairytale-esque place in Slovenia. (Image by Jost Gantar)

Waterfall Pericnik in the Vrata Valley in northwestern Slovenia is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the country with the possibility to walk behind it. (Image by Jost Gantar)

In the far southeastern corner of Slovenia, on the border with Croatia, lies Bela Krajina, a small region known for its gentle landscape of birch trees and vineyards. With its delicious wine and food, warm people and beautiful nature, Bela Krajina is a great place to visit any time of year!

Bees are amongst the most important insects to humans on Earth. Pollinating flowers and contributing to the beautification of the planet’s floral landscapes is perhaps the simplest and least economically important actions but it’s definitely its most aesthetically pleasing one. These modest, buzzing creators deserve a big thanks for helping in providing us with vegetables and fruits, honey and wonderful bio-diversity. (Image by Jost Gantar)

The Soca Valley in northwestern Slovenia is home to one of the most beautiful rivers, not just in Slovenia, but in Europe and beyond. (Image by Alan Kosmac)

Every spring something extraordinary happens on the mountainsides above the town of Jesenice. Several of the normally lush green meadows on the slopes of Mount Golica turn almost completely snow-white. It’s not a late-spring snowstorm that is the cause of this remarkable transformation, but the white blossoms of wild-growing daffodils. (Image by Miro Podgorsek)

Known for endless fields of wild white daffodils, Mt. Golica is particularly popular destination to visit in late April and early May. (Image by Iztok Medja)

The meadows under Mount Golica covered in a beautiful white blanket of daffodils and Slovenia’s highest mountain, Mount Triglav, which rises to 2,864 meters above sea level. (Image by Iztok Novak)

The most extraordinary photo of nature’s awakening in the Triglav national park, as nature at higher altitudes is still sleeping while nature in the valley bottom has already turned green. (Image by Ales Zdesar)

The best place to see Slovenia’s stunning flora is high up in the mountains. (Image by Ales Zdesar)

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Although all the Slovenian mountains have interesting wild flowers, for accessibility, number of species and spectacular scenery, the Julian Alps are the best choice. (Image by Ales Zdesar)

The Juliana Alpine Botanical Garden is a treasure trove of Slovenian flora. More than six hundred species of plants grow in the garden’s natural hillside environment among scattered Alpine rocks, many of them native to the Slovenian Alps. (Image by Boris Pretnar)

Beautiful nature, rich cultural heritage, vast possibilities for relaxation, culinary delights, living tradition, etc., it’s no wonder the Logarska valley is considered one of the most beautiful Alpine valleys of Europe. (Image by Darinka Mladenovic)

The Old Vine in front of the Old Vine House in the heart of Maribor is the oldest vine in the world. It is Maribor’s main tourist attraction, which lies in an area of the Drava riverbank called Lent. The house hosts numerous events related to wine and cuisine, offers an extraordinary selection of wines from the Stajerska region and is open all 365 days a year. (Image by Domen Groegl)

There aren’t many things that smell better than the fragrance of blossoms carried on a spring breeze. Towering out above the orchard is Bled Castle, Slovenia’s oldest castle and one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country. (Image by Franci Ferjan)

The dazzling yellow of a rapeseed field in full bloom in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. (Image by Mankica Kranjec)

A beautiful meadow full of yellow dandelion in the Stajerska region in northeastern Slovenia. (Image by Marko Petrej)

The First Grammar School in Maribor dates back to 1850, when the first grade was set up. The school itself was built in 1873 by architect Wilhelm Buecher. (Image by Marko Petrej)

Dedno Polje is a mountain pasture in the Slovenian Alps at an elevation of 1,560 meters. Though most of the shepherds’ huts have been converted into weekend vacation dwellings, local farmers still produce cheese, sour milk and other dairy products here which are available for sale in late spring and summer. (Image by Mitja Sodja)

Each spring, the meadows all across the Triglav National Park are full of wild flowers – a delight! (Image by Mojca Oder)

Native to the European Alps, you can easily encounter the spring-flowering Trumpet Gentian on hikes up in the Slovenian Alps. (Image by Tanja Sodja)

Three photos below by Turizem Bohinj

Late May and June are a perfect time for wildflowers almost anywhere in the Slovenian Alps.

Spring is a great time to head out on long bike rides and soak up the sun before the weather turns too hot.

Eritrichium nanum, commonly known as the King of the Alps, is the most elusive of the alpine flowers, growing in rock crevices high in the mountains. With its low growth, strong roots and hairy surface the plant is well adapted to harsh winds and low temperatures.

We’d like to thank all photographers (Bojan Kolman, Tomo Jesenicnik, Jost Gantar, Luka Esenko, Ales Krivec, Alan Kosmac, Ales Zdesar, Domen Dolenc, Ana Pogacar, Bogdan Kladnik, Boris Pretnar, Darinka Mladenovic, Domen Grogl, Franci Ferjan, Iztok Novak, Mankica Kranjec, Marko Petrej, Miro Podgorsek, Mitja Sodja, Mojca Oder, Tanja Sodja) and other copyright holders who gave us permission to use their images.

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