Maribor Slovenia Travel Guide

We aim to help you enjoy holidays in Maribor 100% of your time. After all, ideal holidays are all about relaxing and not constantly looking for decent restaurants, hotels, events or museums. We will show you all that right here, from our own experience so you can enjoy your vacations without a worry.

To tell you the truth, this is actually great fun! We are tasting food, enjoying marvelous Slovenian wines, particularly those from the Styrian wine region, riding bikes, skiing, flying, clubbing...

...and once you start this, it really is never enough. Find Maribor on Google Maps.

We originally come from Maribor and travel to Slovenia at least twice a year tasting and experiencing all its wonders over and over again. In fact, our vacations are always too short for it all.

Maribor is a small city in Slovenia - Europe but our friends, some of whom come from drop-dead gorgeous travel destinations, are always surprised at its  attractions. One of the reasons for a surprise is the size of the city and its unique geographic position in Europe.

OK, let us tell you how we spend our holidays there and no worries you will find some pretty nice pictures about them too!

• We can hardly wait for our next vacation months before going back, to taste mouthwatering food in marvelous little restaurants, pizzerias and tourist farms.

• An amazing wine tasting experience in a traffic-lights controlled mega cellar right underneath the city center or at one of beautiful tourist farms around the city is always a must do. Well, you probably haven't even heard of Slovenian wines. After all it is only a tiny little country. However, you will quickly realize why the country keeps most of the wines for its own people!

• We totally love an incredible Lent festival  experience that is the pride of the city and one of its best kept secrets. Just imagine! A warm summer night, cool beer, a world performance on an open waterfront stage and it is basically almost for free.

• How could we possibly be there without going to Pohorje - such a rewarding mountain. I don't think it is an exaggeration if I say that Pohorje is a true mountaineering, hiking, skiing, mountain biking and adrenalin HEAVEN!!!

• Visiting the city is not just about food, wine and sport. Maribor is a medieval city with beautiful churches, galleries, museums, with great theatre, a beautiful castle, mansion and more.

• We never skip a day in the city park or a walk at the University botanic garden. My daughter is totally crazy about animals so every time we are in Maribor she wants to visit the city aquarium and terrarium.

• We live near London-England but still enjoy excellent shopping experience in Maribor.

• If you are more of a "cafe type" like my husband then this city is the place for you too. Every time we spend our holidays here we discover new cafes around the city. They are dotted everywhere and serve great coffee and tea.

• Because of our very busy life in England we hardly do any clubbing at all. However, back in Slovenia our grandmothers can do the babysitting so that Milan and I can enjoy a night out in one of its great clubs and pubs.

• My husband regularly visits property agencies. He is always looking for a good property which could be our new investment. Maribor seems to be pretty well hidden from international real estate trade. While the capital Ljubljana and Bled, one of the best known tourist destinations in Slovenia, already have prices comparable to Western Europe, Maribor is still refreshingly inexpensive.

• What I really like about the city is its geographic position. Every holiday we make a few one day trips around Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Hungary or Italy. How is that possible???

  Well, the city is only a 10 minute drive from Austrian border and 40 minutes from Graz, Austria's second largest city and two and a half hours from Vienna, the capital of Austria.

  Maribor is an hour drive from the capital Ljubljana and two hours from Croatian capital Zagreb.

  Two and a half hour drive to the west brings you to Slovenian or Croatian Istria or Trieste in Italy.

  Drive two hours to the east and you will end up in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

  Hey, if this is not amazing!

  But there is more! This cute little Slovenian city is within two hours from 4 international airports! No wonder then so many shoppers and tourists visit this marvelous little place.

It is surprising but Maribor holds several records that are not just for the book of records but can be experienced, tasted...basically felt with all your senses.

OK then, let's see if:

• Guinness Book-certified oldest vine in the world

• world's oldest women skiing competition

• one of Europe's biggest classical wine cellars

• Europe's longest floodlit ski run

• Lent, one of Europe's biggest festivals

• one of the best known aquariums in Southern and Central Europe

• One of the oldest flying clubs in Europe...

can make an impression.

So, are you ready?

Dominika, Milan, Marusa

Content