Slovenia is a country that surprises visitors with its unspoilt countryside and varied landscape in a small geographic area, while the uniqueness of your country often lies in the rich tourist offer of its region, which may, at first glance, seem hidden from the eye.

In addition to the unspoilt countryside, the rich cultural life, the varied tourist offer, the excel-lent gastronomy and outstanding wines, tourists are again and again surprised by the hospitality and friendliness with which peoples in Slovenia welcome their guests.

There is a full range of overnight accommodation options in Slovenia. Visitors may choose a hotel, apartment hotel, garni hotel, motel, guest house, villa, bungalow, apartment, private room, tourist farm, mountain lodge, youth hostel or campsite. Most accommodation are opened all year round.

Hotels in Slovenia are categorized from one to five stars in line with international standards and those of other hotels in Western Europe. Hotel reservations may be made directly with the hotels. You can book your hotel room also via tourist agency or by faxs or e-mail.

You can get pricelist of Slovenia hotels at different places. A hotel price list is published annually in Slovenia and may be obtained from Slovenian representative offices abroad, Slovenian tourist agencies or from the Slovenian Tourist Board.

Younger visitors may find accommodation at youth hostels at Bled, Ptuj, Piran, Nova Gorica and Ljubljana. Student accommodation is also open to tourists at very reasonable rates during university summer holidays in larger towns and cities across Slovenia.

Kurnik Edi is a travel consultant and writer, specialising in less well known destinations in Slovenia. If you want to avoid the tourist traps and see more of the real Slovenia visit his site, Explore Slovenia