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Lake Bohinj

A larger, wilder glacial lake inside Triglav National Park, with a cable car up Mount Vogel and a waterfall nearby.

Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free; paid for the cable car and the waterfall
Time Needed
A day
Address
Ribčev Laz, 4265 Bohinjsko JezeroDirections
Getting There
About 35 minutes by bus or car from Bled.

Why Go

Bohinj has no town on its shore, just a stone bridge, a Gothic church and meadows. The Vogel cable car climbs to views over the lake and the Julian Alps, and a path leads up to the Savica waterfall, the source of the Sava.

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Triglav

About 6.8 miles away

Slovenia's national symbol and highest peak, a climb every Slovene is said to make.

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Ljubljana

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A delightful, car-free river capital.

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