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Ribenska Cesta 1c, Bled, 4260, Slovenia
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View from Bled Castle
View from the top of the rock.
Lake Bled
a trip from Kranjska Gora
There has been a major change in my itinery, and now I will be travelling from
Bled to Zagreb, in order to catch a flight to Dubrovnik.
The flight etc works wonderful. The issue is regarding connections between Bled and Zagreb on a Sunday. It seems I have to catch the first bus at 6:30 in Bled just so that I can make it all the way in time to catch a 2:45pm flight.
Are there any bus companies in Bled that I can just go and book a bus trip all the way to Zagreb? This way I figure I don't have to be such an early bird.
Bled is a pretty small place (not really a town, even). I doubt there are any bus companies therewhich do not show up on the Slovenian bus website.
You could take the train from Ljubljana. There's one at 08:35 on Sundays which will get you to Zagreb in time, and won't mean getting up quite so early. You might even be able to get a train from Bled to Ljubljana, instead of the bus, and save yourself a bit more time.
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml
will give you the train info (but not the fares). The Slovenian railway website
http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/
links straight through to bahn.de when you search for international times.
I will be staying the night in Bled.
So I will have to get from Bled to Zagred during the day, to catch a 14:45 flight in Zagreb to Dubrovnik.
So......maybe from Ljubljana there are many bus companies that operate the route to Zagreb?
I really think not.
I checked on Slovenian long-distance bus carriers via www.eurolines.com as well. Although the Slovenian site is in Slovenian only (and I'm not good in Slovenian) I could see no services to Zagreb.
Sorry.
The Tourist Information Centre can be found opposite Bled Casino on Cesta Svobode. Here you can pick up the usual maps, guidebooks, leaflets and general info on all the attractions in and around the town. They also have helpful staff who can help out about getting to Vintgar Gorge.
It was drizzling all the way to the Triglav National Park Tourist Information Bureau (we went there to - unsuccessfully - try to get the maps and some info for the hike), but on the way back we got cought in a real downpour. We waited it out in a little wooden shelter in the woods, with the view of the lake... Cold...but dry and v. romantic :)
The Pletna is a sort of gondola, steered and motored by a muscular chappie with 2 oars. There were none on the lake the day I was there, but as you can see from the photo, the Pletnas themselves are very photogenic, and I do have a soft spot for traditional wooden boats.
The general programme is that you pay the ferry man for the half-hour or so trip to the island, he leaves you there for another half an hour and brings you back. I can't speak from experience however.
You can hire you man of choice from a number of points round the lake (see transport tips) and just take off. I can't guarantee a serenade, but who needs "O sole mio" when you have such an amazing view?!
The neo-Gothic styled church consecrated to Saint Martin, was built in 1905 on the site of the previous Gothic church dating from the 15th century. It is situated right bellow the steep cliff where the Castle of Bled rises.
There is a lot of history connecting to this boat. In the time of empress Maria Theresa 20 families were given the rights to transport the people to the island so at that time the only way to reach the island was with them. This "Pletna business" goes on from generation to generation ever since.
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