News and updates regarding our accommodations and the Lake Bled area of Slovenia in the winter.
First major snow of the year has arrived in much of Slovenia. Forecasters say up to 20 centimetres of snow is expected to accumulate in areas including Bled and Ljubljana.
Below are a few photos of our Accommodation Apartments Fine Stay during the first snowfall of the year in Slovenia on January 19, 2024.
Our guest Evgenii and his family visited Vogel above Lake Bohinj on Saturday, December 4th, 2021 and shared these beautiful photos with us.
After a steep ascent with a cable car up to 1534 meters above sea level you are met with amazing views of Lake Bohinj and the surrounding mountains of the Slovenian Alps, including Mt. Triglav. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
Taking the cable car up to Vogel is a great experience and the views of the Slovenian Alps are stunning. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
Vogel is a very popular ski resort offering some of the most magnificent views in the world. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
Piste caterpillar at Vogel Ski Resort. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
A trip to Vogel is disabled & pushchair friendly. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
It’s November but our accommodation Apartments Fine Stay already has more than 10 centimetres of new snow on the ground.
Today’s photos (November 30th, 2021) of our accommodation Apartments Fine Stay Bled covered with a fresh coating of snow.
Today’s photos (November 30th, 2021) of our accommodation Apartments Valant Bled covered with a fresh coating of snow.
Exterior of our accommodation Apartments Valant Bled.
View from the balcony in the winter.
The Lake Bled area has about 10 centimetres of new snow on the ground for the first time this winter and everything is covered in white and so beautiful.
Lake Bled and its island with the first snow this winter.
Wooden rowboats covered in snow.
A group of mallard ducks in Lake Bled.
Water lilies in the lake
Bled Castle above Lake Bled.
It has been a long winter with lots of snow in the Lake Bled area of Slovenia, but the warm early-March sun was out most of the time in the last few days and snow melted quickly in the valleys. Currently only the mountains still have a covering of snow on the top.
The snow-capped Karavanke mountain range as seen from the Zavrsnica Valley. (photo by our current guest Evgenii Danilov)
Waterfall Pericnik is located in the Vrata Valley, near the village of Mojstrana, about half an hour drive from Bled. The short walk up to the waterfall is a little steep but fun and takes less than 10 minutes. Pericnik is spectacular in every season throughout the year, but the most impressive sight of this 52 meter-high waterfall is in the winter months when it turns into a giant wall of icicles and floes.
Our friend, Matej Stegar, who is a passionate amateur landscape photographer, has visited Waterfall Pericnik on February 15th and shared these wonderful photos with us. Thank you so much Matej!
A few more photos (taken by mobile phone) of the epic snowfall at Apartments Fine Stay on December 28th, 2020.
While pretty much any spot around Lake Bled offers amazing views to photograph, but if you want to get the picture postcard shot of Lake Bled, with both the island church and the castle all backed by the majestic peaks of the Slovenian Alps, you will have to make a little effort and hike to the Mala Osojnica viewpoint.
The hike to the Mala Osojnica viewpoint is one of the best things to do in Bled. At the top is a great viewing point for photography, and you get a fantastic view of Lake Bled, the island church, and of the hilltop castle. Starting just beside the little Lake Bled’s beach at Zaka, just opposite the boat rental house, it takes about 40 minutes to get to the top.
(photo: Martin Mohar)
(photo: Martin Mohar)
(photo: Martin Mohar)
