Most pastoral village, almost all single, chistenkie neat cottages, excellent roads everywhere, even in the most Dashaheqiji.While Dashaheqiji special there, even better contrast, the entire country and there is the civil end, only two cities - Ljubljana and Maribor, but those cities can be described as only a suspended sentence.Everything else - tiny villages, smoothly peretekayuschie one another.The vast corn fields ...Above all the spirit and quality of integrity, peace and well-being and as a symbol of this great ponatykannye everywhere Stork nests.These lovely ptahi suit their habitat is literally everywhere.At the high wire, on the roofs, electricity poles and chimneys.

Territory

Slovenia is a small country located in the western Alps.It shares borders with Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia.To the west, Slovenia has access to the Adriatic Sea (in the Gulf of Trieste).Area Slovenia is 20.3 thousandkm2.Slovenia is a predominantly mountainous country.The ridges are located north-eastern Alps Pohore, Karavanke, Savinja Alps, the Julian Alps in Slovenia peak, Mount Triglav height of 2863 m.Southern busy northern outskirts and beech.There are limestone plateau Kras ( "Karst") in karst terrain and the world-famous caves Postoynska-Yama.Lowlands situated just to the west, near the Adriatic coast, and in the east.

Climate

Óìåðåííî-êîíòèíåíòàëüíûé.In Slovenia, three climatic zones : average, Alpine and Mediterranean.During the summer the average temperature is 21 C, and winter-0 C. The best months in the mountains as September-May.Summer lasts usually from the beginning of June until the end of October.This time swimming season at sea and lake country.

People

The vast majority of the population are Slovenes.The population is 1.99 millionpeople.Ethnic groups : 91% of Slovenes, Croats 3%, 2% Serb, Muslim 1%, 3% other communities.The average life expectancy of 75.36 years (1999).The infant mortality rate is 5.28 deaths per 1,000 births (1999).The literacy rate among people over 15 is 99%.

Time

Behind from Moscow at 2:00.

Language

Slovenian.Most Slovenes knew at least one of the following languages : English, German, Italian.

Religion

Most of the faithful Catholics.Catholics account for 70.8%% of the faithful (including 2% Uniate), Lutherans, 1%, Muslim 1%.

Money

Slovenian tolar = 100 stotinam
The banks are open on weekdays from 8.00 am to 18.00 (sometimes with a break for lunch), and on Saturdays, from 8.00 to 12.00.Sunday : closed.In exchange hotels are generally around the clock.Private menyalnyh shops and street changed in Slovenia none.In exchange, as a rule, is not required to provide any personal documents, but bank certificates of the operation is to remain until the end of the visit.They need you, if you want to commit to exchange remaining SIT to SCR.

Mail and phone

Magnetic phone cards in Slovenia have a capacity of 100 units ($ 2) and 200 ($ 3.25).They can be purchased at post offices.And cash, and phone cards are different in different regions.Public phones are available at any post office.Access Code in the international network 00.

Shopping, gifts, souvenirs

Shops are from 8.00 am to 19.00; Saturday through 13.00.The largest department store in a supermarket located on the bottom Maximarket Trg Republike.

Major holidays

1-2 January (New Year)
Feb. 8 (Culture Day)
March / April (Easter)
April 27 (Resistance Day)
May 1-2 (Labor Day)
May / June (Trinity)
June 25 (National Holiday)
Aug. 15 (Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady)
Oct. 31 (Day Reforms)
Nov. 1 (All Saints Day)
Dec. 25 (Christmas Day)
Dec. 26 (Independence Day)
Widely noted St. Martin's Day (Nov. 11).To this day grapes harvested in the summer turns into wine.At the family dinner that day fed goose.

Kitchen

In Slovenia the only food quality at very low prices.German wine you can feel in sausages with meat and sour sauce with mushrooms.From Austria Slovenian cuisine inspired strudel, a special cake and hot.It is also popular Balkan burek "(cake layered with meat and cheese).

There are many different types of soup, which is the most sophisticated cheese and nut.Of baking famous "potitsa (nut rolls and gibanitsa" (cake filled with apples and cheese and served hot).

At lunch served mostly soups : beef broth, sour soup, fish soup from Istria and barley soup with pork.The second often served potatoes.Traditional dishes you can try most hotels.

Slovenia make excellent wines.There is the wine of superior quality, brand-name and tableware.Do not order wine with the symbol "uvoz (imports), because these wines without labels can be of low quality.If the bottle has a metal or plastic cork cork instead, it merely said that the young wine, and not necessarily of poor quality.The best wine in Slovenia : LaŠki Rizling, Beli Pinot, Širop (white), Merlot, RefoŠk (red).The original liqueur in Slovenia Pletershka BC ", produced ìîíàõàìè-êàðòåçèàíöàìè.They grow pear in the bottle, then primed its brandy.

Transportation

Transport network of highly developed.This is evidenced by the existence of more than 100 border posts on the border with Austria and Italy.Rental cars are all major cities and airports.The cost of taxis is high.It is widely distributed roads.

Bus, which is the cheapest and convenient transportation in Slovenia.Every hour in ways the average cost $ 2.Only by bus to get to Bled, Bohin, Istria.In Koper, Rijeka, Zagreb and can get on a bus and train.The luggage in the baggage compartment will have to pay $ 0.5, in the passenger can carry-on luggage free.In Ljubljana, you can buy a ticket at night, but most prefer to pay on the bus.On Friday evening to make a reservation in advance.To understand the bus schedule, it is necessary to know the following phrase : vozi vsak dan (daily), vozi ob delavnikih (on weekdays), vozi ob sobotah (Saturday), vozi ob nedeljah in praznikih (on Sundays and holidays).

All attractions Slovenian capital can also be walking around for half a day.Nevertheless, in the city, of course, there is a public transport buses : a chip for one trip worth $ 0.40 (you can throw in the pot the same amount of coins).Travel for the day-$ 1.25.They sell in the red stands at Slovenska cesta.Taxis to the international airport is about $ 10.

Voltage

220 V, 50 Hz.

Tipping

In most restaurants, 10% for services included in the account.

Visa

To get a visa to go to the embassy and submit the following documents :

invitation, a certified local government in the Interior of Slovenia or tourist voucher (fax booking of hotel is not sufficient grounds for issuing visas);
passports valid for at least three months after the trip;
Photo size dependence.
The cost of a visa-30 dollars, twice the visa (needed if you want to go to Venice), $ 60.If minors go with one parent or no parents, a notarized power of attorney from the parents remaining in Russia to the second accompanying parent or adult children.
For travel through Slovenia citizens of the Russian Federation a transit visa, which can be issued at border crossings, and charge a fee of $ 20USA.

Customs regulations

Allowed duty-free import of cigarettes and 200 pc, liquor-volume, dry wine, beer, perfumes, food, jewellery, in the personal needs.The importation of weapons, artifacts, items of precious metals in excess of personal needs, only with the permission of the competent authorities of the RS.The import and export of limited local currency, foreign currency, within the limits specified in the declaration at the entrance, removal of the currency is no more than 50 thousanddollars (restated).

The embassy of Russia

RF embassy in Slovenia :
Tomsicev Street, in September, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
Telephone : (8-10-38-61) 125-68-75, 125-68-80
Fax : (8-10-38-61) 125-6878
E-mail : ambrus.slo @ siol.net

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