The Julian Alps are a region of Slovenia. They are part of The Alps and extend over the border into north-eastern Italy. They were named after Julius Caesar. They offer a wonderful alpine flair, that would have you swear you were in Upper Bavaria or Tyrol on a good day's hiking.

Cities

• 1 Bled — impossibly romantic mountain lake complete with castle, island and town
• 2 Bovec
• 3 Cerkno
• 4 Dovje-Mojstrana — the best starting point for hiking and climbing to Julian Alps
• 5 Idrija — the oldest Slovenian mining city, with more than 500 years of history
• 6 Jesenice
• 7 Kobarid — historical, culinaric and sport town
• 8 Kranjska Gora — village and ski area
• 9 Radovljica — old historical town, agriculture museum
• 10 Srednja Dobrava — village with nice views of the mountains, close to Bled, Radovljica and Kropa
• 11 Tolmin- the largest town in Soča Valley

Other destinations

• 1 Soča Valley
• 2 Triglav National Park
• 3 Trnovski gozd (Trnovo Forest Plateau)

Talk

Slovene is the national language. Most can speak Serbo-Croatian as a result to the Yugoslav experience (its also very similar) and many to most young people can speak some English and/or German. German also played a historic minority role in the region prior to WWII with many places having dual place names as a result. Today the Austrian and German tourists speak it.

Do

Metal Days music festival in summer: http://www.metaldays.net/