Slovenia (5/6): Piran

Our fifth destination was Piran, the most beautiful village at the Slovenian Adriatic coast! Once part of the Venetian empire, the picture-perfect seaside settlement ist the most gorgious place for a day of recreation in one of its cafes at the central Tarini Square. Or you climb up those rotten stairs of the campanile (entrance: 1 Euro) - if you dare. The prospect up there is overwhelming! And dont't drop your mobile or your camera, when out of a sudden the giant bells right behind start to toll!

This Whitsun break we travelled to a European country, which hoisted four different banners within the last 100 years (Hungarian-Austrian, Italian, German, Yugoslawian) before it finally, just 25 years ago, became Slovenia. The "green heart of Europe" comes up with alpine mountains (Karavankas), sea (Adriatic Coast), downs, woodlands and karst.