Bridges and Dragons self guided tour of Ljubljana

5.0 (1 reviews) Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Duration2h - 4h
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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Ljubljana is a city you can walk across in fifteen minutes. But the river that runs through its heart has pulled bakers off bridges, carried a heartbroken mayor to his death, and inspired Slovenia's greatest poem. This self guided audio tour tells you why.

Twenty stops through the historic centre, from Prešeren Square to the Dragon Bridge. Meet the poet who immortalised two women who rejected him. Watch Plečnik, the architect who quietly remade an entire city, leave his fingerprints on everything from the bridges to the library to the open air theatre. Visit the fountain that bankrupted the sculptor who built it, the square where Napoleon's legacy shaped modern Slovenian identity, and the street with seven hundred bronze faces in the stone.

The tour runs two to three hours, works in nine languages on your phone, and starts whenever you're ready.

Over 20,000 travelers have used our self guided tours. The tour comes with a full refund guarantee.

What's included

  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
  • 1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
  • Audio and written guide included
  • Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
  • Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
  • Any physical devices or headphones
  • Human tour guide at location

What to expect

  1. Preseren Square
    5m
    Meet Slovenia's greatest poet and the woman who rejected him, immortalised in stone across the square.
  2. 5m
    Step into a salmon coloured Baroque church where the bones of a French bishop rest in a glass coffin.
  3. Congress Square (Kongresni trg)
    5m
    Learn how Ljubljana hosted Europe's most powerful kings for five months of post Napoleonic politics.
  4. 5m
    Stand below the balcony where Tito delivered a speech that reshaped Yugoslavia.
  5. Slovenian Philharmonic Hall (Slovenska Filharmonija)
    5m
    Discover the small city orchestra that received fan mail from Beethoven, Haydn, Paganini, and Brahms.
  6. National and University Library
    5m
    Admire Plečnik's masterpiece, built with Roman wall fragments set into its red brick façade.
  7. French Revolution Square (Trg Francoske Revolucije)
    5m
    Find out why a Slovene city raised a column to honour Napoleon Bonaparte.
  8. Krizanke Church
    5m
    Wander through a crusader monastery turned open air theatre by Slovenia's most beloved architect.
  9. 5m
    Hear how a Protestant general saved Catholic Europe from the Ottomans at the Battle of Sisak.
  10. Old Square (Stari trg)
    5m
    Visit the spot where, according to legend, a young woman was danced into the river by the Water Man.
  11. 5m
    Learn how cheating bakers were dunked into the river, and why a heartbroken mayor drowned here.
  12. 5m
    Find seven hundred bronze faces embedded in stone, inspired by a poem of Rainer Maria Rilke.
  13. 5m
    See the marble masterpiece that bankrupted its Venetian sculptor.
  14. Cathedral of St. Nicholas
    5m
    Examine the bronze doors that retell twelve hundred years of Slovenian Christianity. Look up at a dome that, for over a century, was nothing but a painted illusion.
  15. Triple Bridge (Tromostovje)
    5m
    Cross Plečnik's UNESCO listed solution to a traffic problem, three bridges where one once stood.
  16. 5m
    Find Adam, Eve, and a disembowelled Prometheus in bronze, beside a parapet of love padlocks.
  17. 5m
    Taste Carniolan sausage, štruklji dumplings, and milk from a vending machine that runs day and night.
  18. Dragon Bridge (Zmajski Most)
    5m
    Meet the four bronze dragons that, locals say, wag their tails when a virgin walks past.
  19. Ljubljana Castle
    5m
    End with a view up to a hilltop fortress that has guarded the city for nearly three thousand years.

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Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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