Locations of a festival & Arrival to Ljubljana

Here you will find how to ARRIVE to Slovenia, Ljubljana and navigate to Tango festival Ljubljana 2008 - useful information, links and maps.

Locations

Tango festival has two locations:

CANKARJEV DOM, Prešernova street 10, Ljubljana (same as last year)
all classes, Friday+Saturday milonga
TANGO BAR, Šmartinska street 106, Ljubljana (new, our own place)
Thursday and Sunday milongas only

see map of festival locations

All classrooms and ballrooms have new, perfect wooden floors.

Arrival by car

From borders Ljubljana (LJ) is reachable by excellent highway.

--> from ITALY
Triest - LJ, 1 h, 100 km
Milan - LJ, 4 h 20 min, 500 km
Genova - LJ, 5 h 15 min, 628 km
Torino - LJ, 5 h 15 min, 630 km
Bologna - LJ, 3 h 20 min, 381 km
Florence - LJ, 4 h 10 min, 480 km
Roma - LJ, 6 h 40 min, 750 km
Venice - LJ, 2 h 30 min, 265 km

--> from AUSTRIA
Graz - LJ, 1 h 45 min,195 km
Vienna - LJ, 3h 40 min, 382 km
Salzburg - LJ, 2 h 45 min, 280 km

--> from HUNGARY
Budapest - LJ, 4h 30 min, 480 km

--> from CROATIA
Zagreb - LJ, 1h 15 min,140 km
Pula - LJ, 2 h, 165 km
Split - LJ, 4 h 45 min, 530 km

--> from SERBIA
Belgrade – LJ, 5 h 15 min, 530 km

--> from BiH
Sarajevo – LJ, 4 h 15 min, 498 km

--> from GERMANY
Munich - LJ, 3 h 45 min, 445 km
Frankfurt - LJ, 6 h 50 min, 800 km

--> from SWITZERLAND
Zürich - LJ, 6 h 30 min, 720 km

Arrival by air

Ljubljana's Brnik airport (25 km from Ljubljana-centre): www.lju-airport.si/eng
Slovenia's national airline, Adria Airways http://www.adria.si/ has nonstop flights between Ljubljana's Brnik airport and practically every major city in Europe (Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna, Brussels, Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Budapest, Istanbul, Prague, Belgrade, Moscow,...).

Bus connection to Ljubljana city
The journey time is approximately 45 minutes. Tickets are purchased on the bus or at the bus station. For information about ticket prices, please call: 090 4230 or look at www.ap-ljubljana.si

Departures from Ljubljana Airport to Ljubljana City
From Monday to Friday: 5.00 6.05 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays: 7.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00

Departures from Ljubljana City to Ljubljana Airport
From Monday to Friday: 5.20 6.10 7.10 8.10 9.10 10.10 11.10 12.10 13.10 14.10 15.10 16.10 17.10 18.10 19.10 20.10
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays: 6.10 9.10 11.10 13.10 15.10 17.10 19.10

Taxi connection to Ljubljana city
The taxi rank is right in front of the terminal. Taxis are available according to the actual arrivals of flights. A fare from the Airport to Ljubljana City costs approximately 33 EUR (depending on the desired destination of the trip). For reservation or more information you can call on telephone number: 00 386 4 2061 678.

Taxi – some telephone numbers in Ljubljana:
LAGUNA TAXI
RONDA TAXI - Tel.no.: +386 1 200 09 90, +386 1 422 04 90, +386 31 625 868
HIT TAXI - Tel.no.: +386 1 430 30 00, +386 1 430 30 62
INTERTOURS TAXI – Tel.no.: +386 1 521 10 00, +386 1 521 10 01, +386 1 540 25 21

Foreign and Budget airlines: some other (low-cost) european flights to LJ or closest airports

to Ljubljana:
Brussels Airlines: www.brusselsairlines.com/com/splash.aspx
Easyjet www.easyjet.com/en/book/index.asp
JAT Airways: www.jat.com
Wizz Air: http://wizzair.com/si/
Malev Hungarian Airlines www.malev.com
Finnair www.finnair.com
Turkish Airlines www.turkishairlines.com

to close airports (max 200 km from Ljubljana): Trieste, Venezia (Italy); Vienna, Klagenfurt and Graz (Avstria); Zagreb (Croatia):
Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/
Alpieagles http://www.alpieagles.com/?lang=EN
Air Berlin http://www.airberlin.com/site/index.php?LANG=eng
Skyeurope http://www2.skyeurope.com/en/

Arrival by Bus

Ljubljana Bus station offers ticket reservations for local and international bus connections.
Information on bus arrivals and departures as well as other information available on this phone number (CALLCENTER 090 93 42 30; price 0,78 EUR/min.) is available only within Slovenian telephone network. http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/eng/

By Train

International train routes into Slovenia come from Avstria, Bulgaria, Czech Republich, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Macedonia, Germany. Check out Slovenia railways website. If you come from Italy, go to www.trenitalia.com.

What to do in Slovenia (besides tango)

Lonely Planet calls Slovenia "the undiscovered pearl of Europe". Slovenia offers a great variety of lanscapes, from the seaside, high Alps, to Panonian lowlands. Very special places are Lake Bled, the Postojna caves (both one hour out of Ljubljana), termal resorts.

Ljubljana - Bled (Alpine lake): 57 km
Ljubljana - Koper (seaside): 126 km

Ljubljana is a very charming, slow, green, safe city. You can have a dring along the river, rent a bike, eat really good and cheap, go to the casino... and dance tango.

Read our tourism pages for more information. About Ljubljana: http://www.ljubljana-tourism.si/ or http://www.beyondslovenia.com/day_trips/day_trips_general.htm or http://www.burger.si/Ljubljana/Ljubljana.htm (virtual Ljubljana).

Interesting reading is Lonely Planet guide book for Slovenia: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/slovenia/
Usefull information (map, weather, arrival..): http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/si.htm

Some useful information
Slovenian currency is Euro (€). Most shops and restaurants accept the following credit cards: DINERS, AMERICAN EXPRESS, VISA and MASTERCARD.

Phone number for emergencies: 112
All tourists have the right to emergency medical treatment. Slovenia has signed agreements with individual countries on free medical care. Further information is available from the health ministry in your own country.