It doesn't get more 'heart of Slovenia' than Litija, the geometric centre of this most magnificent country.

'Welcome to Bloke, where for six months of the year it is cold and, for six months of the year it is winter'. There's nowhere quite like Bloke.

Everything I love about Slovenia, you’ll find in Radovljica. Yes, that means chocolate, views, bees, history and beauty.

For whatever reason, Mengeš has always been my comparison town. Admittedly, I don’t find myself comparing towns too often, but when it happens in Slovenia it usually happens with Mengeš on one side of the ledger. I can’t say exactly why that is. What is it about Mengeš that makes it stick in my mind?

Idrija is famous for mercury and lace, two things that are just about as polar opposites as it gets. Oh, and some seriously good food…

I had no expectations before visiting Oplotnica, but the serenity of the park (and the mansion) was more than enough to blow away even the most minute hints of conjecture. It was small but perfectly formed, the first truly accurate use for that term that I believed in.

Velenje might not get the attention and adoration that other towns in Slovenia do, but it does have a fantastic tourist information centre and the last Tito statue. What more could you want?

Brežice’s Posavje Museum is one of Slovenia’s finest, a treaure-trove of fascinating exhibits and incredible aesthetics.

There’s nowhere quite like Slovenia’s Soča Valley, a stunning combination of nature and history that stands tall above all else. Bovec was my first stop on a Soča tall.

If you're going to drink Slovenia's most popular beer, where better to do it than in its hometown? Drinking Laško in Laško, with plenty of history to boot.

In developing a city, is nature or nurture the dominant factor? A combination of the two, surely? Ilirska Bistrica makes for a fascinating case study, with a little bit of spomenik magic thrown in for good measure.

Is it possible to talk about beautiful Bohinj without reference to Bled, its more celebrated neighbour? I can neither confirm nor deny this. Either way, holy moly what a lake.

Did you know that Melania Trump was Sevnica? Of course you did, you've not been living under a rock for the last few years. There's a whole lot more to this town than a woman with terrible taste in men.

Loška Dolina has plenty hidden within its tiny borders, with gorgeous castles to fragile caves via a grand hunt for the dormouse.

One sunny Saturday morning spent walking through hundreds of years of history in Ptuj, Slovenia.

Kranjska Gora is one of Slovenia's most important and beloved ski resorts, but it is the mind-bending mountain pass that caught my attention.

Turnips, caves and wine are a tremendous combination. A trip into the ancient past and delicious future of Slovenia's repnice wine cellars.

Piran is widely regarded as Slovenia's most beautiful town, and that aerial shot is as iconic as it gets. But what is the reality on the ground?

Getting kidnapped by an old lady in a tiny Slovenian village sometimes leads to an iconic mathematician and a wealthy patron of the arts.

Small but perfectly formed? Kostanjevica na Krki in a nutshell. This tiny village in Dolenjska is home to one of Slovenia’s great art galleries, located in a truly magnificent space.