'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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

It isn't the oldest or the biggest, but Cerknica might just be home to Slovenia's most entertaining carnival.

At first glance, Vitanje is another button-cute Slovenian village steeped in history and tradition, but this darling is home to the future of space travel. Its most famous son would be proud.

A scorching Saturday morning may not be the best time to visit Slovenia’s most isolated city, but beggars can’t be choosers. A day in Murska Sobota, the centre of Prekmurje.

Trbovlje’s history is forever linked to its development as a centre of Slovenian industry, but what does that mean for its future? There’s a lot more to Slovenia’s ugliest town than meets the eye.

Žalec has a beer fountain. What else is there to say? It doesn’t get much more magnificent than that.

Vrhnika is more than a modern-day commuter city. This is a town of proud literary and brewing history, bridging the gap between writing and boozing.

You can’t talk about Celje without mentioning the Counts, and you can’t really talk about the Counts without talking about love.

Pivka is famous for two things, and I didn’t spend the day visiting a processed meat factory. The Slovene town has a curious military history and the artefacts to show for it.

A sunny September afternoon is the perfect time to explore Kamnik's storied past, from nostalgia to moustaches to art.

Travel is incredible, but it isn't always afternoon beers and rainbows. An afternoon in Sežana taught one boy that.