Time Out New York composed a list of the best and cheapest hostels. Ljubljana’s Hostel Celica is at the top of the list. It used to be a prison facility but it has been redesigned and transformed into a hostel. Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide and digital media publisher declared Celica to be ‘the most modern hostel in the world’.

To improve cooperation among six Danube countries

Regional organization the Danube Center for Competence was founded in Belgrade with the aim to promote regional tourist offers and economic development by the Danube river. Six countries participate in the project: Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Moldavia.

The Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary

Above the Bled Lake is the only real island in Slovenia. There is still some Ice Age limestone remaining under the trees covering the moraine. The island probably had a special meaning in prehistoric times and our famous poet Prešeren made poems about it. The way to come to the island is by a sort of a roof-topped boat called pletna. This type of boat with a single rower is known only in Bled.

The representatives of the Ministry of Tourism, the Kotor Municipality and designer company “D’ Appolonia“ held a presentation of the project “Sustainable Transportation System in Perast” on 13 January. On the occasion, tourism minister Predrag Nenezić pointed out that the project realization will provide Perast with new contemporary foundation and sophisticated techniques for environmental protection.