Slovenia

Named European Region of Gastronomy for 2021

Michelin-starred food (six restaurants, seven stars), old-world wine, turquoise rivers, glacier-fed lakes and soaring, snow-capped peaks and yet, blissfully unbusy; it’s mind-boggling that Slovenia has, thus far, been missed by the masses.

The capital Ljubljana is one of the greenest cities on earth and as walkable as Bruges.  Picture centuries-old cobbled streets, riverside wine bars, mountains of prosciutto and fresh cheese and baroque architecture at every turn.

Ljubljana’s Old Town district features the “golden triangle” of event venues - the Križanke Air Theatre, the City Museum and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.  The theatre, with its extraordinary acoustics, stretches over 2,700sqm; the museum (once a Renaissance palace) offers five equally special spaces within one, including their gem of an atrium and the museum’s 110-seater projection room. And the academy (a mansion dating back to 1467) hosts up to 200 people in their sunlit atrium, furnished with state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. 

Wedged in between Italy and Austria and just two hours from London, Slovenia is one of our hot spot picks for 2021 (and beyond).