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Besides the fun that can be enjoyed in one of
the numerous casinos located everywhere, in the territory can be
practised to all the levels very pleasant physical activities.
In a beautiful area at the foot of the Alps
where dominate silence and the nature untouched, there are lot
of possibilities available for sport, health and free time. But
also the offer of the coastal zones is rich and important
Slovenian people are the oldest skiers in
central Europe and this should not surprise, cause the large
number of well equipped skiing centres. Do you like snowy
slopes but you don't know how to ski? Here ski-runs right to all
the family are numerous for fun of adults and children; and, if
you need a trainer, valid schools of ski with trained
staff are available. The experienced skiers will find in
Slovenia centre where take place the competitions for the World
Cup, as Kranjska Gora, with over 30 kilometres of slopes for the
alpine ski and 40 kilometres of long cross country ski rings. In
the near slopes the descents are also organized by sled long one
of the most picturesque alpine roads that reach the gap of
Vršič.
The winter family holiday will be also
unforgettable in Pohorje of Maribor. Here every year take place
the competitions to participate to the World Cup of alpine ski.
Everybody can enjoy the 60 kilometres of ski runs and 25
kilometres reserved to the long cross country ski. And it is
also possible practise night ski.
Well equipped also the ski runs of the Vogel
and the Kanin, where it is possible skiing even till May and,
according to the climate, also in summer.
But the offer for sport lovers is really
large and varied: Slovenia is rich of activity for every season.
For the air sports lovers, in Slovenia
there are 11 centre, such as : clubs of climbing and
hang gliding, as well as the association for the hot-air
balloon.
The coastal resorts invite the sail
lovers, the surfers, the swimmers and all the sea
impassioned. With the help of an experienced guide it is
possible to practise suggestive immersions in the
traditional places but also inside spectacular submarine
caves.
For the one who practises kayak, canoe
or rafting there is the Isonzo (Soča) river, for some the
most beautiful in Europe. But if you prefer more quiet
situations, the rivers Krka and Kolpa are easily practicable.
Descents and courses of various type can be organized
everywhere.
Finally, everywhere in Slovenia there are
horse centres, alpine paths for touring, and almost
everywhere for bicycling. There are also well equipped
sweater fields: the more ancient, by 9 and 18 holes, is in
Bled, in a spectacular mountain landscape. After all these
activities, it is pleasant to relax in one of the 15 thermal
centres of Slovenia. The swimming pools have a temperature
from 27° to 38° degrees, to make the permanence the more
possible relaxant; besides the benefits of mineral waters there
are healthy mud and various centres of thalassotherapy.
Modern and pleasant centres, experienced and
trained staff, medical cares and the possibility to enjoy of
comfort and health personalized programs set the thermal
baths of Slovenia in the context of the most interesting
offers in Europe. The thermal baths of Rogaška Slatina
boast a fifteenth-century tradition;
the mineral water Donat is unique in Europe for its content of
magnesium and for the bacteriological purity; the thermal baths
of Radenci have a water known all over the world, the Radenska,
that already in the first years of last century was drunk in the
imperial court in Vienna and in the papal court in the Vatican.
The thermal baths Dolenjske Toplice, next to Novo Mesto, are an
ideal destination for all those people who desire to relax in a
natural but equipped area, away from the frantic daily life but
also next to the more beautiful tourist destinations where
naturalistic or cultural excursions are available.
Few kilometres from the Dolenjske, close to
the splendid castles of Brezice, Podsreda and Otocec, the
thermal baths of Šmarješka offer the possibility of thermal
holiday enriched with excursions and visits.
A particular proposal is offered by the centre of
thalassotherapy of Strugnano (Strunjan), only two kilometres
from Portorose; the particular position on the sea and the
climate, mild and Mediterranean, gives to its inhabitants and
visitors 2300 hours of sun a year. The structure is composed by
a good hotel, next to there are dependences, villas and another
buildings with rooms and apartments, with all the comforts.
Besides the traditional thalassotherapy the centre offers
treatments of pinprick, reducing and against cellulite programs
using the mud sea and many other beauty programs.
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