Alp Glamping Village

Set your satnav for Bled (15 minutes' drive) to visit one of Upper Carniola's picture-postcard faves. If you've ever run the word 'Slovenia' through a search engine, you'll probably already be familiar with this beauty of a town (y'know, the one on the edge of that blue-green lake with the island in the middle?). With ferry trips across the lake, an 11th-century castle and an excellent freshwater bathing spot to keep you amused, this one is an absolute must. Also close by, Brezje (10 minutes) has much to recommend itself: the Basilica of the Virgin Mary is well worth a visit, as are the waterfalls a short walk outside the town centre (the falls at Peračica (15 minutes) can easily be added onto to a trip here too). While the above spots are great destinations in their own right, they're easily combined with jaunts to the larger town of Kranj (20 minutes), where you can take culinary tours or pootle around the old city. If the fancy takes you, you can carry on with urban explores over the border in Austria in Villach (40 minutes) or Klagenfurt (an hour).