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Accessible tourism

Practical information and ideas for adventures and excursions in Slovenia for people with physical and other disabilities.

Slovenia is accessible for people with reduced mobility and other disabilities, and destinations and providers are striving to make their attractions and experiences as accessible as possible for people with different disabilities. There are still many opportunities to make tourist attractions even more accessible and welcoming.

What is accessible tourism and who is it for?

Accessible tourism is tourism that pays special attention to making tourism attractions and experiences more accessible and welcoming for people with physical and sensory disabilities, people with intellectual and psychological barriers, those travelling with children in prams, the elderly and people who find tourism difficult for other health reasons (diabetes, allergies, heart disease, etc.).

A woman in a wheelchair with a companion at the Ljubljana Airport.
Photo: Jaka Ažman, Ljubljana Airport

How to get to and around Slovenia?

By plane

Will you arrive in Slovenia by plane? Slovenia's main airport is committed to providing a safe, comfortable and relaxed airport experience for all passengers. Airport staff are always available to help and provide information.

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By train

You can explore Slovenia by train. Some train stations are equipped with lifts and railway staff are happy to help passengers access the platforms. In order to ensure that passengers with reduced mobility or other disabilities can travel as comfortably as possible, it is recommended that you make an appointment 48 hours before the train departs. Trains that allow easier access to the carriage are specially marked in the timetables.

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By (city) bus

City buses also run around the capital, Ljubljana, and have wheelchair and pushchair access with a lift ramp. Passengers can also get information on routes and arrivals by calling or online. Most of the city's buses are equipped with audio announcements at stops, and individual stops are equipped with tactile floor signs and tactile signs to make the journey as easy as possible for the blind and partially sighted. In Maribor, all public transport vehicles have been adapted to make them more accessible. However, buses can only accommodate one wheelchair at a time, so it is advisable to check availability with the operator before planning your trip.

 

Kavalir, a mini-electric vehicle that offers free rides in Ljubljana city centre.

Free city tour in a mini urban vehicle

Free city tours are available in electric vehicles, known as Kavalirs in Ljubljana and Maisters in Maribor. They are specially designed for older tourists, persons with physical and sensory impairments, parents with small children and other city visitors. Each mini vehicle can carry five to six passengers at a time, and wheelchair access is facilitated by a special ramp. Pick-up arrangements can be made by telephone or by hailing the vehicle as it drives through the city.

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Accessible tourist locations

You will find locations in Slovenia that are partially or fully accessible to people with disabilities. Some tourist facilities boast a "Disabled Friendly" certificate. They include a number of guesthouses, hotels, spas, museums and attractions. You will find some tips for your trip below, most of which have been tried and recommended by people with disabilities.

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Ljubljana – Disabled Friendly Capital of Slovenia

The municipality of Ljubljana is the recipient of several European Access City Awards and is committed to removing barriers for people with reduced mobility. The renovated pavements in the city centre make it easier for wheelchair users to get around, and a new tactile path for the blind and partially sighted has been created on the Ljubljanica riverbank. Public toilets for the disabled have been installed in the city centre.

 

More and more public and cultural facilities are equipped with induction loops and lifts, and public transportation is more accessible. Under the Butcher's Bridge, disabled people can also access tourist boats on the Ljubljanica River, and a special Info Point 65+ is available for the elderly and people with special needs.

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View from the bridge over the Drava River and the town of Ptuj with Ptuj Castle in the background.

CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AND ATTRACTIONS

Many city attractions are accessible to people with disabilities. You can contact the TICs to plan your excursions, ask in advance about special guided tours and recommendations or choose to be accompanied by an experienced guide. Below we present some interesting city experiences, highlighting cultural and artistic institutions with a special eye for tailor-made guided tours and experiences.

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City Museum of Ljubljana

City Museum of Ljubljana

Enlarged or Braille versions of catalogues and leaflets, multi-sensory guides, tactile graphics and models make the content more accessible to blind and partially sighted people. An audio guide to the permanent exhibition is available and tours can be...

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Coal Mining Museum, Velenje

Coal Mining Museum, Velenje

Enjoy a miner's snack in the deepest dining room in Slovenia! The museum is wheelchair accessible, and the blind and partially sighted can visualise the layout of the museum with the help of a special tactile model.

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Museums of Radovljica municipality, Radovljica

Museums of Radovljica municipality, Radovljica

Radovljica is committed to bringing cultural heritage to the widest possible audience. You will be delighted by the range of experiences on offer for the people with reduced mobility, the deaf and hearing impaired, the blind and the partially sighted.

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Expano, Murska Sobota

Expano, Murska Sobota

The adventure park, a miniature version of Pomurje, awaits you with inclusive accessibility options, ample parking and exciting experiences.

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Škofja Loka Museum, Škofja Loka

Škofja Loka Museum, Škofja Loka

Škofja Loka Castle above Škofja Loka is home to Škofja Loka Museum, most of which is accessible to people with disabilities. They strive to make cultural heritage accessible, exhibitions are accompanied by audio descriptions and the like.

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Dina Pivka

Dina Pivka

The exhibition has been partially adapted for the blind and partially sighted and is also accessible for people with reduced mobility. Krpanov dom, where the exhibition is housed, is accessible to people with disabilities, and there are two special parking...

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Notranjska Museum in Postojna

Notranjska Museum in Postojna

The museum in Postojna, which reveals the history, nature and culture of the Karst region, has a wheelchair access ramp, lift, tactile replicas and maps, and other aids that help visitors engage with the museum’s content.

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National Museum, Ljubljana

National Museum, Ljubljana

Wheelchair access is available at both locations of the National Museum, in the centre of Ljubljana and at Metelkova.

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Koper Regional Museum

Koper Regional Museum

The museum offers wheelchair access to all of its premises, with a crawler available to help guests overcome all kinds of obstacles, including thresholds and stairs and there are staff to assist them.

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Cukrarna, Ljubljana

Cukrarna, Ljubljana

We recommend that lovers of contemporary art visit Cukrarna, where access is arranged for people with disabilities. An elevator takes you between floors and guide dogs are welcome.

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Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana

Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana

One of Slovenia's most visited tourist attractions, Ljubljana Castle is accessible via a disabled-friendly funicular. An adapted guided tour is also available on request.

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Pivka Park of Military History

Pivka Park of Military History

There is a ramp leading into the museum and accessible and adapted entrances to the exhibition pavilions. The paths are asphalted and signposted, and the pavilions and the Komanda premises (a former Command Centre) are accessible by lift.

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National Gallery, Ljubljana

National Gallery, Ljubljana

Slovenia's central art gallery offers free entry for people with disabilities as well as adapted activities, audio, visual and tactile aids, including a special tactile painting.

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Museum of Puppetry, Ljubljana

Museum of Puppetry, Ljubljana

The permanent exhibition is accessible by wheelchair and lift. Guided tours are available. Audio guides in 14 languages are provided for the blind and partially sighted. Visitors can touch the displayed objects and listen to audio recordings.

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Cinema without Barriers, Cerknica

Cinema without Barriers, Cerknica

The Cerknica Cultural Centre strives to bring film production closer to the deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and partially sighted. To this end, they develop specific programmes tailored to them.

A man in a wheelchair with an assistance dog on a trip outdoors.

EXPERIENCES IN NATURE

Slovenia is famous for its green nature and breath-taking views, the aromas of nature, the sounds of the forest... You will experience authentic Slovenia at its best in nature, outdoors. There are many natural attractions in all parts of the country. The diverse flora and fauna and the varied landscapes invite you all year round. Spend your holidays in the countryside, visit nature parks and enjoy the beauty of nature. You can get in touch with nature right on the outskirts of towns and cities.

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Sečovlje Salt Pans

Sečovlje Salt Pans

Learn about the salt pans' heritage and take in the sea air. Staff give special guided tours to people with special needs and access is also arranged.

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Lipica Stud Farm

Lipica Stud Farm

The world-famous Lipizzaner is truly worth admiring in the setting of a stud farm in the middle of the Karst landscape. The entire tour of the Lipica Stud Farm, with the exception of the alley, is wheelchair accessible.

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Planica Nordic Centre

Planica Nordic Centre

Parking is available and all access and toilet facilities are inclusive. Take the lift up to the viewing platform to enjoy panoramic vistas of the giant ski-flying hill and the surrounding mountains.

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The Ljubljana ZOO

The Ljubljana ZOO

The lower part of the ZOO is wheelchair accessible, but the upper part, where the native animals are kept, is not. There are also inclusive toilet facilities at the entrance and in the restaurant.

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The treetop walk, Rogla

The treetop walk, Rogla

The picturesque treetop walk and the lookout tower are completely barrier-free and adapted for both children prams and wheelchairs. The nets and fences are transparent for unobstructed views.

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Postojna Cave

Postojna Cave

Take a train ride through a world wonder! The Postojna Cave attractions are also open to wheelchair users and people with other mobility problems.

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Škocjan Caves

Škocjan Caves

Due to the rugged terrain, access to the caves is not possible for everyone. However, there are special VR goggles that allow those who are physically unable to access the caves to see them.

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Mozirski gaj

Mozirski gaj

Mozirski gaj has 3 wheelchairs available for hire for people with reduced mobility or the elderly, who otherwise find it difficult to walk around the park.

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Slovenian Alpine Museum

Slovenian Alpine Museum

Explore Slovenia's mountain heritage in an idyllic, wheelchair-accessible setting. The rich content features exhibits, escape rooms, 3D glasses and a hologram of Jakob Aljaž.

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Adventures in Velenje

Adventures in Velenje

Velenje is known as a municipality accommodating people with disabilities, ensuring that its attractions are as accessible as possible to the older, blind and partially sighted.

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Arboretum Volčji potok

Arboretum Volčji potok

Slovenia's largest botanical institution will enchant lovers of flowers and nature. Most of the trails are wheelchair accessible.

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A man in a wheelchair and his companion descending a ramp into the sea on the beach in Izola.
Izola beach

A TRIP TO THE SLOVENIAN COAST!

Most Slovenian beaches are wheelchair accessible. Not all beaches have access to the sea arranged for wheelchairs. Some information can be found in this section.

IZOLA

Access to the sea is arranged via a concrete ramp on the beach in Izola, where there is also a swimming area with a therapeutic pool, accessible by a lift. There is also a beach for the blind and partially sighted, which is specially adapted for people with vision problems, with barrier-free guiding paths and tactile markings.

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ŽUSTERNA

The renovated beach in Žusterna offers lift access to the sea for people with reduced mobility. There is also a large changing cubicle, sanitary facilities with the so-called EURO lock, and sun loungers that are higher than usual to accommodate disabled people.

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ANKARAN

On the greenest part of Slovenia's coast, Ankaran, the Adria Ankaran beach (including the swimming pool) and the Debeli Rtič beach access is arranged for people with disabilities. In the latter, access is only available in the indoor pool.

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PORTOROŽ

Slovenia's largest beach, the central beach in Portorož, also offers access to the beach and a ramp to the sea. Some hotel beaches also have available access.

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Swimming pools at the Thermana Laško Spa thermal centre.
Thermana Laško

SOOTHING RELAXATION IN THE SPA

Slovenia's natural spas are also very attentive to people with disabilities.

Thermana Laško

Laško, a town located by Savinja River, known especially for its brewing and spa tradition, was awarded the EDEN Destination of Excellence title a decade ago. It is due to its efforts and good practices in bringing tourist experiences closer to people with reduced mobility, the blind and the partially sighted. In Thermana Laško and Rimske Terme, access to the swimming pool complexes is properly arranged and guide dogs are allowed in the rooms for the blind and partially sighted. Mobile induction loops are available for the hearing impaired at Thermana Laško. The honey garden in Laško Spa Park is also equipped with Braille signs.

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Terme Dobrna

Special care is taken at Terme Dobrna for guests with physical or other disabilities, for example in Hotel Vita 4*, access to the thermal pools, the medical centre, restaurants, terrace café, beauty centre and lecture rooms is properly arranged. Accommodation is given extra attention, with rooms on every floor of Hotel Vita designed and adapted for the physically disabled, with suitable beds, bathrooms and other in-room equipment. The Spa Park is always available and accessible for guests to admire nature, enjoy the fresh air and visit the park's energy points.

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Terme Krka: Terme Dolenjske Toplice, Terme Šmarješke Toplice and Talaso Strunjan

Terme Krka comprises three Slovenian natural health resorts: Terme Dolenjske Toplice, Terme Šmarješke Toplice and the seaside centre Talaso Strunjan. Their core business is medical rehabilitation in various fields, and their spas have a number of specialists who provide holistic rehabilitation or treatment. Their services are significantly shaped by the natural factors in the environment of each spa – in Dolenjske Toplice and Šmarješke Toplice it is thermal water, and in Talaso Strunjan it is everything connected with the sea: seawater, sea climate, sea mud and salt. The accommodation and other facilities of the centres are accessible to people with physical and other disabilities according to the specific indications of the spas. Certain hotel rooms and other facilities and accesses are adapted to the fullest extent possible. They also adapt their offer to their guests – Terme Krka offers a wide range of health and relaxation services and programmes, allowing them to create varied holiday packages for different target groups of guests. They also cooperate with many associations and societies representing people with disabilities, offering accommodation and treatment packages tailored to their needs, wishes and expectations.

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Terme Portorož

Just a stone's throw from the coast and in the heart of the balmy sea climate, Terme Portorož offers access from the outside for people with reduced mobility – the entrance is reached via a ramp. There is a lift between the spa and the hotel floors. The thermal complex is directly accessible via lift from Grand Hotel Portorož. Access to the swimming pool is arranged for wheelchair users. All pools have railings by the steps, and lifeguards can assist with entry. Toilet facilities are also adapted for people with disabilities.

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Terme 3000 – Moravske Toplice

Thirteen rooms in Hotel Termal have bathrooms adapted for guests with disabilities. There are ramps and lifts to the hotel, swimming pools and restaurants throughout the spa area. A special lift is available to help people with disabilities when entering the Hotel Termal's swimming pool. Wheelchair rental is also available at the Health Department. The spa adds that, in principle, a person with disabilities who is independent can use all of its hotel accommodation (with the exception of the apartments due to the stairs), restaurants, health services and bathing in the thermal water.

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Terme Ptuj

Terme Ptuj has lift access to hotel rooms, swimming pools and restaurants In the bungalows and holiday homes, walkways are added for easier wheelchair access, upon prior arrangement. Wheelchair rental is also available at the Thermal Park's Health Department. People with disabilities are welcome to stay at this spa if they are accompanied, as there are no automatic door openers, adapted showers or lifts to enter the pools.

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Zdravilišče Radenci

In Radenci, all rooms at Radin A/B, Izvir and Izvir-Medico Hotels are accessible by lifts, while five rooms at Hotel Izvir are specially adapted for guests with disabilities. Staff can help guests carry their luggage. The main entrance of Zdravilišče Radenci has a ramp, and there are ramps in all departments and in most of the common areas. There is a ramp leading to the thermal area at the outside entrance, and a ramp from the lobby of the Hotel Izvir for smooth access to the thermal complex, physiotherapy and wellness facilities. There is a lift at the entrance to the swimming pool of the spa complex. Toilets and rooms with showers are also adapted for disabled people, and lifeguards are available to help if needed. An induction loop is installed in the Congress Hall. The restaurant in Hotel Radin has tables reserved for disabled guests, and the waiting staff is available to help with buffet tables or serving.

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Terme Čatež

Terme Čatež, famous for its Summer and Winter Thermal Riviera, is recognised as the largest water park in Central Europe. Its therapeutic pool is particularly popular among guests with reduced mobility and wheelchair users. The pool has a ramp at the entrance, allowing guests to access the water independently, without the need for assistance or a lift. The entrance to the water park is designed to be user-friendly and barrier-free. In addition, one of the outdoor pools at the year-round Thermal Riviera is equipped with a fixed lift for people with disabilities, operated from the water by a lifeguard.

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SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION

Many accommodation facilities, especially the larger hotels, offer access without stairs and lifts. Some smaller accommodation facilities are particularly welcoming to guests with special requirements, adapting their service and experiences to suit their needs. We recommend that you check the specific features and adaptations of each provider before booking your accommodation to make your stay as pleasant and carefree as possible. You can also visit the "Brez ovir" website to find verified lodgings that have made special efforts to provide access and services for people with reduced mobility.

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Ars Viva Youth Hostel in the Loka Valley
Ars Viva Youth Hostel in the Loka Valley

Ars Viva Youth Hostel in the Loka Valley

In the heart of the Notranjska region, nestled in one of Slovenia's more secluded yet accessible corners, the Ars Viva Hostel has been writing a unique story for years. Set in an idyllic rural environment, not far from gems like Lake Cerknica and Snežnik Castle, the hostel is especially welcoming to vulnerable groups due to its accessibility and thoughtfully designed facilities.

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A woman being helped into the pool by a Floramare resort employee using a special lift.
Resort Floramare in Izola. Photo: Floramare
Interior of a family room at the Floramare Resort.
One of the rooms at the Floramare Resort in Izola. Photo: Floramare

Floramare resort, Izola

This renovated resort, located not far from the beach at the lighthouse in Izola, is the only Slovenian resort that fully adapts its above-standard facilities for people with reduced mobility. It offers a carefree and barrier-free holiday for guests with reduced mobility, their companions, families and other guests.

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