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Festive joy as it used to be

How did people used to celebrate the festive season in the Gorenjska region countryside? Take a trip with a time machine back to the days of the great Slovenian poet France Prešeren. Throughout the three-hour experience, feel the cosy homeliness and festive joy of an authentic Gorenjska homestead through cuisine, old customs and traditions, folk music, dance and lore.

It's fun in the Gorenjska region

The festive season in the Gorenjska region has always been fun. Take a ride in a fijaker, a traditional horse-driven carriage, through the charming Bled countryside, stop at a church and go on a lantern walk to an authentic Gorenjska homestead that is more than 500 years old. At the homestead, you will be warmly welcomed by the host and hostess, dressed in traditional 19th-century clothes that were sewn according to research done by Dr Bojan Knific. In a cosy, authentic atmosphere, the proprietors will get you in the festive mood and make you feel like you are part of the family. Together you will listen to and sing folk songs and melodies, dance traditional dances and feel the magic of the festive season in the Gorenjska region. Of course, there will also be traditional local food and drink and interesting stories from the local area.

Experience description:

• Transport from Bled to the Church of St Lenart
• Tour of the Church of St Lenart together with the head of the Sodar Homestead
• Lantern walk from the church to the Sodar Homestead
• Reception by the hostess, who, together with the host, cordially invites the guests into the house
• Toasting the feast with homemade brandy brought from the tabernacle by the host
• Folk songs, traditional dances and typical customs and traditions
• A feast of home-cooked food and drink
• Telling stories from the Bled area

• At the end of the evening, guests are invited to the stand where they receive a symbolic gift to remember the evening – a lucky bell, a traditional souvenir of the area

Schedule: all year round (the programme is adapted to holidays at particular times of the year)

Location: Bodešče 12, 4260 Bled

Price: 108 € (1 - 2 people), 54€ (6 or more people) 

What is included in the price:

• The full programme (church tour, lantern walk, singing and music with dancing at the Sodar Homestead) 
• Welcome drink
• Home-cooked food and drink
• Transport from and back to Bled

• Gift – a lucky bell

Find out more about the experience

Visit us over the festive season! 

Experience the festivities in the Gorenjska region and learn about Slovenian cultural heritage intertwined with culinary, dance and musical experiences. 

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Sound of holiday
Bodešče 12
4260 Bled
+386 40 331 711
info@soundofholiday.com

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