Description
Ljubljana Sightseeing
This general walking tour of
Ljubljana includes all the most significant sights
of the old city centre. It starts off in front of
the Baroque Town Hall building, the seat of the
municipal government, with the famous Robba Fountain
next to it, and continues across the lively fruit,
vegetable and flower market designed by architect
Jože Plečnik, past the Cathedral of St. Nicholas and
the Slovenian Tourist Information Centre, across
Dragon Bridge, an Art Nouveau masterpiece, which is
on each end adorned with a dragon, the symbol of
Ljubljana, and alongside the Ljubljanica River to
the centrally located Prešernov trg square.
From there you are guided across
the Triple Bridge, one of the most recognizable
creations by architect Jože Plečnik, to the Ribji
trg square, where the oldest building in Ljubljana
is located. On your way to the centre of Ljubljana
Old Town you cross the Mestni trg, Stari trg and
Gornji trg squares, whose buildings boast beautiful
Baroque facades, and continue towards the Cobblers'
Bridge. After crossing the bridge, the tour takes
you to the Novi trg square, from where you continue
across a gentle slope towards architect Jože
Plečnik's Križanke Summer Theatre and the famous
Baroque Church of the Knights of the Cross. The
final part of the tour takes you along the Vegova
ulica street past a line of houses whose walls
incorporate the remains of the Roman town walls. The
tour ends in the Kongresni trg square.