“Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.” – Unknown
Lake Bled is the most photographed Slovenian lake and one of the most picturesque places in Europe.
The crystal turquoise lake with a tiny island in the middle of it, overlooked by a medieval castle from a cliff and surrounded by the snow-capped Julian Alps, make a perfect picture postcard scenery.
When you add to the vista, a baroque church with a clock tower on the islet with shimmering sunlight on the lake and swimming ducks and swans in the lake, you get the feeling of a superb dream.
The majestic beauty of the lake is even more emphasized by reflections of the castle, cliff, and mountains in the lake’s luminous clearness,
while the spectacular creativity of unspoiled nature is crowned with a magical relaxing and sublime romantic atmosphere seen only in old movies.
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Where is Lake Bled Slovenia: Located in the north-western part of Slovenia, Bled is accessible by 20 min car drive from Ljubljana Airport, 40 min taxi drive from Ljubljana, an hour and 15 min bus drive from the main bus station in Ljubljana, 2-hour train drive from Ljubljana Railway Station (The Ljubljana bus and train stations are located next to each other). Or take a day tour from Ljubljana!
Lake Bled is also a 2-hour and 10-minute drive from Zagreb, Croatia. Thus, Bled Lake is one of the best day trips from Zagreb.
What to do in Slovenian Lake Bled: walk, bike or hike around the lake to get different perspectives of it and enjoy in crisp fresh clean air, swim, rent a boat to cruise the lake, take a boat trip to the islet, visit the Bled castle, enjoy thermal springs in Town of Bled, mount trek, play golf, horseback ride; and not forget to try Bled Cream Cake (Blejska kremna rezina)!
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This place looks magical. Nice pics esp the one with the castle on the . The boat ride would have been amazing.
Looks lovely and reminds me of a lake here in Austria which is an emerald coloured lake and is also so beautiful. I would love to visit Lake Bled.
Fairytail island looks very very romantic and beautiful. looks quite magical and lots to do with a lot of relaxation
Wow such a scenic location! I want to get there just for photography!
Your pics won me over, placing Lake Bled first in the list of must see in Slovenia.
Bled and Bled Castle seem to be straight out of some disney princess movie! And your pictures have made me fall in love with the place. Loved the post 🙂
The lake looks stunning! In love at first sight 🙂
Your photos are gorgeous! Bled is high up on my wishlist, and I hope to see it soon. I’ve seen tons of pictures, but I have to say, horseback riding around the lake, and then a trip to the castle would be right up my alley!
Oh my such a beauty and very romantic. Is this lake safe for people to swim?
Oh, One day
Definitely, you should visit it one day, Steph!
Lake Bled is one of the most picturesque in the world. You look very relaxed there too! The church on the little island is the cutest, I would love to go back in the summer, the gondola-like boats look like they would be so fun!
Lake Bled is one of those places that has been on my radar for a while now, but I just haven’t had the chance to visit. I hope 2017 is the year 🙂
I have seen so many beautiful photos of Slovania and you have now shown me that Lake Bled is a MUST visit! Looks like a great place to take photos, hike, kayak and about anything else that nature offers!
Looks gorgeous! Eastern Europe has been calling me for awhile now. Need to get it on my itinerary!
This looks so beautiful! I have not made it to Slovenia yet, but hopefully soon 🙂
Your photos are awesome as always!! I love Lake Bled <3
We missed Lake Bled by a hair while in Croatia. It was either that or Plitvice National Park, so guess which we picked. But then SLovenia deserves another trip.
Reminds me of the summer in Slovenia – one of my favorite countries. Bled was magnificent as well as Triglav lakes, Soca River and Piran. It’s impossible not to fall with this tiny country 🙂 And, ironically, people who visit Europe very often skip such gems. Love your blog because you show them 🙂
Yes, Slovenia is truly beautiful. Thank you,Tom, for loving my blog!
Its not just the lake, the combination of the beautiful emerald lake with the stunning mountains behind, the gondolas, and the tiny little church in the island together makes it just so so so beautiful!!!
That is really scienic. And water has somewhat blueish color. I saw this kind of color in the lake, formed by glacier melting waters.