10 Reasons You Must Visit Slovenia

I've established that Slovenia's greatest strength is its nature, but the point really does get rammed home when it comes the valleys. If turquoise rivers, jagged snowcapped mountain peaks, panoramic views and lush greenery are your thing, congratulations, you are a normal human being. You are also going to fall in love (or at least in aesthetic lust) with the little country called Slovenia.

The Soča Valley gets the most press, and for good reason. The Soča is the name of the beautifully coloured river that flows through the river, and the banks are home to settlement after settlement. The stones all around are white too, which only adds to the breathtaking feeling one gets upon arrival. The good type of breathtaking too, not the 'oh lord I can't breathe' type.

A whole host of activities are available of course, whether it is hiking, rafting, paragliding, fly fishing, sitting by the river reading The Magic Mountain or stop doing things and just look at it. It is also the region where Hemingway based 'A Farewell to Arms'. Literature is even on its side.

The Logar Valley might take the biscuit as Slovenia's most aesthetically glorious spot however. It's all green meadows, angry looking jagged mountains and thick Alpine forests, and if you tire of looking at it then you are a particularly jaded person. Its most impressive spot is probably Rinka waterfall, a cascading bounty of water that rises up some 105m. sure, it ain't no Victoria Falls, but it doesn't need to be. It's Slovenia, and it is freakin' gorgeous.