Lake Bled is perhaps the nation's most famous resort, but in addition to offering a bucolic setting for a relaxing lakeside vacation, it is an excellent starting point for hiking and discovering some of Slovenia's unexplored villages.

5 beautiful autumn hikes in the Slovenian Alps.

Medieval towns, with ornate buildings with imposing red roofs studded with dormers, topped by massive castles.

Slovenia in October offered us fabulous seasonal vistas: rich forests cloaked in the colors of autumn, roads studded with yellowed leaves and flanked by reddened trees, hiking among larch-covered mountains.

Guide to spending a weekend among the cobblestone streets of the Slovenian capital.