The Telegraph: Slovenia: a modern Ruritania at the crossroads of southern Europe

Lake Bohinj. Photo: The Telegraph

(The Telegraph Travel) Eschewing the daredevil pursuits on offer in the Julian Alps, Neil Tweedie finds himself beset by remembrance of the First World War’s savage Isonzo campaign.

Slovenia lies astride fault lines both geological and cultural. Here, in this compact country bounded by mountain, river and sea, the Eurasian and Adriatic tectonic plates grind against each other, a constant source of tension expressing itself in vaulting ranges and the occasional earthquake. Languages collide also. This is the junction of Slav, Latin and Teuton, the ethnic crossroads of southern central Europe.

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