AT#987 - Travel to Slovenia

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Hear about travel to Slovenia as Chris talks with travel writer Sam Baldwin about an active, slightly off-the-beaten-path itinerary through one of Europe’s most underrated countries. This week's show is supported by the new Smart Travel Podcast. Travel smarter — and spend less — with help from NerdWallet. Check out Smart Travel here. Sam has been visiting Slovenia since 2007, lived there for five years, and recommends a road trip that combines Ljubljana, alpine lakes, mountain scenery, rivers, wine country, and a few unusual cultural experiences. His experiences of living, working, and exploring the wildlife and wild places of this stunning country are told in his travel memoir book, Dormice & Moonshine: Falling for Slovenia. Why should you go to Slovenia? Sam describes Slovenia as beautiful, safe, compact, and surprisingly diverse. In a short drive, you can go from alpine scenery to Mediterranean-influenced landscapes, from lakes and mountains to wine regions and warm rivers. He also emphasizes that Slovenia feels much more Central European than many travelers expect. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-slovenia/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.6	Follow Smart Travel wherever you get your podcasts.
1:23.5	Amateur Traveler, Episode 987.
1:26.4	Today, Amateur Traveler talks about mountain lakes and a disappearing lake,
1:31.3	karst mountains and a cowball, a knife smith and a wine bank as we go back to Slovenia.
1:38.6	This is Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler.
1:41.2	Let's talk about Slovenia.
1:45.6	I'd like to welcome the show Sam Baldwin, travel writer from sambalwin.mere from sambalwin.m E.
1:52.4	And also the author of Dormice and Moonshine falling for Slovenia. And so you might not be
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