Walks · Slovenia
Real places, told on your phone by someone who was there, as you walk to them.
Free · GPS-guided · works offline · your own pace
Ljubljana · 61 min · 3.1 km · 8 stops
Told by Ivan Hribar
the city's rebuilding mayor
Ivan Hribar walks you from his castle to his dragons, and tells you why.
Ljubljana Castle
Triple Bridge
Prešeren Square
Franciscan Church of the Annunciation
Ljubljana Cathedral
Ljubljana Central Market
“Dober dan — that is 'good day', and you will hear it twenty times today. My name is Ivan Hribar; for fourteen years the keys of this city sat in my pocket. I found Ljubljana cracked open by an earthquake and I left it with bridges, water pipes and a castle…”
Ljubljana CastlePrešeren SquareDragon Bridge
This month: The plane trees by the cathedral turn gold and drop their leaves on the steps. A fine month for standing still and looking up.
When to go: Early morning or after 5pm. The market is liveliest before 10am and quiet on Sundays; Prešeren Square has no shade at midday.
Ljubljana rewards a walker more than a bus ever could: the hill-top castle, the Baroque Robba Fountain on Town Square, the Triple Bridge, the circular sweep of Prešeren Square, twin church towers and a riverside market that runs into the copper-scaled Dragon Bridge all sit within a short stroll of the river. These are things to do in Ljubljana on foot precisely because the old centre is small, flat by the water and closed to most traffic, so the walking is easy and the views keep changing.
Walk & Tell turns that stroll into a self-guided audio walk narrated by Ivan Hribar, the mayor who rebuilt Ljubljana after the 1895 earthquake and left it the bridges and water pipes he mentions himself. GPS starts each story as you arrive at the spot, the route takes about an hour, and it works as an audio guide whether you're filling a spare afternoon, doing Ljubljana in one day, or walking alone or as a couple. It's free to try, and you can download it for offline use before you set out.
Walk & Tell is a self-guided audio walking-tour app. Walks are free to try; download one for offline before you set out. All cities