Vintgar Gorge: Best Self-Guided Experience with Local Tasting
Description
Skip the parking stress and explore the beauty of Vintgar Gorge with a delicious taste of Slovenia. Enjoy a hassle-free round-trip from Bled, your guaranteed entrance ticket, and finish with a delicious tasting of traditional "štruklji" and local craft beer at our cozy Natour Bar. After a pickup from Lake Bled, head to the edge of Triglav National Park. Enjoy a walk through Vintgar Gorge at your own pace. Skip the line to enter with included tickets. Follow the picturesque trail over wooden bridges and galleries, ending at a bridge overlooking the mighty 13-meter high Šum Waterfall. Take a short hike down the stairs to fully admire the waterfall. Your next destination is Natour Bar, set in the picturesque environment of a traditional open barn. Enhance your nature tour with a unique culinary experience, tasting the rich flavors of the traditional "Štruklji" dumplings, and refreshing yourself with a local craft beer or apple juice. Afterward, get transferred back to Lake Bled.
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Vintgar Gorge is one of the most magical places to visit in Slovenia. It’s gorgeous, easy to walk, easy to get to and fun for the entire family.The 1.6km long Vintgar gorge carves its way through the vertical rocks of the Hom and Boršt hills and is graced by the Radovna river with its waterfalls, pools and rapids. The picturesque trail leads you over wooden bridges and galleries, and ends with a bridge overlooking the mighty 13m high Šum waterfall.
At the end of the Gorge you can stop at the waterfall Šum and enjoy the refreshing temperatures and view.
The tour concludes with a stop at Natour Bar. Here, you will taste delicous štruklji, a traditional Slovenian dish made of rolled dough filled with various ingredients, and taste authentic Slovenian craft beer to complete sightseeing with top culinary experience.
The tour ends with a relaxing drive back to Lake Bled.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(22)
This is not a tour by any stretch of the meaning ‘self- guided’ or not. They book an entrance ticket for you and arrange a ride to and from the gorge. This also includes sampling of local food at the end. The entrance ticket to the gorge is 15 EUR and the food at the end is worth no more than 10 EUR. The bus service from town center to the gorge is free. If you want them make those arrangements for you for the premium, this ‘tour’ could be for you. Otherwise, you could save a lot of money by doing this on your own.
Perfect timing, everything is prepared for a hassle free experience. The dumpling tasting was great too.
Beautiful scenic walk through Vintgar Gorge followed by a lovely taster of local beers and dumplings in a gorgeous setting. The tour was well organised and very relaxed, with friendly staff, the scenery is stunning and not to be missed. Would do the trip again in a heartbeat. A must when visiting Lake Bled
The walk in nature is beautiful; the tasting includes only eight small Slovenian dumplings. We had to pay extra to complete our meal.
Perfect way to experience the gorge. The shuttles bring you right from Bled to the start. Price includes gorge ticket, beer flight, and food after the self guided tour. Super convenient and easy.
Absolutely fabulous tour, it is so beautiful! The overall experience was fantastic. Book it, you won't be disappointed!!
Their storefront doesn’t exist anymore. The meet up address leads you to a locked door. There is a hand written sign on their side door that said a shuttle would pick us up at the front door. We didn’t see this after we boarded a different bus and had to get a shuttle back. It was a good thing we were early. The shuttle turns up to be a taxi company. The driver said they would pick us up at the end point and if he wasn’t there to call. He gave us a business card. We arrived at the designated end point. The natour bar was nice with food and beer tasting but no transport came for us. I called the number on the card and the taxi company said the natour bar person had to call them directly. After asking the person behind the counter for assistance he said that taxi would take 20 mins to get there and another 10 mins to get back to bled. We had a car waiting to pick us up in 20 mins so we cancelled the taxi and had our driver come get us instead which added $30 euro to our fare. I think the tour company no longer exists and turned their operation into a bar and that is what greats you at the end of the gorge. The gorge was beautiful but the experience with natour-bled was terrible. Would not recommend using them unless you are walking into it knowing what to expect.
The walk through the gorge is beautiful and worth by itself. The hike out to the eating place could be challenging for some but it was so worth it as the beer sampler and the štruklji was amazing with five different flavors to sample. Having the ride there and back from a short distance from downtown Blad was also great.
Amazing experience, the couple who run the shuttle and restaurant were so friendly and helpful. The gorge is a must see and you are left to explore and walk at your own pace. The beer and dumplings were fantastic and such a lovely setting to enjoy them after your walk.
Very beautiful scenery mostly flat except the walk up to the bar and taxi pickup but very worth it. We even spotted a rare goat on the opposite cliff side.
