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Written by our specialist tour leaders, these articles explore hidden gems, historical events and artistic masterpieces, enriching your upcoming travels with their unique perspectives.
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Everywhere the Lion
Along the coasts of Slovenia and Istria, the Lion of St Mark is carved into harbour walls and church façades, set above city gates and chiselled into the keystones of loggias that have stood for five hundred years. Sometimes it holds an open book – the Gospel of Mark, symbol of peace. Sometimes the book is closed – a warning of war. It is always winged. It always watches.
Slovenia
Romans, Illyrian tribes, Attila the Hun, Habsburgs, Golden Fleeces, Argonauts, and Dragons – Slovenia is a country which straddles history, myth, and legend. Slovenia also straddles four geographic and cultural (and gastronomic) regions, despite its small size; deep green alpine forests near the border with Austria, glittering karst and limestone caves that reach underground to northeast Italy