How to get to us

First see if you need a visa to enter Slovenia. Slovenia is a member of the EU and of the Schengen area. If you are an EU citizen or live and study inside the Schengen area (and have a Schengen residence permit), you don't need a visa. But if you live or study in another country, please follow this link:

Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
http://www.mzz.gov.si/index.php?id=6&L=2

Visa -- general information:
http://www.mzz.gov.si/index.php?id=785&L=2#c2038

Visa -- more concrete information:
http://www.mzz.gov.si/index.php?id=786&L=2#c2086

Visa -- details on visa requirements for individual countries:
http://www.mzz.gov.si/index.php?id=502&L=2#c1153

You can apply for a number of visas, turist, privat visit, or business. The forms are available online.

Unless you will apply for a turist visa, you will also need a Letter of Guarantee. Check both versions and send us the information we need to write one for you.



Getting to Nova Gorica

By car

Nova Gorica is halfway from Venice to Ljubljana.
Coming from Venice, you have to exit the Venice-Trieste highway in Villese and follow the highway untill you get to Gorica. Nova Gorica is just on the other side of the border.

Coming from Ljubljana, you have to get off the Ljubljana-Trieste highway in Razdrto. There's about 10 km of normal road before you get back on the highway. Continue along the highway untill you get to Nova Gorica. You can get directions for Nova Gorica on http://maps.google.com, but the road won't take you through Slovenia. There's a nice map of Slovenian available at http://zemljevid.najdi.si/


By plane

The closest airport is Trieste (Ronchi dei Legionari, with connections to Rome, Milan, Munich, London, Belgrade, Paris and some smaller airports). The airport is only a 30 minute bus ride away (bus ticket is around 3€). The airport is in Italy. Since both Italy and Slovenia are inside the Schengen area, Visa for Slovenia should be valid also for Italy, but be sure to check that for yourself. Other than bus, you can use either Italian or Slovenian taxi's to get to Nova Gorica from there. Slovenian taxi (++386 31 344 443) costs around 30€ (Italian taxis are more expensive). Taxi might be the easiest option to get from the train station in Gorizia (in Italy) to Nova Gorica (in Slovenia). Busses for the same relation run every hour and cost 1€.

The second closest airport (and the closest airport in Slovenia) is Ljubljana (Brnik, with connections to all major European airports). There's a bus every hour that will take you to the Ljubljana bus and railway station (it costs around 3€). Taxi form the airport to Ljubljana is way more expensive (unless you can share with a bunch of people). See below for the instructions on how to get from Ljubljana to Nova Gorica.

Venice is also fairly close too with good train connections with Gorizia (train runs every hour or so and it takes two hours).

Obviously, the easiest (but not the cheapest) way to get from Brnik (Ljubljana airport) to NG is to rent a car at the airport.


By bus and train

There's a bus from Ljubljana to Nova Gorica every hour or so. It costs around 10€ (It is advisable, but not necessary, to buy the ticket at the bus station, the rate is the same if you buy it on the bus). Trains are less frequent and take longer, but are more confortable and slightly cheaper (the ticket should be around 7€). The link takes you to the Swiss railways webpage, which has the most accurate and easy to use searchable timetable. The train ticket should be bought at the train station (it might be that the rate for on-board purchase is slightly higher).


Once in Nova Gorica, use the map :). The bus map is available here. More info about the city bus is available through http://www.avrigo.si.


Before coming here, be sure to learn some Slovenian.