Lendava, Slovenia

Situated in the far east of Slovenia, the town of Lendava is the sort of place I really love. It's the main town of this part of the Prekmurje region (Prekmurje meaning that part of the country that lies beyond the River Mur) and it's situated about five kilometres from the border with Hungary to the east and the same distance from the border with Croatia to the south. I've long had a fascination with border towns, there's something about them I find quite exciting and alluring and I like the way two cultures start to blur at the edges. Having permanently itchy feet myself, I find the comings ... more

Sometimes on holiday, you go to aplace which is nothing more than a name of a map. You know pratically nothing about it, yet when you get there, it has charm and places of interest that pleasantly surprise you. This review is about one such place we found this summer, which is not on any great tourist routes, but which we gladly went back to a second day with some friends who had just arrived. Lendava is the easternmost town in Slovenia and a major administrative centre in the province of Prekmurje. . Slovenia is the northernmost republic of what used to be Yugoslavia, sharing borders with ... more