Ljubljana, European Green Capital 2016 - guided tours

Get to know Ljubljana, the European Green Capital 2016, on a special city tour run as part of a series of twelve green, sustainability-themed tours of Ljubljana.

The tours, each focusing on the theme behind the European Green Capital 2016 programme of events for the current month, will take visitors to Tivoli Park or the Ljubljana Botanic Garden, two of the city's major green attractions. On each tour, a Ljubljana Tourism guide will introduce visitors to the sustainability projects that earned Ljubljana the prestigious European Green Capital 2016 title while taking them around the city's green nooks and crannies.

Did you know that Ljubljana is the first of the European capitals on the way to becoming zero waste cities to have already exceeded the European Union's recycling targets for 2020 by ten per cent? Did you know that in various locations across the city's urban core you can find beehives and apiaries, and that Ljubljana's drinking water does not undergo any technological treatment?

Join us on any of the monthly tour dates for 2016 listed below and explore one of the different aspects of Ljubljana's sustainable development.

Duration

Two hours.

Starting point

Ljubljana Tourist Information Centre (TIC), next to the Triple Bridge.

Language options

Slovenian, English.

Themes and schedule

Date	Route	Theme of the month
16 January at 10:00	From the city centre to Tivoli Park	Care for Tivoli Park's wildlife and winter recreational activities in Ljubljana
20 February at 10:00	From the city centre to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden	Ljubljana Central market, the gardens of Krakovo, and the common snowdrop of Ljubljana
19 March at 10:00	From the city centre to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden	Ljubljana's fountains, including drinking fountains
16 April at 10:00	From the city centre to Tivoli Park	The widening of the area closed to general traffic
21 May at 10:00	From the city centre to Tivoli Park	Ljubljana's green spaces (recreational paths in Tivoli Park and on the Rožnik hill)
18 June at 10:00	From the city centre to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden	Ljubljana's fountains, including drinking fountains
16 July at 10:00	From the city centre to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden	Biodiversity and bees (Ljubljana Beekeeping Trail)
20 August at 10:00	From the city centre to Tivoli Park	Sustainable tourism: Ljubljana's parks and recreational areas
17 September at 10:00	From the city centre to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden	Sustainable mobility and care for air quality (Ljubljana Beekeeping Trail)
15 October at 10:00	From the city centre to Tivoli Park	Wood  a precious gift of nature (Jesenko Forest Trail)
19 November at 10:00	From the city centre to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden	Ljubljana Central Market and the gardens of Krakovo
17 December at 10:00	From the city centre to Tivoli Park	Care for Tivoli Park's wildlife and winter recreational activities in Ljubljana