Family holidays with children in Slovenia - attractions and entertainment

in small friendly Slovenia, tourists with children will find everything they need to make family vacations enjoyable and useful. Kids will surely like children's museums, amusement parks, and water parks. The beauty of the country will long remain in their memory. The Museum of Illusions in Ljubljana is very popular with children and adults. Here you can see amazing optical illusions, learn a lot about light and color, visit a rotating room, and take funny memorable photos. The museum shop sells unique educational toys and puzzles.

The House of Experiments in the capital stimulates the natural children's curiosity and interest to science. It is a children's science museum where all sorts of scientific experiments are demonstrated in the mornings. Many museum exhibits can be touched, inspected, and launched. You can observe the amazing properties of light, water, color, mirrors, various substances and much more. Several times a year, the museum holds an exciting "cosmonaut training" in groups, and in early June, there is the Festival of Science.

Families are recommended to explore the Mediadom Museum in Piran. It's is not just a multimedia museum of local lore but a real center of culture, offering to stroll around Piran through the epochs using 3D technologies to get acquainted with its architecture, character, history, and famous residents. After visiting this place, a walk through the present-day city will be much more fascinating. Piran's "Magical World of Shells" is a small but beautiful and interesting museum of rare seashells that displays more than 4 thousand exhibits including fossils. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

In the capital of Slovenia, you will find wonderful "MiniCity" - a children's town open all week except Sunday. A child can safely be left here for half a day. It is an entertainment and educational center in the form of a small city with its own streets, a park and houses, more than 30 thematic departments like a farm, a fire department, a bakery, a travel agency where children learn the world in a safe and entertaining way. Babysitting services are available for children under two years old in the Kid's Corner. There is also a café and a cake shop. A small souvenir shop sells puzzles and board games, toys, clothes, backpacks, and glowing clay.

The river Socha attracts those wishing to go canoeing, kayaking or rafting on its emerald waters. Such an exciting adventure for the whole family can strengthen family ties even more. Those who want to get into a fairy tale must go to the town of Kranjska Gora located in the Alps that leads its history from the 14th century. It is good for skiing in winter and walking or cycling in summer, but the most interesting thing here is the Land of the Dwarfs where, according to the legend, these fabulous creatures live. Children love exploring paths and following signs left by the gnomes with whom they will definitely meet when they find the cherished door.

It would be nice to climb ropes, nets, bridges, and stairs fixed high among the trees in the Otočec Adventure Park. All participants get helmets, while safety cables protect everyone from falling down. Children will enjoy the freedom of movement among branches. Getting from the beginning to the end of the air route normally takes up to three hours. Children over 140 centimeters tall from 5 years old are allowed to participate. After having fun high in the trees, you can go down to explore the ancient Idrija Mine whose history began in the early 16th century. Here you can learn more about the working conditions of miners who lived several centuries ago.

Thermal Park "Aquluna" in Podčetrtek will be a great place for swimming, entertainment, and recreation on the water. Water temperature never drops below 27 °C. The park has a shallow pool with small water slides for small kids, a large wave pool and aqua jungle with huge thrilling slides. You can relax in a pool with massage chairs and a waterfall. Every day kids are invited to participate in a hunt for gold. A great restaurant and two bars providing excellent menus never disappoint visitors.