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Not far from the centre is another Ljubljanica River faced place that is worth mentioning, Livada. Its specialty is Slovenian meat dishes and of Ljubljana’s specialty: fried frog legs.

Even though waiters are not the best and sometimes they look quite fed up with their job, it is a charming place. Definitely the most romantic thing to do is to come here by boat, which is operating in summer from the centre (it starts near Presernov trg Square).

Livada is a neighbourhood with small houses and a lot of canoe and kayak clubs. This really quiet part of the city is already geographically opening towards the south, towards Ljubljansko Barje marshes.

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Livada | Restaurants (Slovenian) | Daily lunch € 6.90
Hladnikova cesta 15 | Rudnik | +38612803870
Mon – Sat 10:00 – 22:30, Sun 10:00 – 18:00

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Founded 200 years ago this peaceful place still attracts nature lovers and seekers of quietness. To flora lovers this calm garden offers more than 4500 different species and subspecies, one third of which are endemic to our country.

For the typical visitor that doesn’t know much about botany a stroll in the Garden will uncover the mountain flora of Kras (That is plateau in the southwestern Slovenia which has really it\’s unique conditions) flora, small pond surrounding of which is planted mainly with marsh and water species and there are even tropical plants in the glasshouse.

The garden has a lot of trees so it’s perfect to catch some summer shade. You can easily read on the bench or even have an afternoon nap there. You won’t be disturbed. I guess I needn\’t mention that this can be a perfect place to bring a date when you still need to get to know each other, until she has to pee… (There isn’t any public toilet.)

There\’s no entrance fee and it is open every day. At the glasshouse there’s also a shop where you can buy flowers. For her or for yourself.

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Botanical garden | Relaxing | Free
Izanska cesta 15 | Rudnik | +38614271280
Apr – Oct 07:00 -19:00 daily | Jul – Aug 07:00 – 20:00 daily | Nov – Mar 07:00 – 17:00 daily

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