Travel directions

Conference location

Hotel Astoria Bled
Prešernova 44
4260 Bled
SLOVENIA

Phone: 00386 4 579 44 00

E-mail: astoria@vgs-bled.si

Bled is one of the main tourist spots in Slovenia and has frequent connections to nearby international airports and Ljubljana – the capital of Slovenia.

Reaching Bled from the nearest airports

There are several international airports in the vicinity served by various airlines:

• Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, located in Brnik near Ljubljana, is the country's main airport. The distance to Bled is 36 kilometres, so the conference venue can be reached within a 30-minute ride. Cheap flights to Slovenia are offered by the budget airline Easyjet, from London Stansted.
• Trieste Airport at Ronchi (TRS) (170 km away from the conference venue)
• Zagreb Franjo Tuđman airport (ZAG) (200 km away from the conference venue)
• Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) (270 km away from the conference venue)
• Venice Treviso Airport (TFS) (290 km away from the conference venue)
• Vienna airport (VIE) (380 km away from the conference venue)

Shuttle transportations are available from all airports to Bled, even directly to the desired hotel. These companies offers individual and shared transfers. The prices are reasonable, starting from around 20 € for shared shuttle. For booking and further details please click here (Shuttle 1, Shuttle 2, Shuttle 3). 

Reaching Bled from Ljubljana

There are direct train connections to/from Slovenia (Ljubljana):

• Germany (via Münich, via Frankfurt)
• ​Switzerland (via Zürich)
• Austria (via Salzburg, via Villach, via Graz, via Vienna)
• Croatia (via Zagreb and via Rijeka)
• Hungary (via Budapest)
• Czech Republic (via Prague)
• Italy (via Venice)
• Serbia (via Belgrade)
• Bosnia and Hezegovina (via Sarajevo)

Bled can be reached from Ljubljana by train, bus or shuttle transportation (Shuttle 1, Shuttle 2, Shuttle 3).

More information is available at the Slovenian Railway Station.

Reaching Bled by car 

When traveling to Bled by car through Ljubljana, the highway E61 from Ljubljana towards Kranj should be taken. Coming from Austria, the highway E61 towards Jesenice should be taken.