Today we will take a day trip to Lake Bled in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled.
Bled Island in the center of the lake is a popular destination, and the traditional transportation to the Island is a wooden boat known as a pletna. Some sources claim the pletna was used in Lake Bled as early as AD 1150, but most historians date the first boats to AD 1590.
Similar in shape to Italian gondolas, a pletna seats 20 passengers. Modern boats are still made by hand and are recognizable by their colorful awnings.
We will return to Ljubljana in the afternoon and will have a tour and group dinner