Bled

... Slovenia
Considered one of the wonders of Slovenia, Lake Bled lies on the border of the plain and the Alpine mountain region in the Ljubljana Basin at an altitude of 475 meters. Thanks to the picturesque surroundings and, as if descended from the pages of a book of fairy tales, the island with the church towering above it, Bled has long won wide popularity. In the Middle Ages, this name only referred to the majestic castle over the lake, which was the center of the bishops' possessions. Since the 19th century, Bled has passed into private ownership, and at the beginning of the 20th century, after the construction of the railway, it became the center of tourism in Slovenia.