Tourist Programme - Excursions

Friday, September 19, 2008

Panorama cruise along the coast 

We will have a cruise along the Slovenian coast, admiring the ‘pearls’ of Portorož and Piran or cruising along the old salt pans and observing the cultivation of mussels in Strunjan.

Duration:		14:30 - 17:00
Price:		18 EUR per person (min 10 PAX)
Included:		English speaking guide, welcome drink, 1 hour stop in Isola or Piran
Note:		camera, sunglasses

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 9.00 – 13.00

 Visit of the saltpans Sečovlje with mediterranean lunch

The Slovenian coast was scattered with saltpans as early as in the beginning of the 20th century. Most important were the saltpans in Piran, of which only a small portion still survive in Strunjan and, for Slovenia, the extensive saltpans of Secovlje. Mediterranean cultural landscape, the strategic significance and cultural heritage of which for centuries has helped shape the Mediterranean civilization.
A guided bus transfer from Portorož to Sečovlje saltpans, where you will be enjoying an hour and half long visit of saltpans, learning more about the old ways of producing the salt…
After you will be taken to the small Istrian village to have a typical Mediterranean lunch.

Price: 60 € per person (min. 10 pax) The price includes: english-speaking guide,entrance to the saltpans of Sečovlje, bus transfer, typical mediterranean lunch in small Istrian village

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 20.00 - 22.00
Visit of the wine cellar with degustation
Price: 35 €  per person (min. 15 pax)
http://www.vinakoper.si

Sunday, September 21, 2008, 9.00 – 15.30

 Lipica stud farm & Postojna caves

In the south western part of Slovenia stretches a region called Kras (Karst). It is a land of rare beauty, secret underground waters and caves, special climate and scarce vegetation. And right there, in a picturesque village of Lipica, for more than 400 years, beautiful white horses called Lipizzaners have been bred. A local guide will take the visitors on a guided tour through the stables pointing out different methods of stages of breeding and training noble horses. A special feature is a show-programme of a star Lipizzanes studs performing the excellence of what they have learned in Lipica school of training.
Another pearl of Karst are the Postojna caves, an impressive, two million years old underground world of fabulous stalactites, stalagmites, pillars, and translucent curtains, constitute one of the most beautiful natural attractions in Europe. A ride by electric train will be followed by a guided walk through a series of illuminated halls and underground channels of a total length of 27 km. The underground waters are the home of the world's unique, rare, and endangered amphibian Proteus anguinus which you also see in the caves.

Price: 60 € per person (min. 10 pax) The price includes: bus transfer, english-speaking guide, entrance to the Lipica stud farm and Postojna Caves

Sunday , September 21 , 2008, 7.15 - 20.15

Trip to Venice by the catamaran prince of Venice (Italy)

A day trip to the city of every person's dreams and desires, where the magnificent palaces and churches rise from the water's surface up to the sky. The vaporetto (water bus) will take you from Tronchetto along the canals to St.Mark's square. Upon the arrival you will be taken to the Murano glass factory and afterwards have some time free to yourself. In Venice there is so much to see, the Dodge's palace, the St.Mark's basilica, the Bridge of Sighs, the Rialto Bridge and hundreds of canals and bridges.
Optional we offer a gondola ride along the Grande Canal.

Duration:		full day
Price:		65 EUR per person
Included:		bus transport, catamaran "Prince of Venice", English-speaking guide, guided sightseeing tour of Venice
Note:		passport, camera, drinks
Optional:		lunch, gondola ride, water taxi

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Cancellation of tourist programme

All cancellations must be sent in writing to Conference Secretariat. For cancellations received before September 2, 2008, an administrative fee in the amount of 10 EUR will be charged to your credit card or applied toward the refund of payment made by bank transfer. Cancellations received after September 2, 2008 are not refundable.