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draš Sport<br />
Sport<br />
Hotel**** & Sport Centre Dras<br />
Pohorska ulica 57, 2000 Maribor,<br />
T.: +38659076600; F.: +38659076601<br />
e-mail: info@dras.si • www.dras.si<br />
draš Center<br />
www.pohorska-kavarna.com<br />
Ob Sladice ribniku, 1 - 2000 Maribor - SLO<br />
Tel +386 (0)2 614 1500<br />
draš Hotel<br />
HOTEL•WELLNESS•SPORT<br />
Excellent draš location<br />
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• Conference room<br />
• Restaurant & Pastry<br />
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(thai massages, finnish sauna,<br />
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• Sport (Badminton, Mini Football, Fitness<br />
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Only 60 km from Graz airport and 120<br />
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<strong>22.6.</strong> - <strong>1.9.</strong><br />
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CULTURE & EVENTS<br />
Cinemas<br />
Kolosej D-3, Loška 13, tel. (+386) 2230 14 40, www.kolosej.si.<br />
Planet Tuš Maribor H-2, Na poljanah 18, tel. (+386) 242 13 980, www.<br />
planet-tus.com.<br />
CULTURE & EVENTS<br />
Events<br />
Vrbanska<br />
Vrbanska<br />
Sadjarska<br />
Rosin.<br />
Vinarska<br />
Vinarska ulica<br />
Bernekerjeva<br />
Medvedova<br />
Koprivnikova<br />
Lavričeva ulica<br />
Črtomirova<br />
Guličeva<br />
Kosarjeva ulica<br />
Vrbanska cesta<br />
Gosposvetska<br />
O<br />
Studenška brv<br />
b izvirih<br />
Pivkova<br />
Strma ulica<br />
Krajnčičeva<br />
Ruška cesta<br />
Komenskega<br />
Preradovičeva ulica<br />
Wattova<br />
Gorkega ulica<br />
Popovičeva uli ca<br />
Kamniška ulica<br />
Mladinska ulica<br />
Smetanova<br />
Belačeva ulica<br />
Radvanjska cesta<br />
Focheva<br />
Ulica<br />
heroja<br />
Kettejeva<br />
Koseskega<br />
Kajuhova ulica<br />
Prežihova<br />
Cesta zmage<br />
Raičeva<br />
Kajuhova ulica<br />
Za Kalvarijo<br />
Vinarska<br />
Gorkega ulica<br />
Ulica<br />
ulica<br />
ulica<br />
Zidan ška<br />
ulica<br />
ulica<br />
Prežihova<br />
ulica<br />
Ob bregu<br />
Cesta zmage<br />
Ulica<br />
Stephensonova<br />
Mladinska<br />
Ribiška ulica<br />
Kurilniška<br />
Cesta zmage<br />
Hlebova<br />
Focheva<br />
Pipuševa<br />
Ribiška<br />
Ob bregu<br />
ulica<br />
Resljeva ulica<br />
Vinarska<br />
Pristaniška<br />
Moše Pijada<br />
Dušanova<br />
Smoletova<br />
Vilharjeva<br />
ulica<br />
Beograjska<br />
ulica<br />
Gospejna<br />
Jezdarska<br />
Puncerjeva<br />
Kettejeva<br />
Strossmayerjeva ulica<br />
Za Kalvarijo<br />
Vinarska<br />
ulica<br />
Gospejna<br />
Žolgarjeva<br />
ulica<br />
Vojašniška<br />
Žički<br />
Livada<br />
Gorkega<br />
Za Kalvarijo<br />
Slovenska ulica<br />
Orožnova<br />
Ulica<br />
Strossmayerjeva ulica<br />
Moše<br />
Puškinova<br />
Pijada<br />
ulica<br />
Žolgarjeva<br />
Poljančeva<br />
Vojašniška<br />
Machova<br />
Gledališka<br />
Levstikova<br />
ulica<br />
Žitna<br />
ulica<br />
Trubarjeva<br />
ulica<br />
Trubarjeva ulica<br />
Poštna<br />
Mesarski<br />
Žitna ulica Žitna ulica<br />
Lekarniška<br />
Pupinova<br />
Kostanjevčeva<br />
Trubarjev a<br />
Pri parku<br />
Ul. 10. Oktobra<br />
Pupinova<br />
Celjska<br />
Dravska<br />
Ljubljanska<br />
Barvarska<br />
ulica<br />
Tyrševa ulica<br />
Gosposka<br />
Verst o v škova<br />
ulica<br />
Gosposka<br />
Slovenska ulica<br />
Volkmerjev<br />
Jurčičeva<br />
Tkalsk i<br />
Vetrinjska<br />
Ulica heroja Tomšiča<br />
ulica<br />
Ži dovska<br />
Usnjarska ulica<br />
Ljubljanska<br />
Ulica<br />
Framska<br />
Masarykova<br />
Ljubljanska<br />
ulica<br />
ulica<br />
ulica<br />
Ribnišk a<br />
Ob železnici<br />
Plečnikova<br />
Aljaževa<br />
Ribniška ulica<br />
Grajska<br />
Ob jarku<br />
Pariške komune Pariške komune<br />
Marmontova<br />
Ghegova<br />
Gregorčičeva ulica<br />
Gosposvetska cesta<br />
Ruška cesta<br />
Vinarska ulica<br />
Kamniška ulica<br />
KOROŠKA CESTAKOROŠKA<br />
VA LVASORJEVA ULICA<br />
A<br />
Pristan<br />
GORKEGA ULICA<br />
Ob železnici<br />
Ruška<br />
Koresova ulicaUlica Pariške Komune<br />
BETNAVSKA CESTA<br />
B<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
Concert halls<br />
Dvorana Gustaf Pekarna E-2, Ob železnici 8, tel. (+386) 23 00 78 70,<br />
info@pekarna.org, www.pekarna.org.<br />
Dvorana Tabor Maribor F-1, Koresova 7, tel. (+386) 2320 78 14, fax<br />
(+386) 2320 78 38, info@dvorana-tabor.si, www.dvorana-tabor.si.<br />
Dvorana Union D-3, Kneza Koclja 9, tel. (+386) 2229 40 00, fax (+386)<br />
2229 40 55, info@nd-mb.si, www.nd-mb.si.<br />
Festivalna Dvorana Lent D-4, Loška 13, tel. (+386) 22 34 16 62, barbara@<br />
tri-ceps.si, www.tri-ceps.si.<br />
19.01 22 06 Friday Thursday - 1 09 - 31.05 Saturday Thursday<br />
Wine Seviqc & Brežice Culinary Festival Evenings<br />
D-2, Various Old venues Vine House, across Vojašniška Slovenia, +386 8, tel. (0)1 +386 242 (0)2 08 12, 25 info@k-ramovs.<br />
15 100, staratrta@maribor.si,<br />
si, www.seviqc-brezice.si. www.maribor-pohorje.si. The Seviqc Brežice There’s Festival never is synonymous<br />
a bad time to<br />
drop with early by the music Old Vine in Slovenia House to and sample one of a its selection most important of Slovenia’s cultural best events. wines,<br />
but Most Thursday of the distinguished evenings from invited January artists to May perform there’s a carefully even more selected reason proto<br />
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visit gramme, the home which of shows the world’s the colourfulness vine, as visitors of musical have the styles chance from to different socialise<br />
with European locals countries, and tourists from while the tasting middle ages wine and right snacking up to the on beginning complimentary of the<br />
Slovenian 20th century. culinary This diverse treats. <strong>In</strong> programme the month is of the March very the aim evenings of the Seviqc will focus Brežice on<br />
culture Festival, rather whose than name food, comes but all from events the abbreviation kick off at 19:00. of the For Latin more expression information<br />
Semper contact Viva the Quam Old Creata, Vine House. which means ‘Always live as created’.<br />
One of the most important early music festivals in Europe, the perfor-<br />
22.06 mances Friday will take - 07.07 your mind Saturday and soul back through time and space in<br />
A<br />
Kalvarija<br />
374<br />
Mestni vrh<br />
348<br />
Piramida<br />
384<br />
A<br />
1<br />
Galleries<br />
Fotogalerija Stolp (Stolp Photo Gallery) D-3, Židovska 6, tel. (+386)<br />
2 62 09 713, info@galerijastolp.si. QOpen 10.00 - 13.00 15.00-19.00, Sat<br />
10.00 - 13.00. Closed Sun.<br />
Galerija DLUM (DLUM Gallery) D-3, Židovska 10, tel. (+386) 2 252 36 81, dlu.<br />
maribor@guest.arnes.si. QOpen 09.00 - 19.00, Sat 09.00 - 13.00. Closed Sun.<br />
Maribor Art Gallery (Umetnostna Galerija Maribor) D-2, Strossmayerjeva<br />
6, tel. (+386) 2 229 58 60, info@ugm.si, www.ugm.si. QOpen 10:00<br />
- 18:00. Closed Mon, Sun.<br />
Pedox C/D-2, Gosposka 27, tel. (+386) 41 53 11 42, vojkopecar@mailcity.<br />
com. QOpen 11.00 - 13.00. Closed Sat, Sun.<br />
some Lent of Festival the most beautiful and atmospheric concert halls in the country.<br />
Tel. To make (+386) getting 2 229 to 40 the 11/(+386) concerts easier, 31 479 the 000, festival fax (+386) also arranges 2 229 40 direct 55,<br />
vstopnice@nd-mb.si, transportation - a so-called www.festival-lent.si. ‘Festibus’ - to each The venue Lent from Festival Ljubljana. - held More every<br />
year information for two weeks can be between found in the English end on of June the official and early website. July - is in many ways<br />
Maribor’s pride and joy. It attracts tens of thousands of people from near and<br />
far 22.06 and gives Friday them - 07.07 a belting Saturday time, with its unbelievable programme of music<br />
and Lent art, Festival both classical and contemporary. Everyone goes attends: families<br />
with tel. small (+386) children, 2 229 young 40 11/(+386) couples and 31 artistic 479 loners 000, staring fax (+386) at the 2 water 229 with 40<br />
yet 55, another vstopnice@nd-mb.si, beer-in-hand. But www.festival-lent.si. the main achievement The of Lent the Festival festival is - held that<br />
most every of year the for activity two weeks takes between place on the slim end of strip June of and terra early firma July that - is in the many Lent<br />
embankment, ways Maribor’s also pride the and oldest joy. It part attracts of the tens city. of How thousands it can cram of people the throngs from<br />
gathered near and far without and gives shoving them half a belting of them time, kicking with and its screaming unbelievable into programme the nearby<br />
River of music Drava and takes art, some both classical doing. and contemporary.<br />
Everyone goes attends: families with small children, young couples and<br />
Capital of Culture 2012<br />
artistic loners staring at the water with yet another beer-in-hand. But<br />
the main achievement of the festival is that most of the activity takes<br />
Young, Bold, and Creative:<br />
Greater Maribor is<br />
the European Capital of<br />
Culture 2012<br />
<strong>In</strong> 2012 Greater Maribor will<br />
be at the centre of European<br />
culture. Slovenia’s second largest city will present itself as European Capital<br />
of Culture to an international audience together with five neighbouring cities<br />
of Ptuj, Murska Sobota, Novo mesto, Slovenj Gradec and Velenje.<br />
Each of the cities contributes to the overall project with its own charm: Velenje<br />
will focus on its industrial heritage, Ptuj is rich in artefacts from Antiquity and<br />
place on the slim strip of terra firma that is the Lent embankment, also<br />
the oldest part of the city. How it can cram the throngs gathered without<br />
shoving half of them kicking and screaming into the nearby River Drava<br />
takes some doing.<br />
2 B<br />
MARIBOR CITY PARK<br />
Aquariumterrarium<br />
B 2<br />
ethnological sites and it is the location of the traditional Kurentovanje carnival,<br />
Novo Mesto is known for its situlas of the Hallstatt culture and avant-garde<br />
theatre, Murska Sobota showcases the world of rural culture, and Slovenj<br />
Gradec stands out as the World Peace City.<br />
Football Stadium<br />
The National Liberation Museum<br />
Trg Borisa<br />
Kidriča<br />
The varied programme is divided into four sections: City Keys, Urban Ruts,<br />
Terminal12 and Life by the Touch of a Button, and will consist of numerous<br />
exhibitions, films, concerts, literature events, a children’s cultural festival<br />
and theatre performances. The lively opening weekend is set for 13-15<br />
January 2012.<br />
Ljudski vrt<br />
Trg<br />
generala<br />
Maistra<br />
VINAG WINE CELLAR<br />
TRAIN<br />
STATION<br />
Capital of Culture events<br />
Month Event Location Artistic Field<br />
The annual Lent Festival is one of Slovenia’s most important cultural events,<br />
photo courtesy of Arhiv Narodni Dom<br />
3 C<br />
The Regional Museum Trg<br />
HR<br />
Trg<br />
MARIBOR svobode<br />
CASTLE<br />
C 3<br />
July January Maribor Opening <strong>In</strong>ternational weekend Maribor Orchestra 2012<br />
Opera Black Masks Maribor<br />
Art<br />
Holographic<br />
Stays, festival<br />
Town<br />
of<br />
Hall<br />
Ptuj<br />
Maribor<br />
contemporary arts<br />
Carmina Slovenica: Maribor<br />
Arsana PlaceboFestival<br />
Ptuj<br />
February Kurentovanje, Art and Ptuj<br />
Lent Heritage Festival Festival Maribor<br />
Pandur Theaters with Maribor<br />
Fotopub, Croatian festival National of Novo<br />
documentary Theatre Zagreb: photog- War mesto<br />
raphy and Peace<br />
Aug Aye Les Festival Ballets in C de the la old B Ptuj Maribor<br />
part from of Ghent: the town Gardenia<br />
(Belgium)<br />
Jazzinty, international Novo<br />
March<br />
jazz<br />
Music,<br />
festival<br />
Wine and<br />
mesto<br />
Maribor<br />
Fashion Festival<br />
Kunigunda Zagreb Philharmonic Festival Velenje Maribor<br />
Orchestra and Ivo<br />
Roman Pogorelić Games (Croatia) at Ptuj Ptuj<br />
April Thermal Romano Spa Čhon, Maribor<br />
Festival of Roma<br />
culture<br />
Days of Poetry and Ptuj<br />
Wine<br />
Laibach Kunst, Velenje<br />
Fronta, exhibition Contemporary of Murska<br />
Dance internationally Festival Sobota<br />
Sept Maribum,<br />
renowned<br />
<strong>In</strong>ternation- Maribor<br />
al<br />
multidisciplinary<br />
Drum Festival<br />
collective<br />
Marko Cabaret Jakše, New multi- Maribor disciplinary Burlesque (USA) artist<br />
performing, classical music visual (concerts, arts (opera,<br />
concerts, workshops) installations)<br />
performing arts (opera)<br />
visual<br />
visual<br />
arts<br />
arts (exhibitions,<br />
(installations)<br />
sitespecific<br />
projects, live sets)<br />
performing arts (scenic<br />
concert) classical music (concerts,<br />
carnival workshops, exhibitions)<br />
multicultural festival<br />
performing arts (theatre<br />
performance)<br />
visual arts (exhibitions, workshops,<br />
competition)<br />
performing child and youth arts creativity (theatre<br />
performance, (workshops,lectures) cabaret)<br />
non-classical music (concerts)<br />
non-classical music (concerts,<br />
wine tastings, exhibitions)<br />
classical non-classical music music (concert) (youth<br />
festival)<br />
performing arts (street<br />
non-classical performances,shows, music, culinary<br />
performing experiences) arts (concerts,<br />
dance, poetry, film, puppets,<br />
workshops, literature (poetry lectures, readings,<br />
exhibition) concerts, film productions,<br />
visual<br />
performances)<br />
arts (exhibition)<br />
performing arts (contemporary<br />
dance)<br />
non-classical music (drum<br />
festival)<br />
performing visual arts (exhibitions) arts (cabaret,<br />
burlesques show)<br />
Theatres<br />
Cultural House Narodni Dom D-3, Ul. Kneza Koclja 9, tel. (+386) 2 229<br />
40 00, nd@nd-mb.si, www.nd-mb.si. QOpen 09:00 - 17:00, Sat 10:00 - 12:00,<br />
Sun Opens 1hr before preformances.<br />
Puppet Theatre (Lutkovno gledališče) D-2, Vojašniški Trg 2, tel. (+386)<br />
2228 19 70, info@lg-mg.si, www.lg-mb.si. QOpen 10.00 - 12.00, Thu 10:00<br />
- 12:00; 16:00-18:00, Sun Opens 1hr before preformances.<br />
Slovene National Theatre (Slovensko narodno gledališče) C-2, Slovenska<br />
27, tel. (+386) 2 250 61 00, sng.maribor@sng-mb.si, www.sng-mb.si.<br />
QOpen 10.00 - 15.00, Sat 10.00 - 13.00, Sun two hours before show.<br />
SHOPPING<br />
Gifts & Souvenirs<br />
City Shop Domini C-2/3, Gosposka 30. QOpen 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 09:00<br />
- 13:00. Closed Sun.<br />
Galerija Daril Lipa<br />
4<br />
D-3, Kneza Koclja 22. QOpen 09:00 - 18:00, Sat 09:00<br />
- 13:00. Closed Sun.<br />
Skrinja, Galerija Daril C-3, Gosposka 28, tel. (+386) 223 42 635, trgovinaskrinja@email.si.<br />
QOpen 9:00 - 19:00, Sat 9:00 - 13:00. Closed Sun.<br />
The Old Vine House D-2, Vojašniška 8, tel. (+386) 2 25 15 100. Q Open<br />
in winter, every day 10:00-18:00.<br />
Tourist <strong>In</strong>formation Centre Maribor C-3, Partizanska 6a, tel. (+386) 2<br />
234 66 11, tic@maribor.si, www.maribor-pohorje.si. Q Open Mon-Fri 09:00-<br />
19:00, Sat-Sun and holidays 09:00-18:00.<br />
Markets<br />
D<br />
Slomškov<br />
Slomšek trg<br />
Catedral<br />
Vodnikov<br />
trg<br />
Plague column<br />
Vojašniški<br />
trg<br />
St. Aloysius<br />
The Minorite<br />
THE OLD VINE HOUSE<br />
Rotovški<br />
trg<br />
Glavni<br />
trg<br />
Synagogue<br />
National Liberation<br />
Grajski<br />
Franciscan<br />
trg<br />
VETRINJSKA<br />
MANSION<br />
AT<br />
Trg L.<br />
Štuklja<br />
ECOC 2012<br />
BUS<br />
STATION<br />
D<br />
4<br />
May<br />
Maribor Max Klub Festival, Jazz Festival Maribor Velenje<br />
international chamber<br />
music Barrel festival Organ Festival Slovenj<br />
Gradec<br />
National<br />
Show <strong>Your</strong><br />
Theatre<br />
Hope,<br />
Radu Maribor<br />
Maribor<br />
Stanca<br />
global<br />
Sibiu<br />
mobile<br />
and ECOC<br />
Sibiu<br />
exhibition<br />
2007:<br />
with<br />
Faust<br />
non-classical classical music music (concerts, (concerts,<br />
workshops)<br />
non-classical music (concerts,<br />
street events)<br />
visual<br />
performing<br />
arts (international<br />
arts (theatre<br />
exhibition,<br />
performance)<br />
performances,<br />
workshops)<br />
Kmečka Ekološka Tržnica (Farmer’s Market) , tel. (+386) 51 610<br />
155/(+386) 51 610 133, zdr.zaekokmet.svslovenije@gmail.com. Just<br />
because organic products never really went out of style in Slovenia, doesn’t<br />
mean that local farmers and craftsmen can’t capitalise on there ever-increasing<br />
popularity. Every Friday and Saturday health-concious locals flock to Glavni Trg<br />
to stock up on ecologically produced goods sold from a ring of movable wooden<br />
carts. It’s also a great place to pick up some uniquely Slovenian gifts, such as<br />
Trg<br />
revolucije<br />
Magdalenski<br />
trg<br />
Europark<br />
Tour performances of remarkable on<br />
writers freedomfrom<br />
China<br />
Maribor,<br />
partner<br />
literature (lectures, round<br />
tables)<br />
a wax-sealed bottle or two of medica - a sweet honey-based liqueur that our<br />
friends abroad always seem happy to receive. QOpen , Fri 09:00 - 14:00, Sat<br />
Oct<br />
June<br />
Nov<br />
Dec<br />
Jan Fabre: Simon, towns Maribor<br />
Sankai Gangster Juku: of Tobari Art (world Maribor<br />
(Japan) premiere/ Belgium)<br />
Magdalena, Maribor<br />
Folk <strong>In</strong>ternational Dance Greetings Maribor<br />
from Festival Maribor of Creative<br />
Euphony, Communication Central-Euro- Maribor<br />
pean MLADIBOR, Youth Orchestra the Ideal Maribor<br />
Children and Youth<br />
Maribor<br />
Capital<br />
Theatre Maribor<br />
Festival – Bridges<br />
The Ossipov Balalaika Maribor<br />
Orchestra (Russia)<br />
Etnika Martin Festival Zimmermann Maribor From and Dimitri Page to de Space, Perrot: Murska<br />
Published Chouf Ouchouf Paper Sobota<br />
Sculptures (Switzerland) (Bremen’s<br />
Museum Bartabas of and Modern the Art) Maribor<br />
Equestrian Academy<br />
Via in Versailles: Negativa: Kurent, The Way Maribor<br />
crossover of the Rider of (France) music,<br />
visual<br />
Piše se<br />
and<br />
leto<br />
documen-<br />
2012 Maribor<br />
tary<br />
Festival<br />
theatre<br />
Jean-Baptiste Regional Book Thiér- Fair Maribor rée Audition and Victoria for Life – Maribor<br />
Chaplin: Betontanc Le and Cirque Original<br />
<strong>In</strong>visible Tempo (Japan) (France)<br />
Black-and-White<br />
Slovenj Gradec Maribor Slovenj<br />
World, Summer world Festival youth Gradec<br />
chess Lent Festival championship Maribor<br />
Soft Lila Control, Prap’s Puppet art, sci- Slovenj Maribor<br />
ence <strong>In</strong>tervention and technologi- with Gradec<br />
cally cute unconscious animal figures and<br />
of Slovenian author Maribor<br />
Forman and illustrator Brothers Maribor<br />
Theatre: <strong>In</strong>ternational Obludarium Maribor<br />
(Czech Children’s Republic) Folk Dance<br />
Jazz festival in Maribor Maribor<br />
Tracing Rock Otočec an Outline: Festival Maribor Novo<br />
Drawing from Tate Mesto<br />
Collection Anton Podbevšek (Great Novo<br />
Britain) Theatre: The Man Mesto<br />
European With The Comic Bombs<br />
performing arts (dance solo)<br />
performing arts (buto dance)<br />
visual arts (festival of<br />
communication<br />
classical music (folk dance<br />
performances)<br />
classical music (workshops,<br />
child concerts) and youth creativity<br />
(workshops, events)<br />
performing arts (theatre<br />
performances, lectures, round<br />
classical music (Russian<br />
tables)<br />
national orchestra concert)<br />
performing non-classical arts music (theatre (concerts)<br />
performance visual arts (exhibition) with acrobats)<br />
performing arts (equestrian<br />
performance)<br />
performing arts (music –<br />
theatre event)<br />
non-classical music (pop and<br />
rock concerts)<br />
literature performing arts (circus per-<br />
performing formance) arts<br />
(contemporary dance)<br />
chess multicultural events<br />
multicultural events<br />
visual child and arts youth (exhibition, creativity conference)<br />
(puppets, street<br />
performances, parades,<br />
events)<br />
performing arts (circus performance)<br />
classical music (folk dance<br />
performances)<br />
non-classical music (concerts)<br />
visual non-classical arts (exhibition) music<br />
(concerts)<br />
non-classical music (rock<br />
opera)<br />
visual arts (exhibition)<br />
08:00 - 13:00.<br />
Mariborska Tržnica (Maribor Market) D-2, Vodnikov Trg 5, tel. (+386)<br />
2 251 87 28, trznica-mb@triera.net. The small sloping Vodnikov Square is a<br />
strange combination of tradition and modernity. While recent renovations have 5<br />
added a large underground parking garage and a canopy of bizarre-looking inverted<br />
umbrellas, it’s also home to Maribor’s central market - where farmers from the<br />
countryside still come to peddle their fruits, vegetables, flowers and handicrafts<br />
each and every day. Even if you’re not looking to buy anything it’s worth a visit on<br />
purely aesthetic grounds. QOpen 06.00 - 15.00.<br />
Shopping centres<br />
E.Leclerc H/J-3, Tržaška 67A, tel. (+386) 2450 05 00, fax (+386) 2450<br />
05 01, info@rudnidis.si, www.e-leclerc.si.<br />
Europark E-3/4, Pobreška 18, tel. (+386) 2 320 82 10, marketing@europark.si,<br />
www.europark.si. Just across the river from the city centre, Europark<br />
is Slovenia’s largest shopping centre outside of Ljubljana with over 120 shops,<br />
restaurants and bars, as well as all the other facilities you would expect from<br />
a modern mall. It’s also one of the only retail places open on Sundays. QOpen<br />
09:00 - 21:00, Sat 08:00 - 21:00, Sun 09:00 - 15:00.<br />
Galerija Gosposka D-2, Gosposka 8, tel. (+386) 2 234 31 78, info@<br />
galerijagosposka.si, www.galerijagosposka.si. One of the city’s smaller and<br />
more aesthetically pleasing shopping centres is home to half a dozen upmarket<br />
clothing brands. The fact that it’s located right in the heart of the city centre, connected<br />
to Rožmarin - a great café/restaurant/wine club - and a very interesting<br />
kids centre called Sirček, makes it worth a visit, especially if come with your kids.<br />
QOpen 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun.<br />
Mercator Centre Tabor H-2, Eve Lovše 1, info@mercator.si, www.merca6<br />
tor.si. QOpen 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 09:00 - 16:00.<br />
Planet Tuš Maribor H-2, Na poljanah 18, tel. (+386) 242 13 730, studenci@<br />
engrotus.si, www.planet-tus.com.You won’t be blown away by the décor of this<br />
shopping centre, but the convenience of having shops, a supermarket, restaurants,<br />
a huge car park, movie theatres and even a bowling alley all in one location makes<br />
it a very popular alternative in the city. QOpen 09:00 - 21:00, Sat 08:00 - 21:00,<br />
Sun 09:00 - 13:00.<br />
Pharmacies Car Rentals<br />
Lekarna Center D-2, Gosposka 12, tel. (+386) 2 229 45 30, www.mblekarne.si.<br />
Avis D-3, QOpen Kneza Koclja 07:30 22, - 19:00, tel. (+386) Sat 07:30 2 228 - 13:00. 79 10, Closed sv8@avis.si, Sun. www.<br />
Lekarna avis.si. With Pri offices Gradu all C-3, over Partizanska Slovenia (including 1, tel. Brnik (+386) Airport, 2 229 Ljubljana, 45 70, Maribor www.<br />
mb-lekarne.si. and Koper) the QOpen friendly 07:00 folks at - 20:00, Avis can Sat help 07:30 you find - 13:00. the most Closed convenient Sun. car<br />
rental solution for your holiday, business trip or weekend away. It’s always a<br />
good idea to enquire about special weekend rates, as they can be extremely<br />
easy on the wallet. QOpen 08:00 - 16:00, Sat 08:00 - 12:00. Closed Sun.<br />
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P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted<br />
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F Fitness centre L Guarded parking<br />
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When the clock struck midnight on 31 December 2011, Maribor had a little bit<br />
more reason to celebrate than the rest of Slovenia, as it officially became the<br />
European Capital of Culture for 2012. With the attention of Europe’s cultural<br />
community squarely focussed on it for the entire year, Slovenia’s second city<br />
will be host to an unrivalled number of events as well as foreign and domestic<br />
visitors, ensuring that the festival holiday atmosphere will continue for twelve<br />
straight months. See the Culture & Events section for more information.<br />
With one of the country’s best ski resorts only a few minutes’ drive from the<br />
city centre, Maribor is a top destination for both foreign visitors and Slovenes<br />
alike during the winter season. <strong>In</strong> mid-January the city hosts the prestigious<br />
Zlata Lisica (or Golden Fox) Audi FIS Women’s World Ski Championship,<br />
which draws competitors and spectators from around the world, and engulfs<br />
Maribor in a citywide party atmosphere. Thanks in part to its 48 years of<br />
experience hosting such a major sports event, Maribor has also been chosen<br />
as the site of the 26th Winter Universiade in 2013.<br />
Of course Maribor is also the capital of one of Slovenia’s major wine growing<br />
regions, and although the grapes have now long been picked, the winter and<br />
spring months are the best time of year to go wine tasting at the countless<br />
vineyards scattered around the countryside. Before setting off on such a<br />
trip, those unfamiliar with the region would be well advised to stop by the Old<br />
Vine House, located in the historic Lent district along the riverside. Named<br />
for the world’s oldest vine, which even after 400 year still bears grapes, the<br />
premises include a museum on the history of wine production in the region,<br />
and a small but well-stocked wine shop, whose friendly knowledgeable staff<br />
will gladly make recommendations and help you plan your tour. As Maribor’s<br />
most famous librarian (and part-time poet) Janko Glazer once elegantly put<br />
it: “Where is there a town like ours? From all directions wine is pouring into<br />
our glasses!” Where indeed.<br />
“<strong>In</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Pocket</strong>: A cheeky, well-<br />
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6 Animal friendly W Wi-Fi<br />
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Barista D-2, Gosposka 6, tel. (+386) 2252 40 90, <strong>In</strong>fo@barista.si,<br />
www.barista.si. Colourful, almost avant-garde coffee shop on a pedestrian<br />
street just off Glavni Trg, with rotund lampshades hanging down in their dozens<br />
from the ceiling. Also boasts pictures of the bounciest lips imaginable on the<br />
wall and in multi-colour too. Feels like you are being blown the most luscious<br />
of kisses as you sip away at your latté. Not a bad place to while away an<br />
afternoon. QOpen 07:00 - 23:00, Fri 07:00 - 24.00, Sat 07:00 - 24:00, Sun<br />
10:00 - 23:00. PJAGB<br />
Ilich C-3, Slovenska 6, tel. (+386) 22 50 24 08, ilich1909@siol.net.<br />
With a softly-lit low vaulted ceiling, comfy suade furniture and walls decorated<br />
with an assortment of black and white photos and old letters, this café-cum-<br />
ice cream parlour gets top marks for atmosphere. It also serves some of the<br />
best tiramisu we’ve ever had and even sells its own brand of biscotti. One of<br />
our favourite cafés. QOpen 07:00 - 21:00. PJAGBS<br />
Pohorska Kavarna G-2, Ob Ribniku 1, tel. (+386) 26 14 15 00/<br />
(+386) 41 64 01 01, info@pohorska-kavarna.com, www.pohorska-<br />
kavarna.com. Regardless of the time or season you’re likely to find this<br />
place packed with a mix of foreign tourists, vacationing Slovene families,<br />
locals and their dogs - even when nearby cafés are eerily desolate.<br />
Their cakes are apparently so popular that the waitress may seem<br />
genuinely confused if you choose not to order one. After realising this<br />
we decided to split a slice of blueberry cheesecake and were glad we<br />
did. They also offer several good value modern rooms above the café,<br />
and a large family apartment on two floors. QOpen 06:00 - 23:00.<br />
PTA6LGBS<br />
Cafés<br />
Over €150<br />
Habakuk Pohorska 59, tel. (+386) 2 300 81 00, habakuk@termemb.<br />
si, www.termemb.si. Q 137 rooms (singles €150-230, doubles €216-320).<br />
PTHAR6UFLKDCW hhhhh<br />
€100-150<br />
Bellevue Na Slemenu 35, tel. (+386) 2 607 51 00, bellevue@termemb.si,<br />
www.termemb.si. Q 42 rooms ( singles €90-140, doubles €130-230, apart-<br />
ments €160-355). PTHAR6UIFLKD hhhh<br />
Betnava H-3, Ulica Eve Lovše 15 (Jadranska 30), tel. (+386) 2 333<br />
41 00, hotel@betnava.si, www.betnava.si. Q 40 rooms (singles €75,<br />
doubles €96, apartment €200, at the weekends singles €45, doubles €66).<br />
PTHAFLKD hhhh<br />
Bolfenk Na Slamenu 35, tel. (+386) 2 603 65 00, info.scp@sc-pohorje.<br />
si, www.pohorje.org. Q 20 rooms (singles €60-65 or doubles €100-110).<br />
PTHA6KDCW hhhh<br />
City Maribor D-3/4, Kneza Koclja 22, tel. +386 (0)2 62 12 500/+386 (0)64<br />
117 100, fax +386 (0)2 62 12 501, info@cityhotel-mb.si, www.cityhotel-<br />
mb.si. Q 66 rooms and 12 suites (singles €100-125, doubles 140-160, suites<br />
€200-250, royal suite €650). PbOTJHALKW<br />
Draš G-1, Pohorska 57, tel. (+386) 59 07 6600, fax (+386) 59 07 6601,<br />
hotel@dras.si, dras.si. Q (singles €70, doubles €90-130, suites €150).<br />
PTA6UFLDW<br />
Grand Ocean C-4, Partizanska 39, tel. (+386) 59 077 120, fax (+386) 59<br />
077 130, info@hotelocean.com, www.hotelocean.si. Q23 rooms (23 Total<br />
rooms ). 23 rooms (singles €118, doubles €132-152, triples €142-210, suite<br />
€148-172). PJAULGW hhhh<br />
Orel C-3, Volkmerjev prehod 7, tel. (+386) 2 250 67 00, orel@terme.<br />
si, www.termemb.si. Q 71 rooms (singles €79-95, doubles €120-144).<br />
PJAR6UL hhh<br />
Piramida C-3, Heroja Šlandra 100, tel. (+386) 2 234 44 00, piramida@<br />
termemb.si, www.termemb.si. Q 81 rooms (singles €95-144, doubles €106-<br />
180). PHA6ULKD hhhh<br />
Videc Hočko Pohorje 131, tel. (+386) 2 220 88 41/(+386) 2 220 88 42,<br />
info.scp@sc-pohorje.si, www.pohorje.org. Q 28 rooms (singles €60-70,<br />
doubles €100-110, triples €120-135). PTAILKW hhh<br />
€70-100<br />
Arena Pot k Mlinu 57, tel. (+386) 2 614 09 50/(+386) 2 220 88 41, fax<br />
(+386) 2 614 09 79, info.hotel@sc-pohorje.org, www.pohorje.org. Q 22<br />
rooms (singles €55-85, doubles €80-120). PHA6LKDW hhhh<br />
Bajt Garni H-2, Radvanjska 99, tel. (+386) 2 332 76 50, fax (+386) 2 332<br />
43 22, info@hotel-bajt.com, www.hotel-bajt.com. Q 25 rooms (singles €39,<br />
doubles €53). PHAFLGBDW hhh<br />
Garni Milena G-3, Pohorska 49, tel. (+386) 2 613 28 08, fax (+386) 2 614<br />
00 44, info@milena-garni.com, www.hotelmilena-garni.com. Q 17 rooms<br />
(singles €50, doubles €70, triples €90). PA6LW hhh<br />
Garni Tabor F-1, Heroja Zidanška 18, tel. (+386) 2 421 64 10, hoteltabor@<br />
podhostnik.si, www.hoteltabor.podhostnik.si. Q 58 rooms (singles €50-70,<br />
doubles, €70-90, triples€90-100). PTHA6ULK hhh<br />
Kačar Ptujska 301j, tel. (+386) 2 629 05 00, info@hotelkacar.com, www.<br />
hotelkacar.com. Q 16 rooms (singles €66, doubles €94, apartment €115).<br />
PHARFLKDW hhh<br />
Merano Macunova 1, tel. (+386) 2 614 13 20, info@hotel-merano.net,<br />
en.hotel-merano.net. Q 15 rooms (singles €40-65, doubles €60-85, triples<br />
€80-105). PA6LGBKXW hhh<br />
Tisa Hočko Pohorje 40, tel. (+386) 2 603 61 00, fax (+386) 2 603 61<br />
61, hotel.tisa@telekom.si. Q 31 rooms (singles €36-45, doubles €72-90).<br />
HARUFLKD hhh<br />
Veter Mariborska 31, tel. (+386) 2 669 00 00, fax (+386) 2 669 00 01,<br />
info@hotel-veter.si, www.hotel-veter.si. Q (dorms €16-18, singles €54,<br />
doubles €86, suites €150-220). PTHA6ULBW hhh<br />
Under €70<br />
365 Kobanska 10, Kamnica, tel. +386 (0)2 623 2269, www.hotel-<br />
365.eu. Q 19 rooms (singles €50-55, doubles €70-90, triples €90-105).<br />
PTA6ILW<br />
Bau G-2, Limbuška 85, tel. (+386) 2 421 63 10/(+386) 2 421 63 29, info@<br />
hotel-bau.net, www.hotel-bau.net. Q 16 rooms (singles €50-53, doubles, €70-<br />
75, triples €95). PTHAR6UGW hhh<br />
Martin Hočko Pohorje 103, tel. (+386) 2 603 65 00/(+386) 2 220 88 41,<br />
fax (+386) 2 603 65 23, info.scp@sc-pohorje.si, www.pohorje.org. Q 8<br />
rooms (singles €40-50). A6K hhh<br />
Motel Pri Lešniku K-3, Dupleška 49, tel. (+386) 2 471 23 22, fax (+386)<br />
2 471 50 38, gostilna.lesnik@siol.net, www.gostilna-motel-lesnik.si.<br />
Q 22 rooms (singles €42 doubles €68, suites €95). PTHAR6KDW<br />
hhh<br />
Pohorska Kavarna G-2, Ob Ribniku 1, tel. (+386) 2 614 15 00/(+386)<br />
41 640 101, info@pohorska-kavarna.com, www.pohorska-kavarna.com.<br />
Q (Singles €49, doubles €63, triples €78, suites €174-224). PALKW<br />
Vila Emei Dupleška 135, tel. (+386) 2 46 17 811, emeirado@amis.net, www.<br />
hotelemei.si. Q (singles €49, doubles €60-90). PA6LKW hhh<br />
Vila Mira B-4, Lešnikova 6, tel. (+386) 2 25 01 453/(+386) 2 25 01 454,<br />
fax (+386) 2 25 23 061, www.vilamira.com. Q 5 rooms (singles €45, doubles<br />
€60). PJA6LW<br />
Zarja G-3, Frajhajm 34, tel. (+386) 2 603 60 00, fax (+386) 2 603 60 05,<br />
info@hotel-zarja.si, www.hotel.zarja.si. Q 15 rooms (singles €29-45, doubles<br />
€58-90). THA6K hhh<br />
Guesthouses<br />
Etno Hiša Baščaršija D-2, Poštna 8, tel. +386 (0)2 250 63 59/+386 (0)40<br />
759 507, zekira.markovic@gmail.com, www.bascarsija.si. Q 2 rooms and 3<br />
apartments (double rooms €45-50, 4-person apartments €60-90). bJLK<br />
Apartments<br />
Apartma Studio Lent D-1, Ob Bregu 20, tel. (+386) 2 603 31 11, fax<br />
(+386) 2 603 31 10. Q (doubles €55).<br />
Apartment Jurič G-2, Naveršnikova 4, tel. (+386) 2 220 88 41, fax (+386)<br />
2 220 88 49, info.scp@sc-pohorje.si, www.pohorje.org. Q (2-4 person<br />
apartments €80). TA6 hhh<br />
Gozdna Villa Mari G-3, Pot k Mlinu 50, tel. +386 (0)2 620 85 60, fax +386<br />
(0)2 620 85 40, info@gozdnavilla-mari.si, www.gozdnavilla-mari.si. Q 21<br />
apartments (3- to 6-person apartments €100-140, 6- to 8-person apartments<br />
€160). PTADW<br />
Hostels<br />
Lollipop C-4, Maistrova 17, tel. (+386) 40 24 31 60, lollipophostel@yahoo.<br />
com. Q 13 beds (€20 per bed). JRGBXW<br />
Pekarna E-2, Ob Železnici 16, tel. +386 (0)59 180 880, fax +386 (0)59<br />
180 882, hostelpekarna@mkc.si, www.mkc-hostelpekarna.si. Q 7 rooms, 5<br />
suites and 4 apartments (dorms €17, suites €25-27 per person, apartments €21<br />
per person). Breakfast an additional €3.30. bJHALEXW<br />
Uni C-3, Volkmerjev prehod 7, tel. (+386) 2 250 67 00, uni.hotel@terme.<br />
mb.si, www.termemb.si. Q 53 rooms (singles €32, doubles €54, triples €81).<br />
Breakfast €8 per person. JA6ULW<br />
Vetrnica Mariborska 31, Ruše, tel. (+386) 2 669 00 00/(+386) 2 669<br />
00 01, info@hotel-veter.si, www.hotel-veter.si. Q 16 rooms (3-4 bed dorms<br />
€18-20).<br />
Balkan<br />
Gala Žar D-3, Loška 10, tel. (+386) 2252 36 00. As with all Balkan res-<br />
taurants, vegetarians would be well-advised to give this Serbian place a wide<br />
berth, while meat-lovers will want to circle it on their maps. If you’re like us and<br />
have a tough time deciding on any one thing, there are some good sampler<br />
menus offering a sizeable taste of several different dishes. Don’t forgot to<br />
order a side of fresh-baked Lepinja (a tasty flat bread) to go with your plate of<br />
meat. The small terrace out front is surrounded by a little too much concrete,<br />
and there a lot of similar places with better locations further down Lent, but<br />
the food here is excellent. QOpen 11:00 - 23:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00. €4-18.<br />
PJAUEGBKS<br />
<strong>In</strong>ternational<br />
Ancora C-3, Jurčičeva 7, tel. (+386) 2 250 20 33, ancora@sidro.si, www.<br />
sidro.si. A frenetic pizza and pasta joint which has the local twenty-somethings<br />
nattering at high volume while they wait for their meals, served by waiting staff<br />
from the same generation. Lots of wooden panelling about the place and the<br />
youthful chefs concoct the dishes in full view of the custom, not that they seem<br />
to notice as the latest gossip is clearly far higher up on the menu. QOpen<br />
09:00 - 24:00, Fri 09:00 - 01:00, Sat 10:00 - 01:00, Sun 10:30 - 22:30. (€4-8)<br />
. PAGBS<br />
Barida D-2, Splavarski Prehod 5a, tel. (+386) 2 250 67 21/(+386) 2 250<br />
67 22, www.osteria-barida.si. Situated in the Maribor’s old town district of Lent,<br />
just behind the Old Wine House and its 400 year-old vine, Barida provides a relaxing<br />
atmosphere for guests to enjoy a wide range of dishes. The house specialities are<br />
various kinds of steaks, including T-bone, steak Florentine and several deer options.<br />
The pizzas from the wood-fired oven are also quite good, and vegetarians should man-<br />
age to find enough to keep themselves satisfied. Q Open Mon-Thur 10:00-22:00, Fri<br />
10:00-24:00, Sat 11:00-24:00 and Sun & holidays 12:00-22:00. (€6-15).<br />
Novi Svet pri Stolnici C-2, Slomškov Trg 5, tel. (+386) 22 50 04 86,<br />
novi-svet@triera.net, www.novi-svet.com. Maribor’s most renowned fish<br />
restaurant is where Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich ate while in town for<br />
the Slovenia-Russia World Cup 2010 qualifier, which gives some indication of the<br />
quality and reputation. However, if you don’t have the good fortune of being an<br />
oligarch (Russian or otherwise), be careful when ordering, as many of the dishes are<br />
charged by weight and can quickly add up. The vast selection of seafood is cooked<br />
according to local recipes, and you’re aided in digestion and enjoyment by over a<br />
hundred wines and live entertainment. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00, Sat 11:00 - 24:00,<br />
Sun 11:00 - 17:00. (€5-20). PTA6IEB<br />
Pri Florjanu Grajski Trg 6, tel. (+386) 225 14 842, grajski.trg@triera.net.<br />
Opposite the castle on the funnel-shaped Grajski Trg, this café-cum-Mediterranean<br />
restaurant has a comfortably stylish interior covered in earthy purples, browns and<br />
reds, and an outdoor seating area that takes up a good amount of real estate right<br />
on the square. An ample selection of both cakes and magazines are on hand to<br />
help pass the time, while vegetarians may want to consider staying for lunch as the<br />
menu here is one of the few in town with more than a token amount of meat-free<br />
dishes. QOpen 11:00 - 22:00. Closed Sun. (€5.50-12). PJAB<br />
Pri Treh Ribnikih A-3, Ribniška 9, tel. (+386) 2234 41 70, trije.ribniki@<br />
termemb.si, www.termemb.si. Goes two centuries better than some of its other<br />
resilient competitors in the region, this three-hundred-year-old restaurant has sur-<br />
vived by staying in close communion with the lush nature which surrounds, in the<br />
form of the City Park and its three ponds - which give the restaurant its name. Plenti-<br />
ful food and wine provides all the fuel you need to go and explore the untouched<br />
beauty waiting outside for you after you’ve settled the bill. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00,<br />
Sat 10:00 - 21_00, Sun 10:00 - 21:00. (€10-17). PTABSW<br />
Zlati Lev Vodnikov trg 4, tel. (+386) 2250 80 80. <strong>In</strong> a great location just<br />
off the waterfront above the city’s main outdoor market, the Golden Lion has<br />
a welcoming family-run atmosphere and specialises in grilled dishes. On sunny<br />
weekends the terrace offers some prime people watching if you can find an empty<br />
table. The three-course student menu is a steal for under €5, and is available to<br />
anyone who looks like they could possibly be a student so don’t be afraid to ask<br />
for the separate menu. QOpen 06:00 - 24:00. (€5-23). PJA6B<br />
Mexican<br />
Takos D-2, Mesarski prehod 3, tel. (+386) 2 252 71 50, info@takos.si,<br />
www.takos.si. The decor might be minimalist in this Mexican eatery but the<br />
portions most certainly aren’t. You’ll need to keep an eye on your food if you<br />
choose to eat outside as the restaurant is located in a sloping alley-way so there<br />
is a chance your plate might slide off the table. Entertainment comes with the<br />
food as well so pack your dancing shoes and get ready to knock back a tequila<br />
or two. QOpen 11:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 11:00 - 03:00, Sun 11:00 - 16:00. PT�<br />
JA6UGBXSW<br />
Pizza<br />
Barila C-2, Ulica 10. Oktobra 7, tel. (+386) 2 251 41 59, www.osteria-<br />
barila.si. Not only does this place have great pizza and Italian food, it also<br />
has probably the coolest pizza menu we’ve ever seen - with each pie named<br />
after a different country, including photos of what they look like and flags<br />
of the respective countries. While we’re not sure how exactly they decided<br />
Saudi Arabians like Hollandaise sauce and mushrooms on their pizzas, or<br />
what spinach and gorgonzola have to do with Angola, we’ve never had more<br />
fun ordering. Located on a pedestrian street just off of Slomškov Trg, there’s<br />
with a small terrace out front. Q Open Mon-Fri 07:00-22:00, Sat 08:00-22:00,<br />
Sun 09:00-22:00 and holidays 12:00-22:00 (Pizzas €4.70-6.50, mains €4.50-<br />
14.80). PTJABS<br />
Slovenian<br />
Pri Kostanju G-3, Streliška 30, tel. (+386) 2420 01 30. Although<br />
its country inn credentials have been somewhat compromised thanks to<br />
a massive chain supermarket recently moving in next door, this place still<br />
manages to turn out fine traditional Slovene cuisine. However, Kostanju’s<br />
real draw is the slightly claustrophobic wine cellar downstairs, where you can<br />
sample home-made wine. If you like what you taste bottles are available for<br />
purchase at reasonable prices. QOpen 09:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon, Sun.<br />
(€5-18). PTA6GBS<br />
Štajerc C-3, Vetrinjska 30, tel. (+386) 2 234 42 34, stajerc@termemb.<br />
si, www.termemb.si. Located in the centre of the old town, Štajerc is one<br />
of the best options in town for traditional Slovene cuisine, including the house<br />
specialty bograč - a stew with three different kinds of meat. The large outdoor<br />
garden area provides ample room for groups, and is abuzz with activity all<br />
summer. <strong>In</strong> addition to the restaurant, there is also an onsite brewery, which is<br />
open for organised tours. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 24:00. Closed<br />
Sun. (€4-13). TJAULGBK<br />
Vinska Klet Brigadir H-1, Za Kalvarijo 65, tel. (+386) 2250 85 10,<br />
peter.brigadir@triera.net. Quite a few places around Maribor have wine<br />
cellars open for tastings and tours, but this one actually manages to cram an<br />
entire restaurant underneath its low-hanging vaulted brick ceiling. Located<br />
beyond the vineyards on the hill just north of the city centre, this friendly<br />
family-run place turns out an array of no-nonsense traditional Slovene cuisine<br />
to go with its extensive selection of locally produced wine. They also offer<br />
wine tours - call ahead to make arrangements or enquire about the details.<br />
QOpen 10:00 - 23:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 23:00. (€3-7).<br />
TA6LEBS<br />
Bars & Pubs<br />
Ancora C-3, Jurčičeva 7, tel. (+386) 2250 20 33, www.sidro.si. The ground<br />
floor of this popular pizza and seafood joint serves as a lively pub most nights,<br />
with crowds often spilling out into the long narrow courtyard for some fresh air or<br />
a smoke. Its location smack in the middle of the old town pretty much makes it a<br />
required stop on all pub crawls, preferably towards the end when you’ll undoubtedly<br />
be in the mood for a snack to go with that last beer. QOpen 06:30 - 24:00, Fri<br />
06:30 - 01:00, Sat 08:00 - 01:00, Sun 09:30 - 22:30. PJAS<br />
English Pub J-3, Zagrebška 28, tel. (+386) 246 05 530, english.pub@<br />
intrade.si, www.english-pub.net. No prizes for guessing what this place looks<br />
like inside. But despite the unimaginative name, it does give more than a passing<br />
resemblance to your good old English boozer, with lots of sentimental imagery<br />
plastered all over the walls: men in top hats, etc. Thing is, it is a bit far for a chap<br />
to travel outside the city centre is it not? QOpen 07:00 - 24:00, Fri 07:00 - 02:00,<br />
Sat 08:00 - 02:00, Sun 15:00 - 23:00. ALBW<br />
Holmes Pub F-2, Žitna 12, tel. (+386) 2320 50 80/(+386) 41 33 38<br />
15, tocaj@holmespub.si. The place where the cleaner-cut youth of Maribor<br />
come to hang-out, for whom Klub MC Pekarna is perhaps a bit too rough and<br />
ready. As the name suggests, the interior is done up in the style of an ‘Olde<br />
English’ pub which provides a bit of a paradox to the adolescent crowd that<br />
congregate there. That said, there is an annex where games such as pool,<br />
darts and the rest can be enjoyed. QOpen 06:30 - 24:00, Fri 06:30 - 02:00,<br />
Sat, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. PJAGBX<br />
Kibla D-3, Kneza Koclja 9, tel. (+386) 2229 40 22, www.kibla.org. A<br />
multi-media cultural centre that has become a magnet for local intellectuals,<br />
students and computer geeks, the venue consists of a ‘cybernetic’ bar named<br />
KiBar which promotes itself as a cross-breed between “the reading club tradi-<br />
tion in Europe at the end of the 19th century and the cybernetic reading club<br />
at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries, in a global village.”<br />
Naturally there is internet access, but more surprisingly this comes free-of-<br />
charge. The venue clearly see itself as being at the cutting edge of all things<br />
cultural in Maribor and doesn’t do a bad job of it at all. QOpen 09:00 - 22:00,<br />
Sat 16:00 - 22:00. Closed Sun. TJ6UGW<br />
Patrick’s Pub D-2, Poštna 10, tel. (+386) 22 51 18 01, www.patricks-pub.<br />
robot.si. Now that Maribor’s first Irish pub finally ended its sacrilegious sponsorship<br />
by a Scotch whisky we have no qualms with the place - not that the inconsistency<br />
ever seemed to bother the crowds that pack in here on a nightly basis. While it’s been<br />
doing its small part to help reinforce stereotypes of the Emerald Isle for over a decade,<br />
it didn’t officially receive its pub credentials until it added a kitchen back in 2006. Now<br />
after that sixth pint invariably triggers your desire for a burger and chips there’s no<br />
need to stumble off into the night in search of greasy sustenance. QOpen 08:00 -<br />
24:00, Fri, Sat 08:00 - 02:00, Sun 16:00 - 23:00. JA6UGBKS<br />
Tildos C-2, Slomškov Trg 13, tel. (+386) 41 79 69 64. Toto Café’s next-door<br />
neighbour, so no surprise that the clientele is virtually the same. Quite reason-<br />
able to pop back and forth during a night out, though Tildos arguably boasts the<br />
swisher interior of the two and also seems to get people on their feet a little bit<br />
more often than is the case next door. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00, Fri 08:00 - 02:00,<br />
Sat 10:00 - 02:00, Sun 16:00 - 24:00. PJAGBSW<br />
Toto Café C-2, Slomškov Trg 13, tel. (+386) 40 23 57 75. Just a light trot away<br />
from the university, so no surprise that it packs in a stylish, student crowd who look<br />
every bit the part until the early hours. The emphasis is very much on ‘chilling out’, it<br />
would seem, but the bar can get lively enough at the weekends. QOpen 08:00 - 24:00,<br />
Fri 08:00 - 02:00, Sat 10:00 - 02:00, Sun 16:00 - 23:00. PJAGBXW<br />
Casinos<br />
Casino Joker C-4, Mlinska 2, tel. (+386) 22 28 26 44, fax (+386) 22 28 26<br />
43, info@casino-joker.si, www.casino-joker.si. As far as 24-hour bus station<br />
casinos go, Joker is something of a pleasant surprise. It’s clean enough and has<br />
what seems to be a good selection of electronic games, around 75 in all. If you<br />
have some time to kill before your bus leaves - or are just a degenerate gambler<br />
in need of a centrally-located fix in the wee hours - we suppose there are a lot<br />
worse options. QOpen 00:00 - 24:00. PLG<br />
Clubs<br />
Impulz J-1, Meljska 83, tel. (+386) 31 61 67 44, impulz.info@gmail.com,<br />
www.impulz-futureclub.si. Newly reopened in autumn of last year and located<br />
in an industrial zone about a kilometre east of the main train station, it feels a bit<br />
like it’s still trying to make a name for itself - although scantily-clad go-go dancers<br />
and an interior that looks like it may have been loosely based on a set from A<br />
Clockwork Orange are a decent start. Perhaps slightly more mature than some<br />
of its purely student-affiliated competition, it still attracts a rather young crowd of<br />
all-night revellers. QOpen , Fri, Sat 22:00 - 06:00. PLEG<br />
KGB Vojašniški Trg 5, tel. +386 (0)2 252 3077, www.klub-kgb.si. While<br />
the name likely brings to mind certain Cold War associations, in actually stands<br />
for Kulturno Glasbeni Brlog, which directly translates to ‘Cultural Music Lair’ - in<br />
reference to the subterranean dungeon-like premises which frequently hosts live<br />
music. Although it can be a bit on the damp musty side (and thus avoided by<br />
those with respiratory problems), we gladly count KGB as one of our favourite<br />
night spots in all of Slovenia, as it’s not often than you can listen to good live<br />
music, drink cheap alcohol and feel like a 9th century nobleman all at the same<br />
time. QOpen 19:00 - 03:00. AN<br />
Klub MC Pekarna E-2, Ob Železnici 16, tel. (+386) 2320 20 18, info@<br />
klub-mc.si, www.klub-mc.si. Good old-fashioned, loud and nasty underground<br />
live music venue. Used to be a bakery serving the needs of the Yugoslavian army,<br />
hence the name (which is Slovene for ‘bakery’) but now the local grungy types come<br />
here to act up and swill beer, which at €1.50 a throw is some of the cheapest in<br />
town. Prides itself on its independent, anti-establishment spirit where young artists<br />
can have a go and see what comes out. This is apparently why there are potraits<br />
of native Americans and totem poles in and around the place. Q RLGB<br />
Klub Studio 55 D-2, Vodnikov Trg 4, tel. +386 (0)2 250 80 82/+386 (0)70<br />
289 900, www.club-studio55.com. While the music tends towards international<br />
commercial pop and mainstream house (with a clientele that obviously likes such<br />
music), the club itself is a bit more unique, as it’s located underground in a what<br />
is essentially a long brick cellar. More factors tipping the balance in the clubs<br />
direction include a smoking room and its location in the city centre - saving you a<br />
taxi ride home in the morning. If you come here with your girlfriend be aware that<br />
scantily-clad go-go dancers are frequently seen on a special stage up above the<br />
crowd. QOpen 22:00 - 05:30. Closed Mon, Sun.<br />
KMŠ D-2, Vodnikov Trg 4, tel. (+386) 2228 29 33, www.klub-kms.si. <strong>In</strong><br />
Slovene KMŠ stands for ‘Maribor Students’ Club’, a rather unglamourous name<br />
to tell the truth but one that does accurately cover the wide range of activities<br />
that go on there. Whether with its mad drunken parties until dawn, raucous gigs<br />
battering the ear drums or quieter lectures and theatre performances providing<br />
the stimulation and entertainment, KMŠ Club always entices the crowds whatever<br />
it has to offer. QOpen 16:00 - 04:00. Closed Sun. PJA6EBW<br />
Plus Minus D-3, Loška 13, tel. (+386) 64 119 763. A large modern club<br />
situated in the city centre, Plus Minus only opened its doors at the end of 2010.<br />
It aims to attract a varied audience with events that range from your standard club<br />
theme nights to live performances and other cultural events. During the summer<br />
there are regular open air concerts. Find their page on Facebook for more info (in<br />
Slovene language only though). Q Admission free except Saturdays after midnight,<br />
and for some special events.<br />
Ribičija J/K-1, Meljski Hrib 36, tel. (+386) 2251 38 66, ribicija.horvat@<br />
siol.net. If the points on your wish list are a laid back ambiance where no one<br />
cares about whether your D&G attire is real or a terrible knock-off, people<br />
of all ages (not just twenty year olds who spent an hour and a half getting<br />
ready to go out) and a real unbridled Slovene experience, you owe it to your-<br />
self to visit this place. All this while being able to order restaurant food while<br />
partying to a mixture of live Balkan music. It’s great. QOpen closed, Fri, Sat<br />
10:00 - 04:00. Restaurant winter time: Th, Fr, Sa: 12:00-19:00 Admission €3.<br />
TYAULEGBKXS<br />
POHORJE<br />
<strong>In</strong>cluding<br />
Pohorje The mountain range just outside Maribor attracts skiers by<br />
the thousand during the winter, and is one of the region’s most popular<br />
destinations during warmer months as well, with its primal forests,<br />
waterfalls and lakes a paradise for nature-lovers. Such is the richness<br />
of flora and fauna here that the area attracts a good number of nature<br />
experts along with the tourists - keep your eyes peeled and you may be<br />
able to spot the largest butterfly in Europe. The area can be explored<br />
equally as well on foot or by bike and there is no shortage of restaurants<br />
and cafés to stop for a break or bite to eat. There’s also a cable to the<br />
top if you’d like to enjoy the views without the hiking.<br />
Pohorje<br />
Maribor ECOC 2012 <strong>In</strong>fo Point Trg Leona Štuklja 2, tel. +386 (0)2<br />
228 13 01/+386 (0)2 228 13 00, info@maribor2012.eu, www.mari-<br />
bor2012.eu. The Maribor 2012 <strong>In</strong>fo Point is part of the European Capital<br />
of Culture and operates under the auspices of the Maribor 2012 <strong>In</strong>stitute.<br />
Visitors from both Slovenia and abroad can find information on the ECOC<br />
programme and buy tickets for ECOC events and souvenirs. There is also<br />
a call centre, which provides information on the ECOC by phone and email.<br />
QOpen 10:00 - 19:00.<br />
Tourist <strong>In</strong>formation Centre Maribor - TIC Maribor C-3, Parti-<br />
zanska 6a, tel. (+386) 2 23 46 611, fax (+386) 2 23 46 613, tic@<br />
maribor.si, www.maribor-pohorje.si. The city’s well-stocked tourist infor-<br />
mation centre is the best place to begin a visit to Maribor. The helpful staff<br />
can provide a wealth of information on all of the sights both in the city and<br />
the surrounding countryside, and various souvenirs, postcards, books and<br />
maps are also available for purchase in addition to free brochures and other<br />
handouts. Visitors can also arrange walking tours with knowledgeable local<br />
guides, as well as book seats on the Jurček tourist train. Q Open Mon-Fri<br />
09:00-19:00, Sat-Sun and holidays 09:00-18:00.<br />
Tourist information<br />
Maribor in winter, photo by Miha Vidrih, courtesy of www.maribor-pohorje.com<br />
Most of the city’s historical sites - churches, monuments and an oddly large<br />
number of free-standing towers - are concentrated in a relatively small area<br />
that makes up the old town centre, which means that half a day and a good<br />
pair of walking shoes is all you should need to cover most of the main sites.<br />
However, with inviting cafés and ice cream shops every few metres, a couple<br />
of large parks that reward aimless wandering, and lots of photogenic old villas<br />
to the north west of the old town, you could spend the better part of a week<br />
exploring and still find something new around every corner. Of course like<br />
all modern cities - especially those unfortunate enough to have had building<br />
booms in the 1960s and ‘70s - Maribor has its fair share of eyesores, although<br />
some of them manage to cross the so-bad-they’re-good threshold and are<br />
worth tracking down.<br />
Essential Maribor<br />
Dravska Vila Cruises (Tourist Agency Don Travel) Gregorčičeva 23, tel.<br />
(+386) 2 229 09 52, info@dontravel.si. Take in the view of Maribor’s old town<br />
and other sights along the river Drava with a cruise on a tourist boat. Scheduled<br />
trips leave Wed-Fri at 18:00, and Sat & Sun at 11:00 and 18:00, but other times<br />
can be arranged in advance with a minimum of ten people. 30/60-minute trips are<br />
€4.50/9.00 for adults, and group packages are also possible. The same company<br />
also offers city tours by train - either guided (€7.20) or unguided (€2.60) - which<br />
leave from the Tourist <strong>In</strong>formation Office.<br />
Mestni Park (City Park) B-2/3, Pri Parku. This immaculately-kept park<br />
just north of the city centre is definitely one of Maribor’s best features. With its<br />
three ponds teeming with many different species of bird and a terrapin or two<br />
in amongst them - who started life in the nearby and popular aquarium - and<br />
highly sociable squirrels up and around the trees, there is much to keep nature<br />
lovers occupied but this is also the city’s best place to relax. On Sundays you<br />
might catch a classical music concert held in the pavilion right smack in the<br />
middle of the park. But the serenity is for the adults. The kids are too busy<br />
whooping it up in the playground to be bothered with ‘relaxation’. That can<br />
come later in life.<br />
The Old Vine & The Old Vine House D-2, Vojašniška 8, tel. (+386) 2<br />
251 51 00, stara-trta@maribor.si. Where the oldest vine in the world can be<br />
found winding its way up the front of the building, the house is now a museum<br />
dedicated to teaching visitors all there is to know about the wine culture of the<br />
Styrian region of Slovenia. At 400 years of age the vine has claimed its rightful<br />
place in the Guinnesss Book of Records and still bears the Zametovka or Blue<br />
Franconian grape, one of the oldest wine types in the country. The museum offers<br />
guided tours and also boasts an unparalleled collection of Styrian wines, which can<br />
be bought at a very generous discount. The house also plays host to a festival in<br />
its own name which is held every September, and is the starting point for various<br />
wine roads. QOpen 10:00 - 18:00.<br />
Water Tower D-3, Usnjarska 10. Called ‘Vodni stolp’ in Slovene, this small tower<br />
was built in 1555 as part of the city’s fortification against the Turkish invaders.<br />
It was also Slovenia’s first ever winery and still functions partly as a wine shop<br />
today. The upper floor of the building is similar in style to a medieval banquet hall<br />
and is used for wine tasting.<br />
Churches<br />
Maribor Cathedral C-2, Slomškov Trg 20, tel. (+386) 2 251 84 32,<br />
stolna.zupnija.mb@rkc.si, zupnije.rkc.si/mb-stolnica. First built in 1248 as a<br />
Romanesque basilica with a nave and two aisles, the cathedral gained its current<br />
appearance in the 15th century as a Gothic structure, though the Baroque chapels<br />
date from the 16th and 18th centuries. <strong>In</strong>side, one is treated to the sight of a lavishly<br />
adorned altar, which lights up the place all on its own. Don’t miss the stained glass<br />
window commemorating Pope John Paul II’s trip to Slovenia in 1999. Trips to the top<br />
of the tower are also available from 08:00-18:00. QOpen 08:00 - 18:00.<br />
Synagogue D-3, Židovska 4, tel. (+386) 2252 78 36, sinagoga@pmuzej-<br />
mb.s, www.pmuzej-mb.si. Built in 1465 to serve as the religious, spiritual and cul-<br />
tural centre for the city’s Jewish community, the tower in which it is housed was also<br />
part of the fortified section of Maribor. Today it is a museum displaying photos and<br />
other artefacts concerned with Jewish culture but the building’s historical character<br />
is still very strong and it is regarded as one of the city’s most important heritage<br />
sites. Since 2001, a number of cultural events have been held in the synagogue and<br />
the long-term aim of the local authority - which owns the building - is to turn it into a<br />
Slovenian Jewish Heritage Centre. QOpen 08:00 - 16:00, Sun 09:00 - 14:00. Closed<br />
Sat.<br />
Monuments<br />
Bishop Slomšek Monument C-2, Slomškov trg. This relatively new statue -<br />
only erected in 1991 - is tucked away in a shady corner opposite the main entrance<br />
of Maribor’s Cathedral, where the bishop is interred. This is no coincidence, as<br />
it was Slomšek who was responsible for the transfer of the Lavantine diocese<br />
to Maribor in 1859. The bishop also holds the distinction of becoming the first<br />
Slovene saint - an honour that Pope John Paul II personally proclaimed on a visit<br />
to Maribor in 1999. Aside from religious activities, Slomšek was also a fervent<br />
supporter of the Slovene language, and is largely credited with having founded<br />
the primary school system in Slovenia.<br />
National Liberation Monument C-3, Trg Svobode. Appropriately located<br />
in Trg Svobode (‘Freedom Square’), this recently renovated spherical bronze<br />
memorial pays tribute to those gunned down by the Nazis during World War<br />
II for rising up against occupation. By walking around the monument you can<br />
look at public announcements of the executions of the some 667 people who<br />
were condemned to death by the German forces. Erected in 1975, the sculpture<br />
is the work of local artist Slavko Tihec, and despite its sombre purpose the<br />
good citizenry of Maribor have dubbed the monument ‘Kojak’ because of its<br />
resemblance to a bald head.<br />
Plague Column (Kužno Znamenje) D-2, Glavni Trg. Erected in 1743 to<br />
replace an older version, Maribor’s loveliest monument serves the unfortunate<br />
purpose of commemorating the cessation of a plague, which killed over one third<br />
of the city’s inhabitants between 1680-81. The large monument, designed by<br />
Jožef Štraub, dominates Glavni Trg (the main square) and features a golden Mary<br />
atop an 8 metre column surrounded by six saints.<br />
Tours & Guides<br />
Guided City Tours Partizanska 6a, tel. + 386 (0)2 23 46 611, fax +<br />
386 (0)2 23 46 613, tic@maribor.si, www.maribor-pohorje.si. Maribor’s<br />
compact old town makes it easy enough to take in the city’s major sights on your<br />
own. However, to really get the most out of your visit - including a first-hand look<br />
at some easily missed sights, cultural and historical landmarks, and intriguing<br />
stories that most locals are not even aware of - booking a guides tour through<br />
the tourist information centre is highly recommended. Friendly, knowledgeable<br />
guides offer both one- and two-hour classic tours, as well as thematic trips for<br />
those with special interests. Tours can also be custom-designed if arrangements<br />
are made in advance.<br />
Horse-drawn carriage rides C-3, Trg Svobode, tel. +386 (0)41 931 031,<br />
marko@prevozi-s-kocijo.si, www.prevozi-s-kocijo.si. Experience Maribor the<br />
way the noble families of yore did: in a carriage pulled by a couple of fine steeds<br />
driven by a professional coachman. Four separate routes are available, all leaving<br />
from Trg Svobode and lasting between 30 minutes and one hour. The carriage<br />
can hold four passengers comfortably, and advanced reservations are a must -<br />
although it’s sometimes possible to make arrangements on short notice in person<br />
Editorial<br />
Editor Yuri Barron<br />
Research Irena Jamnikar<br />
Layout & Design Vaida Gudynaitė<br />
Consulting Craig Turp<br />
Maps Monolit<br />
Cover photo Vesna Male<br />
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Satchmo C-2, Strossmayerjeva 6, tel. (+386) 22 50 21 50, satchmo@<br />
siol.net, www.jazz-klub.si. Jazz joint in the classical mould deep down a cellar,<br />
where the players and crooners lose themselves in their music a world away from<br />
the concerns up above in reality. The floor level stage acts as the perfect leveller<br />
between audience and performer and improvised sessions nourish the democratic<br />
mood of the venue sublimely. QOpen 09:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 19:00 - 03:00, Sun<br />
19:00 - 24:00. JAEB<br />
Stand Up J-3, Tržaška 38, tel. (+386) 70 99 33 99, standupbar@gmail.<br />
com, www.standupbar.si. One of Maribor’s more popular night spots, you’re<br />
guaranteed to find it completely packed on any given Friday or Saturday night,<br />
when a hip young crowd comes to dance to pulsating balkan beats and admire<br />
the whole scene reflected in what must be one of the largest faux-antique mirrors<br />
we’ve ever seen. Famous singers and other celebrities are known to drop by, and<br />
true to its name it also hosts the odd comedy night. QOpen 07:00 - 24:00, Fri<br />
07:00 - 05:00, Sat 08:00 - 05:00, Sun 09:00 - 24:00. Admission: €5 on Saturdays<br />
(includes one drink). PJULEGBX<br />
ŠTUK H-1, Gosposvetska 83, tel. (+386) 2251 45 83. There’s no better<br />
place to observe hard-drinking Slovene students in their natural environment than<br />
at the Študentsko Komuno, or ‘student commune’, conveniently located right next<br />
to blocks of student dormitories. <strong>In</strong>side, the gaudy red and yellow paint job may<br />
have you feeling a bit queasy before you even start imbibing, but this is a place<br />
you come to for dirt cheap drinks and all night parties, not subtle ambiance and<br />
sophisticated discourse. The steady stream of Yugo and international pop that<br />
you can expect most nights is given a respite every Thursday, when the DJ spins<br />
some more chilled out beats, and there’s also a proper concert venue in the back<br />
that frequently plays host to popular regional acts and even the odd comedian.<br />
JLEGBW<br />
Wine Bars<br />
Rožmarin D-2, Gosposka 8, tel. (+386) 223 43 180, restavracija@rozmarin.<br />
si, www.rozmarin.si. Both a shrine to the Styrian region’s superb range of wines<br />
and a wonderful place to actually sample them, and many others from different<br />
parts of the world as well. Provides snacks to go with the vintages too and also<br />
lays on evenings with special entertainment of which salsa dancing is one example.<br />
If the wine delights your taste buds (as it must, surely) then you can always take<br />
home a bottle from the store. The establishment naturally has a specialist on<br />
hand to help you make the best choice. QOpen 17:00 - 24:00, Fri 07:00 - 02:00,<br />
Sat 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sun. PTJA6EBW<br />
Vinoteka Maribor D-3, Usnjarska 10, tel. (+386) 40 191 901, info@<br />
vinotekamaribor.si, www.vinotekamaribor.si. One of Slovenia’s coolest<br />
wine bars is located along the banks of the river Drava in what used to be<br />
the city’s old water tower (or vodni stolp). The medieval interior is stunningly<br />
atmospheric, if a bit musty, while the selection of wine is impressive even by<br />
the elevated standards of Maribor. Private parties and group tastings can also<br />
be arranged. Q Open Mon-Thur 10:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 10:00-24:00 and Sun<br />
10:00-17:00.<br />
NIGHTLIFE<br />
at Trg Svobode. During the winter months, when there is a sufficient amount<br />
of snow, the level of romance is increased several factors as the carriage is<br />
replaced by a sleigh that Santa Claus himself would be envious of - a must do<br />
activity for families if there ever was one.<br />
Tourist Train Jurček Gregorčičeva 23, tel. +386 (0)2 22 90 934, info@<br />
dontravel.si, www.dontravel.si. For those who would prefer not to spend<br />
several hours walking, the option of seeing all of Maribor’s central sights from<br />
the comfort of the Jurček tourist train can be an attractive option. Operated<br />
the Don Travel Agency, the train departs from the Franciscan Church near the<br />
tourist office, and winds its way through the most notable streets of the old<br />
town before returning to the church. The tours can be taken both with and<br />
without a guide, while it is also possible to hire the whole train for special<br />
occasions. Q Adults €2.60, children up to 14 years-old €1.60 and children<br />
under 2 years-old free.<br />
Around Maribor<br />
Dveri Pax Polički Vrh 1, Jarenina, tel. (+386) 2 644 00 82/(+386)<br />
31 789 100, fax (+386) 2 644 00 83, office@dveri-pax.com, www.<br />
dveri-pax.com. Since undergoing major renovations and expansion in<br />
2007, the Dveri Pax winery has been collecting London Decanter and other<br />
prestigious international awards like they were Pez dispensers. As with<br />
most of the vineyards in the Štajerska region, they produce a full range of<br />
white wines including Riesling, Traminec and, our personal favourite, the<br />
autochthonous Šipon variety, as well as several reds. Wine aside, the<br />
property itself is worth a visit. Hidden away amongst the green hills 20km<br />
north of Maribor, a 200 year-old farmhouse serves as the main production<br />
facility, while a former Benedictine monastery dating back to 1139 hosts<br />
group wine tastings, events and even a small museum. Plans are also afoot<br />
to convert the upper floor to guest rooms.<br />
SIGHTSEEING<br />
Enjoy both downhill and crosscountry skiing on Pohorje, along with some<br />
great views, photo by Marko Petrej courtesy of www.maribor-pohorje.com<br />
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Catch a live show at Satchmo - one of Slovenia’s coolest jazz clubs<br />
INTRODUCING MARIBOR WHERE TO STAY<br />
MARIBOR<br />
Map Hotels Restaurants Bars Sights<br />
Winter - Spring 2012<br />
MINI-GUIDE<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted<br />
O Casino H Conference facilities<br />
T Child-friendly U Facilities for the disabled<br />
F Fitness centre L Guarded parking<br />
R <strong>In</strong>ternet G Non-smoking rooms<br />
K Restaurant J Old town location<br />
D Sauna C Swimming pool<br />
6 Animal friendly W Wireless <strong>In</strong>ternet access<br />
Symbol key<br />
When the clock struck midnight on 31 December 2011, Maribor had a little bit<br />
more reason to celebrate than the rest of Slovenia, as it officially became the<br />
European Capital of Culture for 2012. With the attention of Europe’s cultural<br />
community squarely focussed on it for the entire year, Slovenia’s second city<br />
will be host to an unrivalled number of events as well as foreign and domestic<br />
visitors, ensuring that the festival holiday atmosphere will continue for twelve<br />
straight months. See the Culture & Events section for more information.<br />
With one of the country’s best ski resorts only a few minutes’ drive from the<br />
city centre, Maribor is a top destination for both foreign visitors and Slovenes<br />
alike during the winter season. <strong>In</strong> mid-January the city hosts the prestigious<br />
Zlata Lisica (or Golden Fox) Audi FIS Women’s World Ski Championship,<br />
which draws competitors and spectators from around the world, and engulfs<br />
Maribor in a citywide party atmosphere. Thanks in part to its 48 years of<br />
experience hosting such a major sports event, Maribor has also been chosen<br />
as the site of the 26th Winter Universiade in 2013.<br />
Of course Maribor is also the capital of one of Slovenia’s major wine growing<br />
regions, and although the grapes have now long been picked, the winter and<br />
spring months are the best time of year to go wine tasting at the countless<br />
vineyards scattered around the countryside. Before setting off on such a<br />
trip, those unfamiliar with the region would be well advised to stop by the Old<br />
Vine House, located in the historic Lent district along the riverside. Named<br />
for the world’s oldest vine, which even after 400 year still bears grapes, the<br />
premises include a museum on the history of wine production in the region,<br />
and a small but well-stocked wine shop, whose friendly knowledgeable staff<br />
will gladly make recommendations and help you plan your tour. As Maribor’s<br />
most famous librarian (and part-time poet) Janko Glazer once elegantly put<br />
it: “Where is there a town like ours? From all directions wine is pouring into<br />
our glasses!” Where indeed.<br />
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RESTAURANTS RESTAURANTS<br />
P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted<br />
E Live music S Take away<br />
T Child friendly U Facilities for the disabled<br />
R <strong>In</strong>ternet L Guarded parking<br />
O Casino J Old Town location<br />
6 Animal friendly W Wi-Fi<br />
B Outside seating V Home delivery<br />
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NIGHTLIFE NIGHTLIFE<br />
P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted<br />
E Live music S Take away<br />
T Child friendly U Facilities for the disabled<br />
R <strong>In</strong>ternet L Guarded parking<br />
O Casino J Old Town location<br />
6 Animal friendly W Wi-Fi<br />
B Outside seating V Home delivery<br />
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SIGHTSEEING<br />
Barista D-2, Gosposka 6, tel. (+386) 2252 40 90, <strong>In</strong>fo@barista.si,<br />
www.barista.si. Colourful, almost avant-garde coffee shop on a pedestrian<br />
street just off Glavni Trg, with rotund lampshades hanging down in their dozens<br />
from the ceiling. Also boasts pictures of the bounciest lips imaginable on the<br />
wall and in multi-colour too. Feels like you are being blown the most luscious<br />
of kisses as you sip away at your latté. Not a bad place to while away an<br />
afternoon. QOpen 07:00 - 23:00, Fri 07:00 - 24.00, Sat 07:00 - 24:00, Sun<br />
10:00 - 23:00. PJAGB<br />
Ilich C-3, Slovenska 6, tel. (+386) 22 50 24 08, ilich1909@siol.net.<br />
With a softly-lit low vaulted ceiling, comfy suade furniture and walls decorated<br />
with an assortment of black and white photos and old letters, this café-cum-<br />
ice cream parlour gets top marks for atmosphere. It also serves some of the<br />
best tiramisu we’ve ever had and even sells its own brand of biscotti. One of<br />
our favourite cafés. QOpen 07:00 - 21:00. PJAGBS<br />
Pohorska Kavarna G-2, Ob Ribniku 1, tel. (+386) 26 14 15 00/<br />
(+386) 41 64 01 01, info@pohorska-kavarna.com, www.pohorska-<br />
kavarna.com. Regardless of the time or season you’re likely to find this<br />
place packed with a mix of foreign tourists, vacationing Slovene families,<br />
locals and their dogs - even when nearby cafés are eerily desolate.<br />
Their cakes are apparently so popular that the waitress may seem<br />
genuinely confused if you choose not to order one. After realising this<br />
we decided to split a slice of blueberry cheesecake and were glad we<br />
did. They also offer several good value modern rooms above the café,<br />
and a large family apartment on two floors. QOpen 06:00 - 23:00.<br />
PTA6LGBS<br />
Cafés<br />
Over €150<br />
Habakuk Pohorska 59, tel. (+386) 2 300 81 00, habakuk@termemb.<br />
si, www.termemb.si. Q 137 rooms (singles €150-230, doubles €216-320).<br />
PTHAR6UFLKDCW hhhhh<br />
€100-150<br />
Bellevue Na Slemenu 35, tel. (+386) 2 607 51 00, bellevue@termemb.si,<br />
www.termemb.si. Q 42 rooms ( singles €90-140, doubles €130-230, apart-<br />
ments €160-355). PTHAR6UIFLKD hhhh<br />
Betnava H-3, Ulica Eve Lovše 15 (Jadranska 30), tel. (+386) 2 333<br />
41 00, hotel@betnava.si, www.betnava.si. Q 40 rooms (singles €75,<br />
doubles €96, apartment €200, at the weekends singles €45, doubles €66).<br />
PTHAFLKD hhhh<br />
Bolfenk Na Slamenu 35, tel. (+386) 2 603 65 00, info.scp@sc-pohorje.<br />
si, www.pohorje.org. Q 20 rooms (singles €60-65 or doubles €100-110).<br />
PTHA6KDCW hhhh<br />
City Maribor D-3/4, Kneza Koclja 22, tel. +386 (0)2 62 12 500/+386 (0)64<br />
117 100, fax +386 (0)2 62 12 501, info@cityhotel-mb.si, www.cityhotel-<br />
mb.si. Q 66 rooms and 12 suites (singles €100-125, doubles 140-160, suites<br />
€200-250, royal suite €650). PbOTJHALKW<br />
Draš G-1, Pohorska 57, tel. (+386) 59 07 6600, fax (+386) 59 07 6601,<br />
hotel@dras.si, dras.si. Q (singles €70, doubles €90-130, suites €150).<br />
PTA6UFLDW<br />
Grand Ocean C-4, Partizanska 39, tel. (+386) 59 077 120, fax (+386) 59<br />
077 130, info@hotelocean.com, www.hotelocean.si. Q23 rooms (23 Total<br />
rooms ). 23 rooms (singles €118, doubles €132-152, triples €142-210, suite<br />
€148-172). PJAULGW hhhh<br />
Orel C-3, Volkmerjev prehod 7, tel. (+386) 2 250 67 00, orel@terme.<br />
si, www.termemb.si. Q 71 rooms (singles €79-95, doubles €120-144).<br />
PJAR6UL hhh<br />
Piramida C-3, Heroja Šlandra 100, tel. (+386) 2 234 44 00, piramida@<br />
termemb.si, www.termemb.si. Q 81 rooms (singles €95-144, doubles €106-<br />
180). PHA6ULKD hhhh<br />
Videc Hočko Pohorje 131, tel. (+386) 2 220 88 41/(+386) 2 220 88 42,<br />
info.scp@sc-pohorje.si, www.pohorje.org. Q 28 rooms (singles €60-70,<br />
doubles €100-110, triples €120-135). PTAILKW hhh<br />
€70-100<br />
Arena Pot k Mlinu 57, tel. (+386) 2 614 09 50/(+386) 2 220 88 41, fax<br />
(+386) 2 614 09 79, info.hotel@sc-pohorje.org, www.pohorje.org. Q 22<br />
rooms (singles €55-85, doubles €80-120). PHA6LKDW hhhh<br />
Bajt Garni H-2, Radvanjska 99, tel. (+386) 2 332 76 50, fax (+386) 2 332<br />
43 22, info@hotel-bajt.com, www.hotel-bajt.com. Q 25 rooms (singles €39,<br />
doubles €53). PHAFLGBDW hhh<br />
Garni Milena G-3, Pohorska 49, tel. (+386) 2 613 28 08, fax (+386) 2 614<br />
00 44, info@milena-garni.com, www.hotelmilena-garni.com. Q 17 rooms<br />
(singles €50, doubles €70, triples €90). PA6LW hhh<br />
Garni Tabor F-1, Heroja Zidanška 18, tel. (+386) 2 421 64 10, hoteltabor@<br />
podhostnik.si, www.hoteltabor.podhostnik.si. Q 58 rooms (singles €50-70,<br />
doubles, €70-90, triples€90-100). PTHA6ULK hhh<br />
Kačar Ptujska 301j, tel. (+386) 2 629 05 00, info@hotelkacar.com, www.<br />
hotelkacar.com. Q 16 rooms (singles €66, doubles €94, apartment €115).<br />
PHARFLKDW hhh<br />
Merano Macunova 1, tel. (+386) 2 614 13 20, info@hotel-merano.net,<br />
en.hotel-merano.net. Q 15 rooms (singles €40-65, doubles €60-85, triples<br />
€80-105). PA6LGBKXW hhh<br />
Tisa Hočko Pohorje 40, tel. (+386) 2 603 61 00, fax (+386) 2 603 61<br />
61, hotel.tisa@telekom.si. Q 31 rooms (singles €36-45, doubles €72-90).<br />
HARUFLKD hhh<br />
Veter Mariborska 31, tel. (+386) 2 669 00 00, fax (+386) 2 669 00 01,<br />
info@hotel-veter.si, www.hotel-veter.si. Q (dorms €16-18, singles €54,<br />
doubles €86, suites €150-220). PTHA6ULBW hhh<br />
Under €70<br />
365 Kobanska 10, Kamnica, tel. +386 (0)2 623 2269, www.hotel-<br />
365.eu. Q 19 rooms (singles €50-55, doubles €70-90, triples €90-105).<br />
PTA6ILW<br />
Bau G-2, Limbuška 85, tel. (+386) 2 421 63 10/(+386) 2 421 63 29, info@<br />
hotel-bau.net, www.hotel-bau.net. Q 16 rooms (singles €50-53, doubles, €70-<br />
75, triples €95). PTHAR6UGW hhh<br />
Martin Hočko Pohorje 103, tel. (+386) 2 603 65 00/(+386) 2 220 88 41,<br />
fax (+386) 2 603 65 23, info.scp@sc-pohorje.si, www.pohorje.org. Q 8<br />
rooms (singles €40-50). A6K hhh<br />
Motel Pri Lešniku K-3, Dupleška 49, tel. (+386) 2 471 23 22, fax (+386)<br />
2 471 50 38, gostilna.lesnik@siol.net, www.gostilna-motel-lesnik.si.<br />
Q 22 rooms (singles €42 doubles €68, suites €95). PTHAR6KDW<br />
hhh<br />
Pohorska Kavarna G-2, Ob Ribniku 1, tel. (+386) 2 614 15 00/(+386)<br />
41 640 101, info@pohorska-kavarna.com, www.pohorska-kavarna.com.<br />
Q (Singles €49, doubles €63, triples €78, suites €174-224). PALKW<br />
Vila Emei Dupleška 135, tel. (+386) 2 46 17 811, emeirado@amis.net, www.<br />
hotelemei.si. Q (singles €49, doubles €60-90). PA6LKW hhh<br />
Vila Mira B-4, Lešnikova 6, tel. (+386) 2 25 01 453/(+386) 2 25 01 454,<br />
fax (+386) 2 25 23 061, www.vilamira.com. Q 5 rooms (singles €45, doubles<br />
€60). PJA6LW<br />
Zarja G-3, Frajhajm 34, tel. (+386) 2 603 60 00, fax (+386) 2 603 60 05,<br />
info@hotel-zarja.si, www.hotel.zarja.si. Q 15 rooms (singles €29-45, doubles<br />
€58-90). THA6K hhh<br />
Guesthouses<br />
Etno Hiša Baščaršija D-2, Poštna 8, tel. +386 (0)2 250 63 59/+386 (0)40<br />
759 507, zekira.markovic@gmail.com, www.bascarsija.si. Q 2 rooms and 3<br />
apartments (double rooms €45-50, 4-person apartments €60-90). bJLK<br />
Apartments<br />
Apartma Studio Lent D-1, Ob Bregu 20, tel. (+386) 2 603 31 11, fax<br />
(+386) 2 603 31 10. Q (doubles €55).<br />
Apartment Jurič G-2, Naveršnikova 4, tel. (+386) 2 220 88 41, fax (+386)<br />
2 220 88 49, info.scp@sc-pohorje.si, www.pohorje.org. Q (2-4 person<br />
apartments €80). TA6 hhh<br />
Gozdna Villa Mari G-3, Pot k Mlinu 50, tel. +386 (0)2 620 85 60, fax +386<br />
(0)2 620 85 40, info@gozdnavilla-mari.si, www.gozdnavilla-mari.si. Q 21<br />
apartments (3- to 6-person apartments €100-140, 6- to 8-person apartments<br />
€160). PTADW<br />
Hostels<br />
Lollipop C-4, Maistrova 17, tel. (+386) 40 24 31 60, lollipophostel@yahoo.<br />
com. Q 13 beds (€20 per bed). JRGBXW<br />
Pekarna E-2, Ob Železnici 16, tel. +386 (0)59 180 880, fax +386 (0)59<br />
180 882, hostelpekarna@mkc.si, www.mkc-hostelpekarna.si. Q 7 rooms, 5<br />
suites and 4 apartments (dorms €17, suites €25-27 per person, apartments €21<br />
per person). Breakfast an additional €3.30. bJHALEXW<br />
Uni C-3, Volkmerjev prehod 7, tel. (+386) 2 250 67 00, uni.hotel@terme.<br />
mb.si, www.termemb.si. Q 53 rooms (singles €32, doubles €54, triples €81).<br />
Breakfast €8 per person. JA6ULW<br />
Vetrnica Mariborska 31, Ruše, tel. (+386) 2 669 00 00/(+386) 2 669<br />
00 01, info@hotel-veter.si, www.hotel-veter.si. Q 16 rooms (3-4 bed dorms<br />
€18-20).<br />
Balkan<br />
Gala Žar D-3, Loška 10, tel. (+386) 2252 36 00. As with all Balkan res-<br />
taurants, vegetarians would be well-advised to give this Serbian place a wide<br />
berth, while meat-lovers will want to circle it on their maps. If you’re like us and<br />
have a tough time deciding on any one thing, there are some good sampler<br />
menus offering a sizeable taste of several different dishes. Don’t forgot to<br />
order a side of fresh-baked Lepinja (a tasty flat bread) to go with your plate of<br />
meat. The small terrace out front is surrounded by a little too much concrete,<br />
and there a lot of similar places with better locations further down Lent, but<br />
the food here is excellent. QOpen 11:00 - 23:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00. €4-18.<br />
PJAUEGBKS<br />
<strong>In</strong>ternational<br />
Ancora C-3, Jurčičeva 7, tel. (+386) 2 250 20 33, ancora@sidro.si, www.<br />
sidro.si. A frenetic pizza and pasta joint which has the local twenty-somethings<br />
nattering at high volume while they wait for their meals, served by waiting staff<br />
from the same generation. Lots of wooden panelling about the place and the<br />
youthful chefs concoct the dishes in full view of the custom, not that they seem<br />
to notice as the latest gossip is clearly far higher up on the menu. QOpen<br />
09:00 - 24:00, Fri 09:00 - 01:00, Sat 10:00 - 01:00, Sun 10:30 - 22:30. (€4-8)<br />
. PAGBS<br />
Barida D-2, Splavarski Prehod 5a, tel. (+386) 2 250 67 21/(+386) 2 250<br />
67 22, www.osteria-barida.si. Situated in the Maribor’s old town district of Lent,<br />
just behind the Old Wine House and its 400 year-old vine, Barida provides a relaxing<br />
atmosphere for guests to enjoy a wide range of dishes. The house specialities are<br />
various kinds of steaks, including T-bone, steak Florentine and several deer options.<br />
The pizzas from the wood-fired oven are also quite good, and vegetarians should man-<br />
age to find enough to keep themselves satisfied. Q Open Mon-Thur 10:00-22:00, Fri<br />
10:00-24:00, Sat 11:00-24:00 and Sun & holidays 12:00-22:00. (€6-15).<br />
Novi Svet pri Stolnici C-2, Slomškov Trg 5, tel. (+386) 22 50 04 86,<br />
novi-svet@triera.net, www.novi-svet.com. Maribor’s most renowned fish<br />
restaurant is where Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich ate while in town for<br />
the Slovenia-Russia World Cup 2010 qualifier, which gives some indication of the<br />
quality and reputation. However, if you don’t have the good fortune of being an<br />
oligarch (Russian or otherwise), be careful when ordering, as many of the dishes are<br />
charged by weight and can quickly add up. The vast selection of seafood is cooked<br />
according to local recipes, and you’re aided in digestion and enjoyment by over a<br />
hundred wines and live entertainment. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00, Sat 11:00 - 24:00,<br />
Sun 11:00 - 17:00. (€5-20). PTA6IEB<br />
Pri Florjanu Grajski Trg 6, tel. (+386) 225 14 842, grajski.trg@triera.net.<br />
Opposite the castle on the funnel-shaped Grajski Trg, this café-cum-Mediterranean<br />
restaurant has a comfortably stylish interior covered in earthy purples, browns and<br />
reds, and an outdoor seating area that takes up a good amount of real estate right<br />
on the square. An ample selection of both cakes and magazines are on hand to<br />
help pass the time, while vegetarians may want to consider staying for lunch as the<br />
menu here is one of the few in town with more than a token amount of meat-free<br />
dishes. QOpen 11:00 - 22:00. Closed Sun. (€5.50-12). PJAB<br />
Pri Treh Ribnikih A-3, Ribniška 9, tel. (+386) 2234 41 70, trije.ribniki@<br />
termemb.si, www.termemb.si. Goes two centuries better than some of its other<br />
resilient competitors in the region, this three-hundred-year-old restaurant has sur-<br />
vived by staying in close communion with the lush nature which surrounds, in the<br />
form of the City Park and its three ponds - which give the restaurant its name. Plenti-<br />
ful food and wine provides all the fuel you need to go and explore the untouched<br />
beauty waiting outside for you after you’ve settled the bill. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00,<br />
Sat 10:00 - 21_00, Sun 10:00 - 21:00. (€10-17). PTABSW<br />
Zlati Lev Vodnikov trg 4, tel. (+386) 2250 80 80. <strong>In</strong> a great location just<br />
off the waterfront above the city’s main outdoor market, the Golden Lion has<br />
a welcoming family-run atmosphere and specialises in grilled dishes. On sunny<br />
weekends the terrace offers some prime people watching if you can find an empty<br />
table. The three-course student menu is a steal for under €5, and is available to<br />
anyone who looks like they could possibly be a student so don’t be afraid to ask<br />
for the separate menu. QOpen 06:00 - 24:00. (€5-23). PJA6B<br />
Mexican<br />
Takos D-2, Mesarski prehod 3, tel. (+386) 2 252 71 50, info@takos.si,<br />
www.takos.si. The decor might be minimalist in this Mexican eatery but the<br />
portions most certainly aren’t. You’ll need to keep an eye on your food if you<br />
choose to eat outside as the restaurant is located in a sloping alley-way so there<br />
is a chance your plate might slide off the table. Entertainment comes with the<br />
food as well so pack your dancing shoes and get ready to knock back a tequila<br />
or two. QOpen 11:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 11:00 - 03:00, Sun 11:00 - 16:00. PT�<br />
JA6UGBXSW<br />
Pizza<br />
Barila C-2, Ulica 10. Oktobra 7, tel. (+386) 2 251 41 59, www.osteria-<br />
barila.si. Not only does this place have great pizza and Italian food, it also<br />
has probably the coolest pizza menu we’ve ever seen - with each pie named<br />
after a different country, including photos of what they look like and flags<br />
of the respective countries. While we’re not sure how exactly they decided<br />
Saudi Arabians like Hollandaise sauce and mushrooms on their pizzas, or<br />
what spinach and gorgonzola have to do with Angola, we’ve never had more<br />
fun ordering. Located on a pedestrian street just off of Slomškov Trg, there’s<br />
with a small terrace out front. Q Open Mon-Fri 07:00-22:00, Sat 08:00-22:00,<br />
Sun 09:00-22:00 and holidays 12:00-22:00 (Pizzas €4.70-6.50, mains €4.50-<br />
14.80). PTJABS<br />
Slovenian<br />
Pri Kostanju G-3, Streliška 30, tel. (+386) 2420 01 30. Although<br />
its country inn credentials have been somewhat compromised thanks to<br />
a massive chain supermarket recently moving in next door, this place still<br />
manages to turn out fine traditional Slovene cuisine. However, Kostanju’s<br />
real draw is the slightly claustrophobic wine cellar downstairs, where you can<br />
sample home-made wine. If you like what you taste bottles are available for<br />
purchase at reasonable prices. QOpen 09:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon, Sun.<br />
(€5-18). PTA6GBS<br />
Štajerc C-3, Vetrinjska 30, tel. (+386) 2 234 42 34, stajerc@termemb.<br />
si, www.termemb.si. Located in the centre of the old town, Štajerc is one<br />
of the best options in town for traditional Slovene cuisine, including the house<br />
specialty bograč - a stew with three different kinds of meat. The large outdoor<br />
garden area provides ample room for groups, and is abuzz with activity all<br />
summer. <strong>In</strong> addition to the restaurant, there is also an onsite brewery, which is<br />
open for organised tours. QOpen 10:00 - 22:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 24:00. Closed<br />
Sun. (€4-13). TJAULGBK<br />
Vinska Klet Brigadir H-1, Za Kalvarijo 65, tel. (+386) 2250 85 10,<br />
peter.brigadir@triera.net. Quite a few places around Maribor have wine<br />
cellars open for tastings and tours, but this one actually manages to cram an<br />
entire restaurant underneath its low-hanging vaulted brick ceiling. Located<br />
beyond the vineyards on the hill just north of the city centre, this friendly<br />
family-run place turns out an array of no-nonsense traditional Slovene cuisine<br />
to go with its extensive selection of locally produced wine. They also offer<br />
wine tours - call ahead to make arrangements or enquire about the details.<br />
QOpen 10:00 - 23:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 23:00. (€3-7).<br />
TA6LEBS<br />
Bars & Pubs<br />
Ancora C-3, Jurčičeva 7, tel. (+386) 2250 20 33, www.sidro.si. The ground<br />
floor of this popular pizza and seafood joint serves as a lively pub most nights,<br />
with crowds often spilling out into the long narrow courtyard for some fresh air or<br />
a smoke. Its location smack
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