The holiday home Piko is a very interesting, extremely well located house, perched on a hill overlooking the spectacular Lake Bled, its little island with a pretty church and the Alpine mountains. The breathtaking lake views are the big attraction of this Bled family villa, with the centre of town just 700 metres away.
This unique, comfortable and homely house offers generous accommodation for a family wishing to explore Bled and its surrounding area. It is ideally situated for swimming, rowing and sailing, standing just above the Yachting and Rowing Club of Bled, where world championships and Regattas are often held. The owner of the house is an Olympian with an Olympic medal for rowing from 1996.
The holiday home Piko Bled is in close proximity to numerous restaurants, cafes, taverns and shops. The charming "Old Timer" steam train runs all summer and takes you on a journey from the nearby old Bled Railway station on to the three hour magical history and nature journey via Lake Bohinj and some fabulous countryside. For active people and children, this is a perfect place to unwind and be also fully active, swimming, fishing, sailing, rowing and riding, hiking, cycling and doing extreme sports.
ACCOMMODATION
The air-conditioned house is built on the hill and has three floors. The lower ground floor (still above ground) is reached from the ground floor hallway via stairs. The main living area is on the top floor (first floor).
Lower Ground floor
The lower ground floor comprises a double bedroom with a king size bed with ensuite bathroom. Bed linen and towels are included.
Ground floor
The ground floor has a double bedroom with a sofa bed and ensuite bathroom. This bedroom has magnificent lake and mountain views.
First floor
The first floor has a sitting/dining room with a separate kitchen, the third double bedroom and a bathroom. The kitchen is well equipped with modern appliances such as fridge/freezer, cooker, microwave, toaster, coffee machine and cooking utensils plus tableware. There is a sofa and dining table for six to seven people and a TV, WiFi, air conditioning and central heating.
OUTSIDE
In the front of the villa there is ample parking for three cars.
The garden is to the side of the villa on a slight slope and is of the natural style with alpine grass. There is also an outdoor dining table and barbecue.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Baby cot, on request
- High chair, on request
Distances
- Nearest beach on Lake Bled 300m
- Nearest cafe bar 150m
- Nearest restaurant 300m
- Nearest supermarket 400m
- Nearest wellness centre 1km
- Vintgar gorge 1.5km
- Lake Bled 300m
- Airport Bled 30km
- Airport Klagenfurt 30km
FLIGHTS AND TRAVEL OPTIONS TO BLED
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Slovenia has an international airport (Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport) at Brnik, about 25km north of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Ljubljana airport is convenient for the alpine resorts and the lakes of Bled and Bohine, and 130km to the Slovenian coastline. A closer option to access the coast is to fly to Trieste Airport in Italy (Ryanair from London, Paris, Brussels and Birmingham), 65km to the coastal town of Koper, or to Pula Airport in Croatia (Ryanair from London, Paris, Oslo, Frankfurt and Brussles), 100km to the Slovenian coastal resorts.
Flight details and information can be found at the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport website.
Adria Airways, Slovenia's national airline, offers scheduled flights to Ljubljana from major European cities such as Frankfurt, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Manchester, London-Gatwick, Zurich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Moscow, Skopje, Sarajevo, Tirana, Istanbul, Prague, Warsaw and Podgorica.
Other airlines flying from the UK include Wizz Air from London Luton and easyJet from London Gatwick. Wizzair also fly from Brussels Charleroi
See the airline websites for details:
