Ljubljana in 4 days

A 300-metre riverside colonnade between the Triple Bridge and the Dragon Bridge, designed as a covered street, with a fish market below.

On its wooded hill since the 11th century, it served as a fortress against the Ottomans, then as barracks and a prison until 1905.

Three bridges side by side leading off Prešeren Square; the central stone span dates from 1842.

Its pink facade has faced Prešeren Square since 1660; built by the Augustinians after the Gesù in Rome, Franciscan since 1784.

An Art Nouveau bridge of 1901 guarded by four copper dragons, one of Europe's earliest reinforced concrete bridges.

Former Yugoslav army barracks occupied by artists in 1993, now a self-run quarter of seven buildings covered in mosaics, welded scrap and murals.

Plečnik's major work, completed in 1941, with a facade of red brick and irregular stone blocks and door handles shaped like horses' heads.

Five square kilometres of lawns, chestnut avenues and woods climbing Rožnik hill; Plečnik's Jakopič Promenade doubles as an open-air photo gallery.