Penzion Livada — Hotel in Kranjska Gora

We had a lovely holiday in this friendly hotel. The staff are very welcoming and were extremely helpful. The breakfast was excellent, and provided ample energy for a day of skiing.||||The hotel has normal rooms, but also apartments. We didn't have the option to choose the apartments when we booked the holiday. This was a pity, as it would have given us access to a kitchen for self catering. On the plus side, the local restaurants are keenly priced with a good variety of both local and more international cuisine (pizza and pasta!). For lunchtime snacks there are well supplied supermarkets in town.||||The hotel is around 10-15 minutes walk from the ski slopes. This is too far if you are carrying ski equipment unless you are very fit. We didn't know about this, and there was no option to book a ski locker nearer the slopes on the Crystal website. However the hotel manager was very helpful in obtaining a locker for us at a hotel next to the slopes.||||The ski resort is very picturesque with a nice walk up to a lake. There is also a ski bus which leaves from right outside the hotel, and gets you to the slopes in 10 minutes, or in 20 minutes to nearby Podkoren resort (this can be quieter, and makes a change from sticking to Kransje Gora).||||However, the easiest slopes are blues - there are no greens. Absolute beginners are taught in a small nursery area at the bottom of a blue. More advanced skiers will love the harder blues, and reds; and there is a good variety of slopes at this level. However for those in between, there is only one or two blue slopes which are easily manageable, so they might be bored by the lack of variety.||||We went in the February half term; the weather was very sunny and quite warm. The snow was fine until the last day when it became slushy. The resort is not high and last had snowfall in late January so snow cannons were used nightly. ||||Ski hire shop is centrally located and checking gear in/out was straightforward. The ski school was mostly good; out of 4 instructors our family used we were very happy with 3 of them. The other instructor didn't do a good job of teaching in somewhat patchy English. Ski school ran for just 2 hours in the afternoon. This was fine for us, but complete beginners may struggle to make much progress over a week. Night skiing was included in our lift passes and was great fun.||||Finally be aware that the transfer from Salzburg is quite long (up to 3.5 hours depending...

What can I say, we are like part of the family, now. We have visited Penzion Livada for 25 years, me myself have been 37 times. I enjoyed it as much the last visit, as I did my first. If I stayed anywhere else I would be dissapointed. ||Rooms are clean and comfortable and tended daily, most offer fantastic views to the mountains in the Julian alps or down the valley to the italian border. Balconies are adorned with beautiful flowers throughout the summer.||You could not get a better breakfast anywhere, Buffet cold meats and cheeses, fruit and pickles, cerials and seeds and much more. Eggs cooked how you like then with bacon or ham, scrambled, boiled, poached or fried, I could go on. Home made Jams, cakes and pastries, made by mums and local farms make it extra special. A very wide selection is available so there is something for everyone. On nice sunny days you can eat breakfast outside on the terrace and enjoy a couple of drinks in the pagoda whilst watching the world go by.||I feel very much...

What can I say? Just back from my 36th visit to this lovely penzion and I can honestly say I have enjoyed myself as much as my first. Aleš and Ingrid work very hard to make your stay as enjoyable as possible, they are knowledgeable about the surrounding area and offer very useful advice for visitors. The rooms are well tended and spotlessly clean. Most rooms have amazing views South to the Julian alps, or West towards the Italian border. A safe is available in the rooms to keep you valuables secure, very useful. Food at breakfast time is wide and varied with something for everyone and self service items are regularly refreshed so late risers do not miss out. If I stayed anywhere else in Kranjska gora, I am sure I would be dissappointed. "Dom je tam kjer je Serc". Indeed, Home "is" where...