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Podravska · Slovenia Capital
In the destination Maribor and Ptuj.
In the photo: Glavni trg square, in the centre of Maribor
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
The country’s second-largest city, with about 97,000 inhabitants, on the banks of the Drava and at the foot of Pohorje. The castle is first mentioned in 1164, and the town received city rights in 1254. The Lent quarter by the river preserves the Stara trta, a vine over 400 years old recorded in the Guinness Book; the centre contains the cathedral, the castle with the regional museum and the medieval synagogue. A cable car connects the outskirts to Pohorje.
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Festivals and events
Dates change every year: check this year's date before you travel.
June/JulyFor about nine days, beginning in late June and ending in early July.
At the start of summer, the Lent neighborhood, the old bank of the Drava in Maribor, and the central squares host Slovenia’s largest outdoor festival, with concerts on downtown stages, folklore, street theatre, and children’s programming.
September/OctoberOn a Sunday in late September or early October, when the grapes are ripe, after a few days of wine festivities in the Lent neighborhood.
Every early autumn, Maribor publicly harvests the grapes of the Stara trta, the more-than-400-year-old vine that grows on the facade of a house in the Lent neighborhood, concluding days of celebrations with Styrian wines and dishes by the Drava River.
The local experience
Žametovka vine over 400 years old on the façade of a house in the Lent neighborhood, recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest vine still producing grapes. The house houses a wine museum.
Oldest neighborhood of Maribor, on the north bank of the Drava, with a stone quay, the Water Tower, the Justice Tower and remains of the medieval walls. It’s the setting for the Lent festival in June.
Church of St. John the Baptist, of 13th-century Romanesque origin with a Gothic appearance, on Slomškov trg. It houses the tomb of Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek and has a tower with a viewpoint.
Late 15th-century town castle, remodeled in the Baroque style, between Grajski trg and Trg svobode. It houses the regional museum of Maribor, with halls, a Baroque staircase and collections of archaeology, ethnology and weapons.
A 14th-century Gothic synagogue on the old Jewish street, next to Lent, one of the oldest preserved in Europe. It functions as a centre for Jewish cultural heritage, with exhibitions and events.
The southern slope of Pohorje above Maribor, served by a gondola that rises from about 330 metres to over 1,000 metres. Trails, viewpoints and a bike park in summer; ski slopes in winter.
