Written by Tina Anzik
Entering Slovenia
Border
formalities are none since Slovenia is a part of Schengen
Area and correspond to the European standards. Citizens of member countries of the
European Union, Croatia, and Switzerland can cross the border with a valid
personal identification document, but the visit cannot be longer than thirty
days. All those who need visas to visit Slovenia can obtain them from
Slovenia’s representative offices in their home countries. Please find
all the latest information on the procedure and conditions for obtaining a visa
to enter Slovenia at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website http://www.mzz.gov.si/en/visa_information/.
Invitation
Letters (Letters of guarantee): We do not issue letters of invitation for
employees of commercial organizations from countries that require a visa to
Slovenia unless the company is known for being active in Machine Learning,
Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining, and related fields. If in doubt, please
contact us before registering.
We
can ONLY issue invitation letters when a delegate is duly registered to AIME
2011, i.e. a registration form has been made, and the related registration fees
have been fully paid and received by our accounting office.
How to get to Bled
Airplane: Slovenia’s
national carrier Adria Airways offers regular
schedule flights to most major European cities. Ljubljana is linked to
Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, London, Dublin,
Manchester, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Moscow, Split, Skopje, Sarajevo, Ohrid, Tirana, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Podgorica,
Prague, Priština and others. Airport Joze Pucnik Ljubljana http://www.lju-airport.si/ is 36 km away.
Regular daily services mostly provided by the Slovenian national carrier Adria Airways http://www.adria.si/
operate between Ljubljana Airport and all major European hubs. Numerous
carriers offer regular flights to Slovenia: Adria
Airways, Austrian Airlines, Swissair, Aeroflot, British Airways, Avioimpex, Montenegro Airlines, Croatia Airlines, and Czech
Airlines. In addition, EasyJet http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book/index.asp?lang=EN
flies from London Stansted to Ljubljana once a day.
Bus: It is also possible
to reach Slovenia from neighbouring countries by bus http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/eng/.
International bus transport is well organized and relatively inexpensive. The
timetables and other information can be found at the web address of local bus
transport agency.
Car: You can best get to
know a country if you visit it by car http://www.amzs.si/.
You can reach Slovenia via one of the border crossings with Italy, Austria,
Hungary or Croatia, or you can rent a car in one of our car rental agencies.
Slovenia’s highways are good and clearly signposted; beside the roads you
will find rest stops, inns with overnight accommodation, and motels.
Train: Lesce
- Bled railway station http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/,
which is on the route between Munich, Salzburg, Villach, Ljubljana, Belgrade,
Athens and Istanbul, is just 4 km from Bled.
Shuttle
service
We
have organized a shuttle service from Ljubljana airport to Bled and back and we
encourage participants to book it (on the conference registration form). Price
for the shuttle is 20 EUR for one way. If you already registered and didn't
book the shuttle or you don't have the flight info yet you can still book it
and send the flight info afterward.
If you would prefer to go from the airport to Bled by bus unfortunately there
is no direct bus line so you have to go to Ljubljana or Kranj
first, and then take a bus to Bled from there. More information available at http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/
If you take a taxi from the airport the price would be
at least 40 EUR. More information available at http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/
So in this case the shuttle is the cheapest and also the most convenient option
to get from the airport to Bled.