Ptuj
Ptuj is the eighth-largest town of Slovenia, located in the traditional region of Styria.
Ptuj is the eighth-largest town of Slovenia, located in the traditional region of Styria. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ptuj. Being the oldest recorded city in Slovenia, it has been inhabited since the late Stone Age and developed from a Roman military fort, located at a strategically important crossing of the Drava River along a prehistoric trade route between the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic.
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Worth seeing in and around Ptuj
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lake Ptuj
Lake Ptuj is a reservoir on the Drava River southeast of the town of Ptuj in eastern Slovenia. It is the largest reservoir in Slovenia and was created in 1978 when a dam for the Formin hydroelectric power plant was built on the Drava.
3.8 km · hydroelectric reservoir near Ptuj, Slovenia · Wikipedia - 02Ptuj Castle
Ptuj Castle is a castle in Ptuj, Slovenia. It stands on a hill alongside the Drava River overlooking the town, and it is a prominent landmark.
300 m · Castle in Ptuj, Slovenia · Wikipedia - 03Puh Bridge
The Puch Bridge, officially the Bridge over the Drava River in Ptuj, is an extradosed bridge over the Drava River near lake Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. It is named after the inventor Johann Puch.
1 km · bridge in Slovenia · Wikipedia - 04Ptuj City Stadium
Ptuj City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Ptuj, Slovenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
600 m · multi-use stadium in Ptuj, Slovenia · Wikipedia - 05Ptuj City Cinema
Ptuj City Cinema is a cinema located in Ptuj, the oldest historically documented town in Slovenia. It opened on 3 March 1897, which would make it the oldest movie theater still operating in the world.
100 m · oldest still active movie theater in the world · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Orpheus Monument
Slovenski trg (in front of the town tower).
- 02Town Hall
It was erected in 1907 on the site of Poskočil House, named after a very rich merchant of Slovene nationality, Poskočil.
- 03Town Tower
The town tower with the Povoden Museum at the bottom, which a collection of stone memorials.
- 04Dominican Monastery
The monastery was first built in the 13th century and features a variety of architectural styles.
- 05Ptuj Grad
Build on a steep hill overlooking the town, the castle is now part of the regional museum.
- 06Borl
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Things to do
Ptuj is known for fairs since Middle Ages, when fairs lasted for weeks. Nowadays the fairs are contracted to only 3 days a year - Jurijev sejem (23 April), Katarinin sejem (25 November) and Ožbaltov sejem (5 August). Carnival - Kurentovanje — Since 1960, Ptuj has been the stage for the annual traditional carnival event called Kurentovanje, the biggest organised carnival event in Slovenia.
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Where to eat
- 01MuziKafe -
1 Vrazov trg, info@muzikafe.si.
- 02Gostilna Ribič
9 Dravska ulica, gostilna.ribic@talum.si.
- 03Caffe & Pizzerija Marakuja
8 Vošnjakova ulica.
- 04Pizzeria Slonček
19 Prešernova ulica,.
- 05Gostilna Rozika
7 Slomškova ulica, info@gostilna-rozika.si.
From Wikivoyage: Ptuj, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Ptuj
- Airports
- Graz (GRZ), 72 km · Zagreb Franjo Tuđman (ZAG), 77 km · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 111 km
- Zgornji Brnik → Ptuj108 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · €14–20
- Feldkirchen bei Graz → Ptuj73 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · €9–13
- Velika Gorica → Ptuj82 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €11–15
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ptuj
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ptuj. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Ptuj
- Municipality of Hajdinamunicipality of Slovenia2.8 km
- Municipality of Markovcimunicipality of Slovenia5.4 km
- Videm pri Ptujusettlement in the Municipality of Videm in eastern Slovenia5.8 km
- Dražencihuman settlement3.8 km
- Janežovcihuman settlement5.7 km
- Grajenavillage in Ptuj municipality, Slovenia4.7 km