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Ptuj
Town in Styria, Slovenia

Ptuj

Ptuj is the eighth-largest town of Slovenia, located in the traditional region of Styria.

Plan a trip to Ptuj→From Feldkirchen bei Graz

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.

Get in

Getting to Ptuj

By car, Ptuj can be reached from Maribor and the A1 highway by the A4 highway. There are also frequent bus and train connections between the two cities. There are also bus and train connections to Ljubljana. Eurobusways do a transfer to Ptuj, on the way between Budapest and Ljubljana. You can see a regional bus timetable here.

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    Ptuj
See

Worth seeing

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    Orpheus Monument

    Slovenski trg (in front of the town tower).

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    Town Hall

    It was erected in 1907 on the site of Poskočil House, named after a very rich merchant of Slovene nationality, Poskočil.

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    Town Tower

    The town tower with the Povoden Museum at the bottom, which a collection of stone memorials.

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    Dominican Monastery

    The monastery was first built in the 13th century and features a variety of architectural styles.

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    Ptuj Grad

    Build on a steep hill overlooking the town, the castle is now part of the regional museum.

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    Borl
Do

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.

Eat

Where to eat

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    MuziKafe -

    1 Vrazov trg, info@muzikafe.si.

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    Gostilna Ribič

    9 Dravska ulica, gostilna.ribic@talum.si.

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    Caffe & Pizzerija Marakuja

    8 Vošnjakova ulica.

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    Pizzeria Slonček

    19 Prešernova ulica,.

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    Gostilna Rozika

    7 Slomškova ulica, info@gostilna-rozika.si.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.