Maribor

Maribor is a city in Slovenia and the seat of the Maribor urban municipality. With a population of 108,000 as of 2002, it is the second-largest city in the country with lots of hotels, appartmans and camps. Maribor lies on the river Drava at the meeting point of the Pohorje mountain, the Drava valley, the Drava plain, and the Kozjak and Slovenske gorice hill ranges. It is the center of the Slovenian region of Lower Styria and its largest city. The nearest larger urban center is Graz in Austria which is about 50 km ( 30 miles ) away. Maribor's coat of arms features a white pigeon flying downwards above a white castle with two towers and a portcullis on a red shield. Many hotels in Maribor offers you nice accomodation for short or long holidays.

 

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Maribor was also named as an Alpine city in 2000 and it also has the second biggest international airport in Slovenia. Maribor was also chosen as European Capital of Culture 2012.

 

Maribor is very well located. Munich (Germany) is a 5 hour drive, Venice (Italy) is only 4 and half hours, Vienna (Austria) is a short 2 hour drive, Zagreb (Croatia) is only 1 and half hours, and Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia) is only an hour away.