Food is excellent, original but also with both Austrian and Italian influences. On the coast excellent fish including shellfish and Adriatic Blue, Dentex etc. There is a food movement trend started recently in Slovenia called The Slow Food Dinner. There are normally 8 or more courses with the emphasis on using local produce with old style recipes and taking time over the meal, different wine with each course. Wines are good and are winning awards in Europe.
Many farms produce their own version of chardonnay.
Highest rainfall is usually in October and November. Temperatures range from 0 C in January to a maximum usually of 24 C in June, July, August. No visa is required by EU passport holders. No visa required for holders of passports from USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Most Slovenes speak at least one other language, usually Italian or German.