Slovenia is a small state that has its own special color. For tourists who found themselves in this country, one of the topical issues is: what to bring from Slovenia? Visiting local shops, markets and shops, you can buy a lot of interesting products.
What to bring from Slovenia as a gift?
One of the best options is a delicious treat. In Slovenia, you can buy these goodies:
- Pryschut is local raw meat with spices, it looks similar to the Italian version of such a delicacy, but in Slovenia the meat has a slightly different taste. When cooking, other spices and special salt are used. In addition, the Slovenes learned to withstand the technology of cooking cured pork on the sea wind.
- It seems that the usual spice salt in Slovenia has a special taste. It is used in many restaurants around the world, because in this country it has been mined manually for many hundreds of years. Then the salt is processed and purified, the largest white crystals are recognized as the purest and tasty.
- The best in the world is recognized Slovenian pumpkin oil , it is saturated with a huge amount of vitamins and minerals, which are so necessary for the normal functioning of the stomach, liver and heart. In the local cuisine, pumpkin oil is often used for cooking second courses, different side dishes, they process bread.
- In many countries there is a unique chocolate that has its own taste differences. In Slovenia, such chocolate is called "mountain", although the name is not very suitable, but the chocolate is really tasty. It is sold by kilogram boxes, but you can find a smaller portion. Chocolate has a certain bitterness, but it does not save it from a real sweet taste.
- In Slovenia, make a unique delicate honey cream , which has its own special taste, because the country has preserved unique traditions of honey-making. You can buy a jar of honey in a beautiful gift box.
- There is a souvenir that you can try as a masterpiece of cooking or save as a work of art. These are beautiful figures from the dough, which are called a flock . The local population has long been engaged in the sale of such souvenirs. If you want to try them, then you need to do it in the first two days after purchase, after such statuettes become a usual decoration.
- After visiting Slovenia, I want to try their quality local alcohol , because these products are sold at an inexpensive price, and in drinks there are no artificial additives, they are all made on a natural basis. Many tourists dream of buying pear vodka "Villamovka", which in the bottle together with the drink contains a whole pear. Plum vodka is also popular among tourists. There are drinks with a lower percentage of alcohol, these are liqueurs and tinctures.
Souvenirs from Slovenia
When deciding what to bring from Slovenia, souvenirs deserve special attention. Local artisans are famous for their fine handmade products. Among them you can list the following:
- Lace items , open-work weaving is used in headscarves, cloaks and other clothes. The choice of clothing from lace is large enough, the country even holds annual festivals of lace.
- Slovenian craftsmen pay much attention to embroidery , these patterns are created on different versions of fabrics
- In the markets there is a huge assortment of ceramic dishes . These products are of high quality, which are made of durable material. At purchase it is possible to address to trade mark Majolka to really stop on a reliable product from ceramics.
- The country is famous for the production of rock crystal , so you can buy any product from this mineral. These are wine glasses, wine glasses and even a chessboard where figurines are created from rock crystal. But only during transportation, do not forget that the products are fragile enough, so it's worthwhile to worry about their reliable protection.
- Wooden handicrafts are also popular: painted pipes, cutting boards and magnets with symbols of the country.
- Some women acquire natural cosmetics in Slovenia on the basis of medicinal herbs and mud.
- There are also high-quality textile and linen products , for example, bed linen, tablecloths with embroideries.