You haven't been to Maribor for a long time or haven't you? Now, however, Maribor has really very boldly drawn its place on the tourist map of the world - as:

• the city of the European Capital of Culture 2012,
• place of the World Youth Chess Championship 2012,
• one of the TOP 10 world tourist destinations according to many media,
• the center of one of the fastest growing destinations in Slovenia and the city of the oldest vine in the world,
• a world landmark that attracts crowds of tourists to its Old Vine House even from the most remote parts of the world.

Maribor is nestled along the Drava River in the embrace of the green forests of Pohorje and picturesque wine-growing hills. It is connected to the beautiful hinterland of the easternmost part of the Alps and the varied Slovenske gorice and connected to the river by the plain of the Drava plain.

Tourist destination Maribor - Pohorje, Central Styria offers with its incredible diversity of experiences, adventures and holiday opportunities for lovers of wine and cuisine, sports and recreation, culture, nature, rural tourism and especially eco-tourism, wellness and wellness, (spiritual) pilgrimage, as well as congress and business tourism, gambling and shopping.