How do you get into Little Italy by train?

How to get from northern Italy to Slovenia by train.?

• I'm planning out a trip that goes from Milan, Italy, to Bolzano, Italy, to Lake Bled, Slovenia, to Plitvice National Park, Croatia. I planned it out well all the way to Bolzano, but getting from Bolzano to Lake Bled is proving a challenge. I found the raileurope.ca website and found their map of stops, it says that it stoped in Bled, Slovenia, but when I go to check the rates for trains form Bolzano to Bled it says there are no trains doing this route the day I need or the day before or after.

• Answer:

  To get to Lake Bled from Bolzano, you'll probably have to get to Trieste, then take a train or bus to Ljubljana. From there you can get a train to Bled. I would have to have your exact dates of travel to create a workable itinerary for you. Bolzano to Trieste requires two changes (Verona and Venice Mestre), so it's going to take you about 6 hours. Buses to Ljubljana are not frequent, and they are not express, so it is likely that you will not arrive in Ljubljana until 8 PM or later, which means you'll have to overnight in Ljubljana before going to Bled. An alternative would be to take the 7 PM bus from Trieste to Koper, then a local bus to Piran. Spend two nights in Piran to see the Slovenian coast, then take a 0645 bus to Ljubljana and then a train to Bled.