The Ljubljana Card, the city's tourist pass, with the maths done

Is it worth it? The sums, sight by sight

To see whether it pays, I add up the official prices of a busy day. Ljubljana Castle with the funicular costs €19, Plečnik House with its guided tour €12, the National Gallery €10 and the National Museum €8. With two €1.50 bus rides that comes to about €52, eleven more than the 24-hour card, and the boat trip is thrown in.

Then again, if you walk up to the castle, about ten minutes from the market, the ticket drops to €15, and if two museums are enough for you, the card stops paying off. Nor is it worth it on the first Sunday of the month, when the National Museum and the National Gallery are free. To plan, see my list of Ljubljana museums and how to get about in getting around Ljubljana.

Ljubljana Card prices in 2026

Three independent guides, Travel Her Story, In Your Pocket and go2ljubljana.de, agree on €41 for the 24-hour card, €49 for 48 hours and €54 for 72 hours at the adult rate. Travel Her Story, which says it checked them in April 2026, also gives children’s prices for ages 6 to 14 of €26, €31 and €35. Under-6s do not need one, as they already travel and get in free almost everywhere. Some platforms charge a little more, such as Civitatis from €43, and older websites carry out-of-date figures.

You can buy it online, at the tourist office at Adamič-Lundrovo nabrežje 2, by the Triple Bridge, and at many hotels.

What the Ljubljana Card includes

It is the official tourist pass of Ljubljana, run by the city’s tourist board. It has a chip and also comes as a digital version with a QR code stored on your phone. You choose 24, 48 or 72 hours, and the clock starts the first time you use it, at a museum or on a bus, not when you buy it.

According to the sources I checked, it includes unlimited LPP city buses while valid, the funicular and entry to the castle, a boat trip on the Ljubljanica, a guided walk round the centre, bike hire and entry to more than thirty museums, galleries and sights, among them the National Museum of Slovenia, the City Museum, the National Gallery, Plečnik House, the Natural History Museum and the zoo. Each sight allows one entry.

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Which card I’d choose

The 24-hour card is the most interesting, for a museum day that includes the castle. The 72-hour one makes sense if you are staying three days and using the bus a lot to get out of the centre. If you are wandering the old town and seeing one or two sights, skip the card. And if you want a plan, the Ljubljana in a day itinerary fits the 24-hour card nicely. If you are staying longer, the Ljubljana in two days itinerary gets good value from the 48-hour card.

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