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Pletna boat, Lake Bled

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Pletna boat, Lake Bled
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Pletna boat, Lake Bled

Bled is Slovenia's only island, located in the Alpine Lake Bled. To reach the island you have to board the wooden Pletna water taxi and for a few cents it will scoot you across the loch, a tradition dating back to the 12th Century.
Pletna boat, Lake Bled

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Correspondent: Saul Taylor