Due to its relative cheapness, taxis in Ljubljana are very popular among guests and residents of this Slovenian city. Ljubljana taxis do not have a uniform color scheme, but you can recognize them by the following sign - there is a yellow checkered rectangle on their roofs.
Taxi services in Ljubljana
Taxis can be used at the airport - car parks are located opposite the terminal. Vacationers will be able to rent a free car in the city center - there are specialized parking lots. In addition, you can often find a car at bus stops, where drivers stop there in search of potential customers. If you wish, you can stop the car on the street by giving the driver a hand signal.
You can place an order for the delivery of a car by contacting one of the well-known taxi companies (you can make a call from a pay phone):
- Taxi Ljubljana (the company provides its customers with such additional services as car rental with a driver, delivery of flowers, medicines and food, cargo transportation): 031 234 000, 041 970 000.
- Taxi Laguna: 080 11 17, 080 12 33. In the taxi fleet of this company there are more than 100 vehicles (from cars to minibuses and buses): they are air-conditioned and their drivers speak different foreign languages.
- Taxi Metro: 080 11 90;
- Taxi Intertours (in cars of this company you can pay with Visa and MasterCard credit cards): 080 19 55, 080 311 311. If you visit the website of this taxi service (www.taxi-intertours.si), you can leave a request by filling out a special form in the mode online.
Taxi cost in Ljubljana
Not sure how much a taxi costs in Ljubljana? To rectify the situation will help an acquaintance with the tariffs in force in local taxis:
- the cost of the trip consists of the price for landing (1.5-2 euros) + 1, 20-1, 80 euros / 1 km of the covered path;
- for baggage you will be asked to pay 2 euros;
- the cost of downtime and waiting is 18 euros / 1 hour.
Different taxi companies calculate the fare differently: if the fare is paid according to the meter readings, make sure that the driver not only turns it on, but also resets it after the previous trip. And in some taxis, the calculation is made by prior arrangement, so all these circumstances should be clarified with the driver before boarding.
On average, a trip from the airport to the center of Ljubljana costs 20-40 euros (a wide range of prices depends on the class of car in which you will travel).
It is best to get around the center of the small town of Ljubljana on foot, but if you need to get to the outskirts of the Slovenian capital, it is advisable to use a local taxi.
