The castle in Ljubljana is a beautiful jewel in the crown of a lovely city, but don’t expect a tone of history when visiting the castle. The city seems to have turned it into a venue rather than a historical attraction. That said, it offers beautiful views of the city, outstanding restaurants and hosts various events. We enjoyed dinner there and took in a show at the jazz club that is part of the castle complex. The jazz club was very cool, and we thoroughly enjoyed a tribute to Bob Dylan.

We visited the castle courtyard as the ending point of our tour of the city, followed by some time looking around on our own. We accessed the castle via the funicular, which was a quick ride but required a wait in line of about half an hour on a Saturday afternoon (no line for the ride back down). You can also access the castle via a hiking trail. Our favorite part of the castle was the tower, which you can climb via a set of wide spiral stairs, which has nice views over the castle courtyard below as well as out over Ljubljana and the river. All of this was accessible for free; we didn't pay extra for admission to the castle museum.

A modern rebuild of a castle. You can actually walk around most of the ground floor for free but need to pay to access some of the castle and tower. The tower has great views over the whole city. Wasn't too busy on a weekend in June

A fantastically renovated castle that can be reached by the funicular railway but it is much more fun to walk up the steep windy path from the town. Although you can pay for a ticket, much of the castle can be accessed without eg viewing point, courtyard, shop, restaurant and Pentagon Tower. Don't miss the tower which has a stunning sound exhibition.

The Castel and its design are fantastic, it was good to see all the different mixtures of materials used through out and learn about the history of the castle and the city. Unfortunately our visit was made a little sour by a rude member of staff who didn’t have any customer service skills and should perhaps think ‘if it really matters’ before approaching visitors! This experience need not of happened and perhaps in future they will think twice about how they speak to the guests visiting. Shame. Other than that I hugely recommend visiting the Castel and café for great coffee and florentines!

A bit disappointing as was hoping to be able to see the city from above without paying entrance fee. Was not visiting the castle inside itself, as had not enough time. No part except little shop is open for visitors. Just a small piece of the extrenal wall is open with limited visibility. Read positiv comments about cafe, but was closed at time of my visit.

The castle is a great place to see over the whole of the city and on a clear day you can see for miles. We did not take the tour of the castle which is 10 euros per person as several people we met said it wasn't worth it. That said there are plenty of parts of the castle you can explore for free, you can also climb the spiral staircase and walk along the battlements - great photo opportunities. There are restaurants in the courtyard which are very nice. If your driving you can park right next to the castle entrance. Plenty of history and interesting things to which you can spend as long or little as you like looking at. Great gift shop on site with plenty of interesting items if a little expensive.

Paid €12 to enter to see 4 sites - a virtual 4D film in the history of the castle, a museum of the Slovenian people that highlights their struggle for independence and museum of puppetry, access to the highest building in Ljubljana for a not too high view of the city. The museum of Slovenia was interesting with audio, visual stimuli . The climb to the highest tower meant that you are 10m than from the highest point . Also note that when you pay the entrance fee, there usually still no toilet for non paying guess so you have to cough up 1Euro. Believe me, it is not worth your hard earned money as the guide tour is basically emotion less. Go for other attractions !

Being elderly, we only paid Euro 4.50 each for return trips on the funicular. The Ljubljana Castle Grounds are FREE of charge. You can roam around as long as you want. You pay more when you want to enter the museums/attractions/tower.

I had been told that although it was worth going to for the views, paying for entrance to the castle was not worthwhile (and not cheap). I can't comment as I followed the advice. However, the views alone were worth the effort of getting there.