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The Slovenian vignette is now 15 euros for seven days!! As for Austria if you are heading towards the Balkans then they will screw you whatever route you take unless you stay on minor roads. I intended to cross over the vrsic pass to avoid the two tunnels but got clobbered for an eleven euro toll just outside villach, to go through a tunnel.........robbing buxxers.
As for the Slovenian disc don't even think about not buying one as they check coming in and going out........ Nearly got clobbered last year so bought one this time and was glad I did
If you are coming in this direction give the vrsic pass a miss, lots of repairs going on and it wasn't up to much....... Try the Predel pass instead, a much better route and better surfaced......Mostly.
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The Vrisic Pass starts and ends in Slovenia, perhaps you mean the Wurzen Pass that connects Riegersdorf in Austria with Kranjska Gora in Slovenia?
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The Slovenian vignette is now 15 euros for seven days!! .
Uhm....no it isn't, unless you're unfortunate enough to be in a car.

While it's true that they have their Gestapo at nearly every motorway entrance and exit , the vignette is only for ( easily avoidable ) motorways!!
unlike Austria where there are tolls for some mountain roads , bridges and tunnels on top of the vignette thing.

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If you go on into Slovenia be sure to do the Vršič Pass as it's a stunning ride (Just be careful on the cobblestone U bends on the mountain roads
See, I was worried about the cobblestones too, but they're actually incredibly grippy! The cobblestones are not there just to be pretty - they were put in so horses' all-metal horseshoes don't slip in winter conditions. For bike tires in the summer, it's all the grip you could want.

Same thing on the way up to Edelweiss Peak at Grossglockner in Austria (the 20-euro road mentioned by someone above).
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Not to derail, but I'm off to Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Hungary - will I need vignettes for any of these countries as well?

Oh, and I also like the Austrian vignette as a momento (and my expensive Swiss one ).
Slovenia for sure, it's something like seven euros. The shape of the country means it's tricky avoiding the highway, and probably not worth it. Pro tip: Ljubljana only has a fairly small Habsburgian town center and a lot of communist bullshit around it, but Maribor is really nice!

The rest of them... didn't drive a bike through (did Romania by rental car, already had a vignette on it), but the Internet tells me that yes, you do need it. But in some countries not for a motorcycle! For example, in Czech, you need it for a car but not for a bike.
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The Slovene one is about seven euros for 7 days and is totally not worth it unless you're really in a hurry to leave the country . It would be a pity to miss the mountain roads in the north west , particularly the vrsic pass.
Well sure, but once you get down to Kranjska Gora and are heading towards Bled, let's say... sure, it's possible to go via the villages, but you're only annoying yourself sitting in traffic, and the vignette is cheap enough. I've seen people do vignette-avoidance as a sport, but most of the time I find it's best to have the option and exercise common sense based on the conditions on the day. Nobody says you have to use the vignette once you've bought it!
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The Slovenian vigenette IS fifteen euros for a bike am here now and just bought one .Cars are substantially more . Their police are active on the border and I saw a number of foreign cars being pulled . Have no idea where seven euros came from it has not been that for at least two years
Looking at my map it was the wurzen pass
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I am officially locking myself in the toilet, the cost is in fact Seven euros and a few cents, was looking at the wrong receipt. Fifteen euros was the toll at the robbing Austrian tunnel.
My apologies to other Hubb members........ Sound of door shutting
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