Bed & Breakfast Silak

--- It is a beautifully renovated house, maintaining tradition in an old style, offering a unique accommodation experience. Your attention to detail and efforts to make your guests feel at home are truly commendable. It was wonderful to spend time in such a cozy and welcoming environment. I sincerely thank you for an unforgettable experience and look forward to returning. Your hospitality and beautiful house are a true inspiration to everyone in the tourism industry. Nadine

This B&B is excellent!! It is extremely well kept, clean and comfortable!! The rooms have excellent AC for warm weather. The custom furnishings and staircases are hand oiled Cherry wood and look amazing. The building is from 1690 and was remodeled beautifully. The breakfast buffet was the best we experienced on our trip with a wide variety of breakfast items. Our only regret is that we wished we had more time to spend in Ptuj!! The city has amazing sights and charm. The walk suggested by the owner Vladimir was excellent. The city is very photogenic!! You can’t go wrong!

Ptuj is a beautiful little town, ideal for walking through its mostly pedestrianised streets, and to really enjoy a stay here the 'Silak B&B' close to the river Drava is perfect. Vladimir, who is running the place, was expecting me already outside the accommodation, when I arrived. He speaks good English and he gave me plenty of information on the hotel, a former tannery, and also about Ptuj, suggesting on a map a sightseeing walk (which happened to be almost the same as the one in Lonely Planet's 'Slovenia'). Being shown different rooms and thus having a choice I went for one, which faces the river (and a parking lot just in front of the hotel). Vladimir helped me with the suitcases, since in all the historical accommodation are staircases, also up to the reception. The room with beams on the ceiling had all I needed, a wardrobe with plenty of hangers and shelves, a writing desk and the bathroom was fine too. Also it was quiet during my stay. A pleasant place to sit down is the courtyard with tables, chairs, flowerpots and a stand with brochures. Breakfast is served in an attractive cellar-like room with arches as of 7.30am. I loved the choice of available items, although only cold ones, but it had the probably biggest choice of fresh fruit I have ever seen at a hotel. In charge of the breakfast was Lydia, the wife of Vladimir. On the first morning she came up to me, speaking fluent German, since she had apparently heard that I were from Switzerland. All the main sights are in easy walking distance from the 'Silak', also the castle, only the railway and the bus station are about 1km away. The two best restaurants in town, which I both tried, are very close to the B&B: the 'Ribic', specialising in fish, and the 'Amadeus' on the way to the castle.

The Owner is really charming with broad history knowledge of Ptuj. The place is absolutely beautiful and fabulously renovated. Old 16th century beams still on the ceilings and the inner garden/restaurant are breathtaking! I will definitely go back.