Driving abroad
Driving in Slovenia means driving on the right, with a drink drive limit of 0.05 percent, zero for new and professional drivers and motorway speeds of 130 km/h. Everything below is the practical version, the things that actually cost visitors money or time.
The Vrsic pass is unmissable and closes in winter. Buy the e-vignette before you reach the motorway, not after.
Once the paperwork is sorted, this is what you came for. Vrsic Pass, Mangart Saddle Road, Soca Valley Road are among the highest scoring roads we hold in Slovenia, and all of them are open to any road legal car.
Motorway limit
130 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Built up areas
50 km/h
Drink drive limit
0.05 percent, zero for new and professional drivers
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. A planning summary, not legal advice. Check the national road authority before you travel. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 18 June 2026
The detail
An electronic e-vignette is required for motorways, bought online or at petrol stations by number plate.
Winter equipment is compulsory from 15 November to 15 March.
Ljubljana closes its old centre to traffic.
UK and EU licences are accepted.
Reflective jacket, Warning triangle, First aid kit, Spare bulbs
112
Now the good part
Julian Alps
Fifty numbered hairpins, twenty four of them cobbled, over the highest pass in Slovenia.
Julian Alps
The highest road in Slovenia, blasted through rock tunnels to a 2072 metre saddle.
Primorska
Beside the most improbably turquoise river in Europe, bend after flowing bend.
Common questions
Motorways 130 km/h, main roads outside towns 90 km/h, and built up areas 50 km/h. Lower limits are posted and always take priority.
An electronic e-vignette is required for motorways, bought online or at petrol stations by number plate.
0.05 percent, zero for new and professional drivers. Roadside testing is routine and the safest approach on a driving tour is nothing at all before you drive.
Winter equipment is compulsory from 15 November to 15 March.
Reflective jacket, Warning triangle, First aid kit, Spare bulbs. Emergency number is 112.
UK and EU licences are accepted.