A CREATIVE TRAVEL & EVENT COMPANY

STORY

Židana Marela was born when a few Slovenian guides experienced a typical Greek evening program and we thought to ourselves, why not do this in Slovenia? Once we returned to Ljubljana we launched the Traditional Slovenian evenings and later formed Židana Marela, meaning “the jolly umbrella”. This new formed company allowed each of us to play to our strengths: Tomaž with his myriad of ideas & love of music, Luka with his passion for photography and Miha’s expertise in business and public relations.

Once we got rolling, an explosion of new ideas and new connections allowed us to expand our offerings and our team. Dragana, previously a tour operator for 10 years, wanted a chance to show off Slovenia and joined us to work on incoming tourism. Andrew, an American with an insatiable taste and curiosity for the Balkans, was brought into the fold, relocating all the way from Seattle. And the energy from Zidana has continued to attract others wanting to work with Zidana.

We now offer many specialized travel products: from traditional Slovenian evenings and culture shows to photography tours, food & wine tours from stag parties to short trips and we’re still expanding.

TIME LINE

folklore

2004 – Traditional Slovenian evenings

2005 – Small group tours – Roads Less Traveled

2007 – ŽIDANA MARELA formed

2007 – Silver award for innovative tourist product

2008 – Stag & Hen Parties

2009 – Award for best realization of promising ideas

2010 – Photography tours

2012 – Savor the experiance

2014 – Zidani izleti – Trips and excursions

2015 – BeFree Koncerts

2016 – Innovative Travel Solutions

2017 – Manja Travel

2019 – Curator

TEAM

TOMAŽ

DRAGANA
Marketing Manager

MIHA

TAJANA
Operations Manager

MANJA
Ancestry Tours

LUKA
Photo Tours

ANDREW
Savor the Experience Tours

DEJAN
IT

MIMI
Bfree Koncerti

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Židana marela d.o.o.
Seat: Vrhovci cesta X/28
Office: Vurnikova 2
Ljubljana, Slovenia (EU)
+386 40 363272
office@zidanamarela.si
www.zidanamarela.com

etoa-member

European tourism association

Chamber of Economy of Slovenia
Tourism and Hospitality Chamber
Licence 1134 for Tour Organiser
Licence 1135 for Tourist Agent

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