Slovenian wedding favours are a great opportunity to add a personal touch to your wedding. European wedding guest gifts tend to be a bit more unique than those often given in the UK or US. For a destination wedding in Slovenia, when carefully chosen, traditional wedding favours can double as elegant Slovenian souvenirs!

Popular Slovenian wedding favours are often edible and steeped in tradition (like wedding cookies, potica, Slovenian gin,…). We give wedding favours because they provide guests with a special momento of the wedding day. After going to so much trouble to create an unforgettable wedding – it makes sense to gift guests a keepsake they can remember it by.

Here’s my top ideas for Slovenian wedding favours guests will love. Traditional, unique and memorable, these keepsakes adapt easily to any budget or wedding style. If you’re getting married in another European location, this shortlist will give you some useful ideas.

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Slovenian Wedding Favours Wedding Guests Will Love: European Wedding Favour Ideas

HEALING SALT WEDDING FAVOURS

Found in the Secovlje Salt Pans on the coast of Piran, Secovlje salt is one of the best salts in the world. Why choose salt wedding favours? Secovlje salt is no ordinary salt, it’s packed with healing properties. Affectionately known as white gold, Piran salt has a brilliant white colouring and pure taste. Your fleur de sel – flower of salt wedding favours are the most superior grade of salt harvested from the pans’ Mediterranean waters. Indeed, it’s even better than French fleur de sel. Also known as Piranska sol – Piran salt’s fine properties are the result of hand-harvesting and the organic bed of oxygen-rich algae and minerals which keep the salt separate from the mud.

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A source of national pride, Secovlje salt is painstakingly harvested by hand using traditional methods and tools which hail from the 13th century. Prized for over 700 years, the salt pans are a beautiful Piran attraction located in Secovlje Salina Landscape Park which sits on the banks of the Adriatic Sea. In Slovenia, Piran salt can be found sprinkled on freshly cooked food, such as fish, or on handmade chocolate. It’s also incorporated into beauty products, soothing massage therapies and thalassotherapy treatments so there are lots of ways to gift your guests Secovlje salt wedding favours.

GOURMET HONEY WEDDING FAVOURS

Slovenia’s picturesque landscape is one of the greenest in the world. In fact, 60% of Slovenia’s terrain is covered in magnificent ancient forests. Scattered with flora, waterways and fauna of every kind, Slovenia’s resplendent woodlands and valleys make a wonderful habitat for bees. Living in an environment rich with different types of trees and plants, Slovenian’s flavour-filled honey is amongst the best in the world.

From its taste to health benefits and medicinal properties, honey has many uses to it’s a superb choice for a universal yet unique wedding favour every guest will enjoy. In Slovenia, honey wedding favours can be gifted in all sorts of different ways. Slovenians are very passionate about their fine-quality honey. Bee-keeping is popular and production is closely regulated with the Carniolan honey bee – a protected species in Slovenia – the only species approved for its use.

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For your honey wedding favours, you’ll have over 10 varieties of Slovenian honey to choose from. Whether it’s acacia, spruce, silver fir, chestnut and more, each honey has its own distinct flavour. The top 3 types of Slovenian honey are: Kočevski Gozdni Med, Kraski Med and Slovenski Med. For traditional honey favours, you might want to use mini honey jars personalised with a beautiful label or get creative with the styling of the honey jar itself. However, in Slovenia, you can get much more adventurous with honey wedding favours.

You can find unique Slovenian honey souvenirs in the form of honey wine, honey cookies, honey massages, honey spa treatments, honey candles and you could even gift a trip to the Honey Village in Mozirje!

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TRADITIONAL WEDDING FAVOUR – LECTAR HEARTS

Lectar hearts are a heart-shaped artisan gift that’s beautifully decorated by hand. The glossy red heart is a traditional gift which dates back to the 14th century. Originally sent between lovers, lect hearts are perfect for a traditional wedding favour authentic to Slovenia. Made from gingerbread which incorporates some of Slovenia’s famous honey, lectar hearts are a popular Slovenian souvenir. These age-old cakes are steeped in romance and have come to symbolise love and affection. With only a few artisan bakeries still producing lect hearts, they’re a pretty, edible wedding favour guests will love.

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Beyond the distinct glossy coat, Lectar hearts can be decorated in a range of ways, always with intricate designs piped by hand. The most famous Lect hearts come from Slovenia’s oldest Lect hearts bakery – Lectarstvo Gingerbread Bakery. These delicious treats can last for months. To see lect hearts made during your stay in Lake Bled, head to The Live Gingerbread Museum in Radovljica.

POTICA – EDIBLE WEDDING FAVOUR

Every county has its favourite fastive cake and potica is Slovenia’s. Potica is commonly presented as a rolled pastry with a filling which can be sweet or savoury. The brioche-style pastry itself can also be sweet or savoury.

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 Versatility makes potica an ideal, edible wedding favour because it can be filled with the ingredients of your choice. Popular fillings include: chocolate, hazlenuts, poppy seeds, Slovenian honey, cream cheese and more. If you want the most traditional potica filling, opt for potica with a walnut filling. For your edible wedding favours, you could personalise potica favours with custom fillings, shaping of the cakes and more.

OTHER GREAT WEDDING FAVOUR

There are lots of reasons why couples give out wedding favors – they serve as a thank – you token to your guests and provide a tangible memory of your celebration. As you head into the final months before your wedding, you’ll want to start browsing party favor ideas to pick the right gifts for your guests. To help inspire you, I’m sharing some other wedding favor ideas. Don’t forget that you can choose something reflective of you as a couple or a fun element that ties into your wedding theme, destination, or décor. Here are some other ideas.

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MY TIP: Be sure to consider your budget and the size of your wedding when selecting favors for guests.

If you’re still not sure where in Slovenia you want to wed or need help with wedding planning, get in touch. Together, we’ll make every wedding dream come true – but even better than you imagined.

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Petra

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