--- title: For $90, You and a Friend Can Take a 5-Hour Walking Tour of Melania Trump's Hometown description: First Lady Melania Trump is popular in her small Slovenian hometown. There's now a walking tour of all the must-see spots of her childhood authors: - name: Jennifer Calfas url: https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 339 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/jencalfas former_staff: true published: '2017-06-07T15:30:26.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:02:12.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Melania Trump - onetime - politics word_count: 392 canonical: https://money.com/first-lady-melania-trump-slovenia-hometown-tour/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Melania Trump's Childhood Home](https://img.money.com/2017/06/melania-trump-hometown-copy.jpg?crop=0px%2C119px%2C4500px%2C2531px&quality=85) *A view of Sevnica's old town by the Sava River on November 28, 2016 in Sevnica, Slovenia.* [Melania Trump](https://time.com/4777676/melania-trump-white-house-movie-theater-public-tours/)'s new status as [First Lady](https://time.com/melania-trump-inauguration-model-first-lady/) has put the small nation of Slovenia —and the even smaller town of Sevinca — on the map. [NPR reports](http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/06/05/531573484/for-melania-trumps-slovenian-hometown-first-ladys-fame-is-good-for-business) that demands for tours of the First Lady's 5,000-person hometown have increased 30% since the beginning of the year, around the same time Donald Trump was [inaugurated](https://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/). And it's not cheap: A five-hour-long walking tour of of the town cost $90 for two people, and includes all the must-see stops of Melania's childhood like her elementary school and the Communist-era apartment building she once lived in and the home of her parents. It also includes the old factory where her mother designed children's clothes — now known as a "cultural monument." "A lot of people are coming from Europe, Japan, China and the U.S.," Mayor Srecko Ocvirk told *NPR*. "From an anonymous little town, we are now on the world tourist map." > [Está aí um lugar incrível! #sevnica #slovenia #europe #brunokarimfotografia #brunokarim #bkfotografia #life #lifeemotionphotos #lifeemotion #retratos #retratoslifeemotion #photo #photography #trip](https://www.instagram.com/p/BPsPgWPA1NC/) > > A post shared by Bruno Karim (@brunokarimfotografia) on Jan 25, 2017 at 6:49am PST [//platform.instagram.com/en\_US/embeds.js](//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js) > [Auf den Spuren von #Melania Trump in #Sevnica in #Slovenien. Die derzeitige Frau von US Präsidentschaftskandidat #Donald #Trump ist in diesem Häuserblock aufgewachsen. #us #trump2016 #campaign #election2016 #usa](https://www.instagram.com/p/BIXqShCgXRC/) > > A post shared by Till Rueger (@till.rueger) on Jul 27, 2016 at 8:19am PDT [//platform.instagram.com/en\_US/embeds.js](//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js) Melania is the second foreign-born First Lady behind Louisa Adams, the sixth First Lady of the U.S. who was born in London and married President John Quincy Adams. Born as Melanija Knavs and raised in Sevinca, the First Lady [discovered an interest in fashion and glamor](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/melania-trump-slovenia.html?_r=0) through her mother before she started modeling in Slovenian capital's Ljubljana, and eventually Europe. "Melania was raised here, she used to be our neighbor," Ocvirk said. "Yes, she's President Trump's wife, and that's what she's known for. But we want to focus only on her." The walking tour isn't the only way the town is celebrating (or capitalizing) on the First Lady. A local bakery now makes the "Melanija Torte" and the "First Lady Apple Pie." They include American flags with "Prva dama" — translated as "First Lady" — on top of them. > [Sevniška apple pie "Prva dama" 😀 #applepie #turistvdomacemkraju #melaniatrump #sevnica #sevniskavoscenka #friendstime #sundayfunday](https://www.instagram.com/p/BTy65wDjlXp/) > > A post shared by Maja Bojic (@maaja.b) on May 7, 2017 at 8:09am PDT [//platform.instagram.com/en\_US/embeds.js](//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/first-lady-melania-trump-slovenia-hometown-tour/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Travel", "item": "https://money.com/travel/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "For $90, You and a Friend Can Take a 5-Hour Walking Tour of Melania Trump's Hometown" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/first-lady-melania-trump-slovenia-hometown-tour/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/first-lady-melania-trump-slovenia-hometown-tour/", "name": "For $90, You and a Friend Can Take a 5-Hour Walking Tour of Melania Trump's Hometown", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-06-07T15:30:26.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/first-lady-melania-trump-slovenia-hometown-tour/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/first-lady-melania-trump-slovenia-hometown-tour/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T06:02:12.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "For $90, You and a Friend Can Take a 5-Hour Walking Tour of Melania Trump's Hometown", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/06/melania-trump-hometown-copy.jpg?crop=0px%2C119px%2C4500px%2C2531px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "Melania Trump's Childhood Home" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer Calfas", "url": "https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/jencalfas" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2017-06-07T15:30:26.000Z", "description": "First Lady Melania Trump is popular in her small Slovenian hometown. 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