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Category Archives: Cool buildings/castles
The Dead Bats’ Cave
High in the broccoli-hued forest foothills of the Nizke Tatry (Low Tatras) – Slovakia’s great unsung mountain range – hidden between the lofty pine trees of the lower slopes and the element-stunted trees of the kosodrevina above, there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Cool buildings/castles, Hikes, LOW TATRAS, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc), Wildlife
Tagged bystra, chata m r stefanika, chopok, dead bats cave, dumbier, hikes, hotel kosodrevina, jasna, kosodrevina, low tatras, low tatras mountain houses, nizke tatry, slovakia caves, srdiecko, tatras mountain houses, trangoska
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The Štefánikova Magistrála Stage One: Devín to Kamzík
This first stage of the four-stage hike across Western Slovakia between Hrad Devín (Devín Castle) and Bradlo is an easy initiation into the walk. We’ve allowed more time for this because of the points of interest en route and because the … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Hikes
Tagged best western hotel west, bradlo, bratislava hotel west, bratislava parks, cesta hrdinov snp, devin bratislava, Devin castle, devinska kobyla, devinsky hrad, dubravka, dubravska hlavica, horsky park, kamzik, kamzik bratislava, karlova ves, kutiky, mlynska dolina, sandberg bratislava, stefanik, stefanikova magistrala, zaluhy
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The Štefánikova Magistrála (Štefánik’s Trail)
When I heard there was a path themed around one of Slovakia’s greatest all-time heroes, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, running from the Austrian border at Hrad Devín through the entirety of the Small Carpathians to Bradlo, where the man is buried, my … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Hikes, WESTERN SLOVAKIA
Tagged best western hotel west, bratislava, bratislava castles, bratislava hotel west, cesta hrdinov snp, devin bratislava, Devin castle, devinska kobyla, devinsky hrad, kamzik, kamzik bratislava, kamzik tv tower, Male Karpaty, most snp, most snp bratislava, Slovakia castles, Small Carpathians, stefanik, stefanikova magistrala, tatranska magistrala, western slovakia castles
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The Unsung Charms of Košice – A Perspective on Slovakia’s Second City
This week’s post comes courtesy of Karen McCann, author of Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home, which within weeks of publication became the number one best-selling travel book on Amazon. Karen recently spent three months on trains, … Continue reading
Posted in Cool buildings/castles, Culture, EAST SLOVAKIA, KOŠICE
Tagged european city of culture, hlavna kosice, kosice, kosice cathedral, kosice railway station, kosice theatre, kosice trains, Košice 2013, plague column, raiders of the lost ark, saturday night fever, singing fountain, slovak trains, st elizabeths cathedral, st urban
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Days of Wine and Horses… Château Topolčianky
First, you have to imagine what a month or more of snow on the ground is like – easy enough for you Central and far-North Europeans but for the rest of us (me included until this January-February), not so easy. … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation - Hotels, Cool buildings/castles, Food & Drink, Hikes, WESTERN SLOVAKIA
Tagged anton bernolak, chateau, chateau topolcianky, czechoslovakia, horse breeding, hotel hradna straz, masaryk, slovak wine, stud farm, topolcianky, western slovakia, western slovakia castles, winery, zlate moravce
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Bratislava Castle Restaurant
Slovak cuisine tastebud-tickling time. And this, primarily, for a friend who is Bratislava-bound soon after a lengthy time away, and has been asking me about classic places to eat really good Slovak food in Bratislava Old Town. On first examination, … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Food & Drink - Restaurants
Tagged bratislava, bratislava castle, bratislava castle restaurant, bratislava old town, bratislava restaurants, bratislava wine, hradna hviezda, Male Karpaty, mangalica, modra hviezda, slovak food, slovak wine, Small Carpathians, Small Carpathians Wine Route, strapacky, traditional slovak food
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Bratislava Clock Museum
Back in the 19th century, it turns out, Bratislava (aka Pressburg to German speakers or Pozsony to Hungarian speakers) was one of Europe’s foremost manufacturers of clocks – and the Hungarian Empire’s go-to destination for purchasing high-quality timepieces. It was … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Culture, History, Museums/Galleries
Tagged beblaveho, bratislava, bratislava attractions, bratislava castle, bratislava clock museum, bratislava jewish quarter, bratislava museums, bratislava old town, clock museum, dom u dobreho pastiera, house of the good shepherd, hungarian empire, mikulasska, Pozsony, prague, prague astronomical clock, pressburg, zidovska
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