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Category Archives: Hikes
The Forgotten Bank of the Danube
That last post reminded me of another I meant to write a few months ago. I’d been shopping, as I remember (not at one of the big malls because I detest them) and fancied a stroll near the city centre. … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Hikes, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc)
Tagged austria, bratislava, bratislava cycling trail, bratislava danube, bratislava hikes, bratislava parks, bratislava water museum, bungee jumping, danube, danube bratislava, danube bridge, danubiana art museum, lafranconi, most snp, pressburg, stefanikova magistrala, vodarenske muzeum
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Chata Pod Čertovicou
8:30am. The only other guest was chuckling to himself. He simply couldn’t believe it. The manager had just given him a bottle of wine (Château Topoľčianky, not bad), well, just because, too often these days there is a reason for … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, Hikes, LOW TATRAS, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc)
Tagged biely karpaty, brezno, certovica, cesta hrdinov snp, chata pod certovicou, chateau topolcianky, donovaly, dukla pass, hotel totem, hrebenovka, low tatras, low tatras mountain houses, Low Tatras Ridge Hike, Mala Fatra, mala fatra national park, skiing, Slovakia skiing, stefanikova magistrala
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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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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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Vrátna Valley Basics – & Two Short Walks Around Chleb and Veľký Kriváň
If anyone were to ask me where they should go to get the most accessible and authentic slice of mountain life in Slovakia, factoring in the obligatory stupendous viewpoint and a hike to a classic wilderness hut dishing out hearty … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, Hikes, MALÁ FATRA / VEL'KÁ FATRA, Museums/Galleries, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc)
Tagged breweries, chata na gruni, chata pod chlebom, chleb, hotel diery, hotel rozsutec, janosik, janosik museum, koliba stary dvor, Mala Fatra, mala fatra chata, mala fatra national park, mala fatra restaurants, pivovar, snilovske sedlo, terchova, terchova attractions, traditional slovak food, velky krivan, vratna, vratna cable car, vratna free time zone, vratna to chleb, vratna valley, vratna vytah, vrsky, vrsky pivovar, zilina
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Štefánik’s Stomping Ground
On a surreally misty grey morning the other weekend we drove up into the northeast portion of the Small Carpathians (Malé Karpaty) not far from Trenčin to find out a little more about the most famous Slovak personality of the last … Continue reading
Posted in Hikes, History, Museums/Galleries, WESTERN SLOVAKIA
Tagged Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire Slovakia, bradlo, bratislava, bratislava airport, brezova pod bradlom, cesta hrdinov snp, czechoslovakia, dusan jurkovic, hungarian empire, kosiarska, lomnicky stit cable car, masaryk, mohyla, MR Stefanik Airport, Piestany, Piestany spa, stefanik, stefanikova magistrala, svidnik
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Bratislava – A Birdwatching Haven
For our 150th post on Englishmaninslovakia.com we are honoured to have a guest article on birdwatching in and around Bratislava from one of the city’s most experienced birdwatchers, Tomáš Novák. A keen birdwatcher, nature lover, and “bike birder”, his particular passion … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Hikes, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc), Wildlife
Tagged beavers, birdwatching, birdwatching Bratislava, bratislava, bus 21, bus 28, bus 43, bus 90, bus 91, cunovo, danube, devinska kobyla, Devinska nova ves, devinske jazero, devinsky hrad, hrusovska zdrz, incheba, Male Karpaty, medicka zahrada, mestske lesy, morava, most snp, ondrejsky cintorin, patronka, petrzalka, sad janka krala, sandberg bratislava, Slovakia birdwatching, Small Carpathians, zelezna studnicka
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