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Hotel Elizabeth, Trenčin

Posted on April 26, 2015 by

I tried thinking of several possible titles for this article: “The hotel with the Roman remains”, “A night below the foundations of Western Slovakia’s mightiest castle”, something along these lines. Either of the above headings would be true, as would … Continue reading →

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Modra’s Hotel of Ceramics

Posted on February 9, 2015 by

I like a hotel to reflect, subtly but with pride, the culture of the place it’s in. And Modra, a beguiling town famous for its beautiful pottery, wine and colourful 19th-century townhouses, is touchingly showcased in its best hotel, sitting … Continue reading →

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In the Footsteps of Beethoven

Posted on January 21, 2015 by

Slovakia has only been a nation twenty-two years. Before that it was a region within regularly chopping and changing borders: Turkish, Austrian, Hungarian, Czech, German, Russian: all have had a stab at meddling with the frontiers here. And so, through … Continue reading →

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The Stop on the Wine Route No One Knows About

Posted on October 5, 2014 by

A misty October weekend afternoon; the itch to get out into the hills and away from Bratislava overwhelms. The woods are on the turn. It’s been over a month since I’ve been hiking in them. Part yellow, part orange, part … Continue reading →

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The Pick of Piešt’any’s Thermal Pools

Posted on July 14, 2014 by

The best bathing spot in the country is much easier to narrow down if that country doesn’t have a coastline. In landlocked Slovakia, bathing is all about spas: there is a stunning variety of therapeutic thermal waters flowing under the … Continue reading →

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