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Departments Slovakia : Bratislava, Zapadoslovensky, Stredoslovensky, Vychodoslovensky

Tourist Regions: Dolné Považie [ Lower Váh River region], Dolný Zemplín, Gemer, Horehronie, Horná Nitra [ Upper region ], Horný Zemplín, Ipeľsko [ Ipeľ River region ], Košice, Liptov, Nitriansko [ Nitra region ], Pohronie, Orava, Podunajsko, Šariš, Severné Považie [ Northern Váh River region ], Spiš, Stredné Považie [ Middle Váh River region ], Tatras, Turiec and Záhorie

Capital City Slovakia : Bratislava


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Camping & Caravanning in Slovakia

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI Camping Guide

Car Hire Slovakia 

  Sixt   -    
Pick-Up Station / Return Station: Bratislava Airport, Bratislava DT, Kosice Airport and Kosice Downtown.

  Holiday Autos   -    
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

Holiday Homes / Apartments

   -   Holiday Cottages in Slovakia

Belvilla  
A chalet, a villa, a castle or a mill? A country estate, a farmhouse, a gîte or a cottage? All have been carefully selected for quality, location, friendly welcome and attractive atmosphere. They are all ideal for a special holiday and good value for money.

  MaMaison Residence Sulekova ****, Sulekova 20, 811 06 Bratislava
Residence Sulekova is the one and only apartment hotel in Bratislava. An elegant place to stay while traveling, yet one with more space and a lower price than a hotel.
The residence is within a few minutes walk from the old city center in the prestigious and green district of Palisady and enjoys superb views to the castle and the city.

Chalet.nu holiday homes in Slovakia

Interhome   -   Holiday homes Slovakia
All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

  Bungalow.net   -   Holiday homes Slovakia   

Hotels Slovakia

  Hotels in Slovakia   -   Hotel Guide Slovakia
Hotels in Bratislava, Košice, Vysoké Tatry, Trnava, Ždiar, Železničná Stanica Štrba, Žilina, Šalgovce, Liptovský Mikuláš, Senec, Gerlachov, Devin, and more

  Hotels in Bratislava

  Crowne Plaza Bratislava ****, Hodzovo Namestie 2, 81625 Bratislava
Direct in the heart of the city, near historical, financial and shopping districts. 2,4 km from Bratislava Exhibition Ground.

 

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

The Adventure Company    -    Prague & the High Tatra
Try one of the activity holidays, travel experiences not to be missed!  Adventurecompany.co.uk.

Travelsphere   
Travelsphere is the UK's No. 1 operator of escorted holidays

 
Create your perfect trip to Slovak Republic   -   Flight, Hotel and Car



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Transportation / How do I travel to Slovakia

  Bratislava Airport   -   Airport Bratislava  -  9 km northeast of Bratislava

  


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  Online Maps Slovakia [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection Europe   ]


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  Travel Insurance   -   online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

  Slovak Tourist Board

  Bratislava   -   Capital City   -   largest city Slovakia  -   Bratislava Tourist Board
The town spreads like a fan on both banks of the Danube River, and at the foot of the Low Carpatians.
Founded before the 10th century, the city was known originally as Pressburg. Strong fortifications erected during the 12th century gave it strategic importance; from 1541 to 1784 it was the capital of Hungary In 1805, during the Napoleonic War, French Emperor Napoleon I met the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II in the Primate's Palace (pictured at left) and imposed the peace terms known as the Treaty of Pressburg. When Czechoslovakia was created in 1919 after World War I, the city was renamed Bratislava and made capital of the province of Slovakia.
The Austrian border is almost within sight of the city and Hungary is just 16km away.

  Dolné Považie [ Lower Váh River region]
  Dolný Zemplín
  Gemer
  Horehronie
  Horná Nitra [ Upper region ]
  Horný Zemplín
  Ipeľsko [ Ipeľ River region ]
  Košice
  Liptov
  Nitriansko [ Nitra region ]
  Pohronie
  Orava
  Podunajsko
  Šariš
  Severné Považie [ Northern Váh River region ]
  Spiš
  Stredné Považie [ Middle Váh River region ]
  Tatras
  Turiec
  Záhorie

  Trencin
Beautifully located at the foot of the Strazovske vrchy hills in the valley of the Vah River, the region of Trencin , with its temperate climate, deserves a visit. A rich history, a large number of historical monuments and numerous cultural events guarantee a visit full of leisure activities and discoveries.
Originally a Roman military colony, the city of Trencin was founded at the beginning of the second millennium. In 1412, it acquired the rights of a free royal city.
  Trnava
Trnava is an important center of West Slovakia and is one of Slovakia's oldest cities (13th century). It was, during the period of the Turkish invasions, a religious center of Hungary, and became, as early as the 17th century, a university town.
  Nitra
The region of Nitra is made up of a low plain. It adjoins Hungary to the south with the Danube forming a border between the two countries. The city of Komarno, a river port of great importance, is located on the border.
This plain region offers several touristic possibilities with its thermal springs, its forests and its parks which make for an attractive setting. The region possesses a number of quite interesting historical monuments.
Cities: Nitra, Nove Zamky, Levice, Komarno ...
  Zilina
The region of Zilina adjoins Poland to the north and the Czech Republic to the west. Sixty percent of the land is covered by forests. The region is made up of valleys surrounded by mountain ranges – the Western Tatras, the Low Tatras, etc.
The geographical diversity of this region, the beauty of its nature and the richness of its cultural and historical monuments make it an ideal area for top-quality tourism. The mountain ranges are perfect for year-round sports. There is hunting and fishing. The dams of Oravska prichrada and Liptovska Mara offer good opportunities for water sports. The region is also interesting because of its thermal baths (Rajecke Teplice, Lucky, Turcianske Teplice, Korytnica and Lubochna). The caves -- Demanovska ladova, jaskyna Slobody, Vazecka jaskyna -- located in the Low Tatras, are famous the world over. This region also has 4 natural reserves, the Mala Fatra National Park, 14 national cultural monuments and more than 140 cultural monuments.
Cities: Zilina, Martin, Ruzomberok, Liptovsky Mikulas …
  Banska Bystrica
This is the most widely spread out region in Slovakia and includes several mountainous areas favorable to winter sports. There are several ski resorts for alpine skiing and cross-country skiing. (Osrblie hosted the 1997 World Biathlon Championship). The Southern districts are very popular in the summer season. This region is also a famous thermal baths region, where visitors can even take advantage of the beneficial effects of speleotherapy (Bystra).
  Presov
This is mostly a high mountainous region with the High Tatras Mountain range whose Gerlach Peak towers at 2655 meters. To the north is Poland and to the east is the Ukraine. To the south are the Low Tatras and the Slovak Paradise National Park.
The most well-known area is the High Tatras which has excellent tourist infrastructures to welcome the visitors who come to contemplate its beauties and to take advantage of its slopes which favor skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer. Spis, the Strazky Castle, the Cerveny Klastor Monastery, the wooden churches in Hranicne, Potoky and the historic center of Bardejov are the region's top tourist attractions.
  Kosice  -   Cassiova  -  Slovakian city Kosice's virtual guide.
This region is characterized by the diversity of its geographic landscapes, alternating between plains and mountainous regions. The efforts made to preserve the natural environment in a dynamic economic region, plus the cultural and historical monuments, make Kosice a very attractive place to visit. Kosice, the second largest city in the country, also enjoys tourist infrastructures and various options for arriving there (airport, train station, buses). In addition to its cultural riches, the city also has a zoo and a botanical garden. It is in this region that the national park called "Slovak Paradise" is located. The Herlany Geyser should also be mentioned

  Kosice City   -   Cassiova   -   Slovakian city Kosice's virtual guide

  High Tatra   -   Tatra.sk   -   The most beautiful slovak mountains!
"Tatry.sk" is the only official website of High Tatras Town [ Mesto Vysoke Tatry ] and the largest accommodation database of the entire Tatra mountain region.
Activities | Town | Accommodation | Services | Nature | Spa | Transport | Region | Maps | PhotoTatry
  Lake Sinava
Near Piestany is Lake Slnava where you can enjoy water sports during the summer months.
  Low Tatra
  Piestany
Located 35 kilometers to the north of Trnava is Piestany, the best known spa resort in Slovakia. Visitors come from all over the world to take advantage of the warm springs, notably for treatment of neuropathy problems. The hotels and tourist accommodations are everything you would expect from a top quality spa resort. It's a "must" on your list.

  Castle of Cerveny Kamen [ red stone ]
One of the most popular tourist sites in Slovakia.
  Christmas in Slovak
  Top 10 Slowak Paradise
Most pleasant walk, the best place to ski, the wildest drive, the shortest walk, most visited route, most picturesque one, largest water area, most romantic recess, highest waterfall, coolest summer refreshment.
  University   -   Comenius University of Bratislava

Cuisine   -   Slovak Cooking Recipes

In the past, Slovak cooking had a lot of dishes without meat, above all based on flour, like for example the already mentioned "halusky""pirohy"
The excellent taste and aroma of the Slovak specialities are well accompanied with the excellent quality of Slovak wines, from the zone of Bratislava (Rheinriesling, Welschriesling, Gruner Veltliner, Traminer, Silvaner and Muller-Thurgau) and of eastern Slovakia (tokai), but also with the great offer of Slovak beers (Zlaty bazant, Kelt, Topvar, etc). The typical Slovak aperitifs is slivovica (slivovitz), borovicka (grappa of juniper), demanovka (aperitif to base of herbs).

The Czechoslovak Cookbook: Czechoslovakia's Best-Selling Cookbook Adapted for American Kitchens. Includes Recipes for Authentic Dishes Like Goula (Crown Classic Cookbook) 
By Joza Brizova, C. Adams (Editor), A. Vahalla (Translator)
Review by a reader from New York: 'Every Czech meal you can think of is described in this easy to follow cookbook, alhough many of the recipes are untraditional versions of old Czech food. Nevertheless, an easy cookbook for those who would like to venture into Czech cooking'
Hardcover 288 pages (November 1, 1988); Publisher: Crown Publishers
The Best of Slovak Cooking by Sylvia Galova-Lorinc, John Lorinc, Sylvia Lorinc
138 pages; Publisher: Hippocrene Books (January 1, 2000)

History of Slovakia

The original Slavic population settled the general territory of Slovakia in the 5th century. Slovakia was part of the center of Samo's empire in the 7th century. The highest point of the 9th-century proto-Slovak state known as Great Moravia came with the arrival of Cyril and Methodius and the expansion under King Svatopluk. Eventually, Slovakia became a part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 11th-14th centuries and as such was later part of Austria-Hungary.

  Slovak History   -   Wikipedia 
Prehistory, Formation of Slav States, The Middle Ages, Ottoman incursion, Slovak national movement, Formation of Czechoslovakia, World War II, Czechoslovakia after WWII, Independent Slovakia
Bohemia in History  -   by Mikulas Teich (Editor)
This original collection of essays offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of the Czech Lands from the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989. The essays, commissioned specially for this volume, are almost all written by prominent scholars teaching and researching in the present-day Czech Republic, and there is no comparable book in English on the subject. Topics range from the great Bohemian courts of the medieval and early modern periods, to the nationalist revival, and the dramatic ethnic upheavals of modern times.
Hardcover 410 pages (October 29, 1998); Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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  University Library Bratislava

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