halikowski Says: Visit to a country palace, most famously occupied by the last King of Bulgaria Ferdinand of Coburg, who was exiled after siding with the losing Germans in the First World War. Sumptuous nineteenth century Biedermeier rooms with luxury furniture, Chinese silk wallpapers,...
1 Review and 11 Opinions This is an old building (I'm guessing 16th century) nicely converted into a hotel- even has an...
halikowski Says: Beautiful Renaissance building, bang in the centre of town, with rooms looking out over the Old Castle. But be careful of the scouts, who seem to name a price according to how soft you look. Beds were advertised on hostelworld for 250 SKK, I ended up paying 350 SKK after...
`U Boehma': classic Slovak cuisine
halikowski Says: Excellent quality, and well priced. Nice locale. Dont go for the tomato soup if you don't like sugar (which is added). I recommend the `halusky s brinzy' (gnocchi with goat's cheese and lard), costs 119 SKK (with 1/2 litre of beer and bread).
Assenczo Says: Antol is a village or rather an area of Greater Banska Stiavnica(2km off downtown), where the palace of Ferdinand Saxcobourg Gotta is located. For people with inclination towards history and especially comparative one it is a perfect place for a surprise. Not many in...
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Terra Banensium, Land of Mines.

There are nice views down the steep-sided slope to the Mestky Archiv and the Uradny Dom. The view is otherwise across to Kalvaria, constructed at the apogee of the town's fortunes 1748-51, but now -...
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This little town is about a 30-40 minute drive by car South of Banska Bystrica. The ancient castle in the picture can be seen quite a while before you get to the town.
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Little Bulgaria in the Slovak mountains

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The oldest mining town in Slovakia is located in a picturesque valley. Beside the mining museum, artifical lakes, houses from the different periods (Medival, Renaissance, Baroque, Historism,...)...
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