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Pro
Lovely main square, close to Slovensky Raj & Spisske Hrad
Con
Not much nightlife...
In a nutshell
for a vacation from your vacation, not a bad choice...
prleprle Says: The original town walls from the 14th and 15th century still remained preserved around the town center and they are about 2 km long. Several towers, bastions, and two town gates have been reconstructed. Main gate is Kosice Gate (one from my photo).
prleprle Says: In vicinity of Kosice Gate (on the left side) is ornate baroque Church of the Holy Spirit and the New Minorite Monastery built in 1750. Interior of the church is richly decorated and typicly baroque. facade is baroque also but more elegant.
prleprle Says: From the 16th century to the end of 1922, Levoca was the seat of the Spis Province. Between 1806 - 1826, was built a new classicistic administration building, the Large Provincial House, as the seat of the town's administration. Today, it is reconstructed and it is a seat of...
prleprle Says: Levoca's most famous patron is of course the gothic sculptor, Master Pavol. In the actual house where Master Pavol worked, there is today a museum in his honor (this is a white and gray/blue house on my photo). The foundations of the building were laid in the 14th century....
prleprle Says: The Spis Museum is located at the Namestie Majstra Pavla (main square) in an original burgess house from the 14th century that was rebuilt into a sumptuous palace with a renaissance stone portal. In the 17th century, the house was owned by Levoca chronicler, and later on, a...
prleprle Says: The Thurzos, an aristocratic family coming from Austria settled in Levoca in the 14th century, and many descendants achieved high rank in the royal administration and in the church. Besides, Thurzo was one of the richest families in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom thanks...
prleprle Says: The cage of Shame comes from the 16th century and it was used for punishing for minor delinquencies and,as i heard, "naughty women". Its original place was where the Protestant church is situated now. Later it was transfered in private park of Probstner family. The Cage was...
prleprle Says: In 17th century Levoca was a centre of the Protestant Reformation in Slovakia so there is also Protestant church on the main square. This is a Greek-cross shaped building with a huge dome. It was built in classicistic style between 1825 -1837. Exterior, as well as interior...
prleprle Says: The Town Hall is one very beautifull and interesting renaissance building. It was built in the gothic style in the 15th century, and it was rebuilt, after fire, in the renaissance style at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1615 the Town Hall was enlarged and the southern...
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Restauracia Slovenka: Pretty place at the square
hdv63 Says: A pretty place in the centre of Levoca. On a hot summer day you can also enjoy grill food in the garden at the backside. Friendly staff, many local visitors as well as foreign tourist. We had several meals at this place. Steak and pasta were excellent and so are beer and...
U Janusa: Levoca's best restaurant
hdv63 Says: This restaurant is situated in a histoorical building just outside the square. So leave the square and enjoy your meal at U Janusa. When the weahter is fine you can also eat in the beautiful garden.There si also a hostel where you can sleep. We had several dinners during...
Restauracia Slovenka: Slovakian folk music
hdv63 Says: Restauracia Slovenka is not only a restaurant, it's also a great pub to be. Many times a blind guy is playing harmonica. In don't really like his music but many peole do. However: Fridaynight is is real fun. Then a Slovakian folk band is playing very pretty music, visitors...
Big Bar, Admiral: Almost nonexistent
Kantor Says: There seems to be, at least in May, 2008, only 2 places still open after midnight in Levoca: the Big Bar and the Admiral, both on the main square. Don't expect anything spectacular, apart from 2 billiard tables at the Admiral, but at least they are open.
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Levoca's bus and train station are about 1.5km south of the town. We used buses for all our trips to and from Levoca. The tourist office has bus timetables to popular places such as Spisska Nova Ves and Spisske Podhradie (for Spis Castle) but in some cases the times they gave were different to the times down at the station, which, once or twice, were different from the times when the buses eventually left.
Before visiting Levoca we were in Tatranska Lominca, in the High Tatras, and we took a direct bus from here to Levoca, a journey of 1 hr 20 minutes.
There is a large supermarket, Billa, beside the bus station. I tried shopping there twice but the queues were so long I had to drop what I was buying and run for our bus which was about to leave.
There is also a train station in Levoca and we planned to catch a train to Spisska Nova Ves on our last day as we were getting another train from there to Trnava. However, then we got to the train station we found it rather empty and abandoned. The building was locked, there was no one around, apart from two drunks asleep on the platform, and there was little indication that there would be a train that day, if ever. So we went by bus instead.
The whole area around the bus station and train station is a little depressing and in complete contrast to the town itself. There is another bus stop nearer the town, at Stefana Kluberta Square, just outside the town gate at Kosicka in the north-east of the town. All buses going east pass this way so it's much more useful than the main bus station.
Written Sep 10, 2006
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Levoca is a small place and there are not too many places to shop for food. There is a big Billa supermarket at the bus station but this is about 1km south-east of the town. There is also a small shop on the south side of the main square which opens fairly late and sells a small amount of goods - water, chocolate, beer, alcohol, etc.
Updated Sep 15, 2006
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Slovakia biggest minority group is the Roma people and the largest numbers of Roma we saw were in Eastern Slovakia, especially around Levoca and Spisska Podhradie. I've read that there are occasional problems between the Roma and Slovaks, but none of this was apparent to us. The Roma way of life is similar to that of the Travelling Community in Ireland but I think the Roma are more prominent to visitors in Slovakia than the travelling community are in Ireland.
Updated Sep 15, 2006
Spissky Stvrtok-Zapolsky's Chapel
prleprle Says: In 1473, Zapolsky's Chapel was built to the church. It is one of the highlights of Gothic architecture in Slovakia. Originally it was intended as the funeral chapel of the Zapolsky family. It has winding stairs with the upper part. An underground passageway connects the...
Spissky Stvrtok-St. Ladislav's Church
prleprle Says: Spissky Stvrtok is an small village on the important crossroad in the region. Main attraction of the village is an beautifull church on the top of the small hill. The oldest enduring written mention of the village is from 1263. It is mentioned under the names Stwertek,...
barryg23 Says: Spis Castle is one of the highlights of Slovakia. It overlooks the town of Spisske Podhradie, which is 15 km east of Levoca. We took the bus from Levoca and as we approached the town we had a grea tview of the castle. It looks stunning on its hilltop location. From the...
barryg23 Says: Slovensky Raj (Slovakia Paradise) is a national park near Levoca. We spent a day hiking through the park, doing a loop from Cingov on the park's eastern edge. It was quite an exhausting day as we hiked for 9 hours, with only 2 small stops. When we got back to Cingov we had...
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Ooh, so quiet, so very quiet...
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