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Martin Skansen

Martin Skansen, Martin

 trisanna Says:  A skansen in an open air museum full of old buildings that are from all over Slovakia. There are farm houses, work houses, a church and other various buildings. One can go into some of the homes, which are decorated with period furniture. There is one restaurant on the... 

Slovak National Museum

Slovak National Museum, Martin

 trisanna Says:  Located in a very communist rectangular building that has no fuss. This building has a very interesting collection of folk costumes from all over the country. Some stuff at the museum is hit or miss, such as the embroidery and stuffed animal collection. But the collection of... 

Divaldo

Divaldo, Martin

 starsirius Says:  Divaldo-must see 

Martinska galeria

Martinska galeria, Martin

 starsirius Says:  Galery 

Justice palace

Justice palace, Martin

 starsirius Says:  Nice statues in front of this building of a women which stands in front of all other statues - she represents Justice. 

Nice square

Nice square, Martin

 starsirius Says:  It's nice walking there 

Visit the High Tatra mountain...

Visit the High Tatra mountain..., Martin

 schielen Says:  Visit the High Tatra mountain range.I've put this information here because I visited these mountains in a day-trip from Vrutky. The most important town in the High Tatra region is Poprad, which has even got an airport.The High Tatra is a mountain-range, the highest and most... 

Visit Cicmany

Visit Cicmany, Martin

 schielen Says:  Visit CicmanyCicmany (800 inhabitants) is a small village. There are 140 wooden houses with rather particular paintings. There is a museum of the village life. Houses are protected as a village reservation. There is a small hotel and good though limited ski possibilities... 

Restaurants  

Etna: in the centre of the town...

Etna: in the centre of the town..., Martin

 dein Says:  there are lot of pizzerias actually in the centre of the town...but if you want to try something other just come there...it is family restaurant and the interior is not anything special...but the food is usually of good quality and worth the priceif you are not hungry too... 

My favourite Restaurant is a...

My favourite Restaurant is a..., Martin

 Sajt Says:  My favourite Restaurant is a Hamburger restaurant. The menu is cheap. The olnly thing what I understand :)))I don't know the name of the restaurant but it's easy to find becouse all is yellow and red.The other problem:THE PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. :( Hamburger menuHot Dog... 

Nightlife  

Nice atmosphere there: Hard rock caffe

Nice atmosphere there: Hard rock caffe, Martin

 starsirius Says:  Cheap bear and good music. We were there all the time having fun. 

Transportation  

bring your bike...or hire some!!!

bring your bike...or hire some!!!, Martin

 dein Says:  you really should have a bike if you want to observe beatiful spots of Turiec region (surroundings of Martin). you can choose between more bike-routes. It is easy to find them because there are signs along the road, so if you keep your eyes open, you cant get lost...there is... 

Off The Beaten Path  

beautiful nature

beautiful nature, Martin

 dein Says:  if you are in martin, dont miss beautiful surroundings, especially valleys in Velka Fatra. you can get there by car and just walk for how much you want in wood by the stream...and if you prefer to do more trekking why not to go on...and climb some hills? 

Sports & Outdoors  

Cheap Skiing

Cheap Skiing, Martin

 starsirius Says:  You can ski with little money in your pocket 

Favorites  

budageza's General Tip

budageza's General Tip, Martin

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budageza's General Tip

budageza's General Tip, Martin

 budageza Says:

budageza's General Tip

budageza's General Tip, Martin

 budageza Says:

budageza's General Tip

budageza's General Tip, Martin

 budageza Says:

budageza's General Tip

budageza's General Tip, Martin

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Some old pictures, from the...

Some old pictures, from the..., Martin

 budageza Says:  Some old pictures, from the beginning of nineties...Martin (Túrócszentmárton) and Vrútky (Ruttka) was in Hungarian Kingdom. 

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 You need to go to Jasenska Dolina to skiing.I'ts a good place.http://www.snowpage.de/cams/jasenska.htm 

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The Museum Town of Martin

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 Martin is a small town a few hours outside of Bratislava. It's quite a sleepy little place, but has a few interesting museums. In the past, the town was known as a nationalist centre. One of the... 

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Martin

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 HISTORICAL RAILSTOCK EXPOSITION IN VRÚTKY, working steam engines. Take municipial bus nr 7 from railway stat., alight at stop "Nakladna Stanica". Open at summertime 10-16. In the card you can see... 

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Sajt's new Martin Page

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 I've got some interesting experiences in Martin. I'd love to share with you the 2 tips I've written, the 2 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created. 

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Vrutky and surroundings

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 Near the town of Martin there is a village called Vrutky. In this village I spend a few days on the local camping-ground, and made trips in the region. I visited Vrutky during my trip through the... 

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Nice, little town

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 My trip to Martin happened in January 2000. My friends and me had a great 7 days there, with many memories left behind. It was season of skiing, so we tried to see how is Slovakia doing in that part... 

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