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hrad Devín/Devín Castle   Bratislava

hrad Devín/Devín Castle, Bratislava

 20 Reviews  Devin castle is a wonderful day (or half-day) trip from bratislava.. it's just over 120 kilometres far, which means about 20 minutes by car/bus or 90 minutes by boat (but only 30 minutes back). The... 

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Slavín/Slavín Monument   Bratislava

Slavín/Slavín Monument, Bratislava

 16 Reviews  The Slavin War Memorial is surrounded by many gravestones of fallen Soviet soldiers, who died during the liberation battle against the Nazis in WWII. Some of the gravestones are adorned with black... 

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Boèné ulièky/Off the beaten streets   Bratislava

Boèné ulièky/Off the beaten streets, Bratislava

 16 Reviews  At Rudnayovo namestie between Panska street and St. Martin's Cathedral are two buildings in decay. It looks like they might be demolished in the near future. Nevertheless, some artists have painted... 

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Zámky a mestá v okolí/Nearby Chateaus and towns   Bratislava

Zámky a mestá v okolí/Nearby Chateaus and towns, Bratislava

 6 Reviews  go to the SAD bus station, find a bus to Trnava, and pay the driver the 50 or 60 crowns to get there. Takes about an hour to get there, Once you get off the bus. Look to the North West and there will... 

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Èuòovo/ Cunovo   Bratislava

Èuòovo/ Cunovo, Bratislava

 2 Reviews  A modern art museum built on a dam in the Danube. Sounds odd? It is. However, it is great fun and a easy way to get out of Bratislava for some time. Use public transport: take bus no. 91 (Bratislava... 

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Sad Janka Krá¾a/The Garden of J. Kral   Bratislava

Sad Janka Krá¾a/The Garden of J. Kral, Bratislava

 2 Reviews  To cross the river and take a walk in Sad Janka Krala is a nice off the beaten paths :) activity. It used to be here the small funfair where I rode a centrifuge first time. This bank of the river... 

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Nepomuceny

by matcrazy1

I found a lot of old sculptures/statues of St. Nepomucen driving around Slovakia. They were called "nepomuceny". You can find them in Poland and in Prague, Czech as well - on Karl Bridge for example.The stone figure of St. John Nepomucen - on my picture - with two angels standed on a stone post on the left side of the trail to the Orava castle in Oravsky Podzamok. It looked old and interesting for me. There is an interesting story of the saint St. Nepomucen: John Nepomucen was born at Nepomuk, Bohemia (Czech), 1340; studied, lived and died in Prague in 1393; canonized in 1729. He became involved in a dispute between Czech King Wenceslaus IV and the archbishop of Prague. He supported the archbishop. At a meeting with John and other clerics, Wenceslaus flew into a rage, tortured them so that John was seriously injured, and then had him murdered and thrown into the Moldau River at Prague.I...

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Monuments of slavery

by matcrazy1

In contrast to Poland there are still - although few - monuments typical to Stalin era to be found in Slovakia. There were very, very many huge monuments built in each city, in many villages or just along a highway in Czechoslovakia under communist regime after WWII. They usually showed statues of workers, various communist so called "heroes" (like Lenin, Marks and Engels) or they symbolized never-ending friendship with the Soviet Union and Soviet Union Communist Party. They surely all survived till communism collapse in 1989, so I could see them personally. I had never seen so many of them in Poland. Hmm... they symbolized lack of freedom for me, I didn't like them a lot and therefore I never took a picture of them.I was badly surprised seeing a few of them in middle 90'. Hmm... no money to put them to the museum of communism (is there any in Slovakia?) or to destroy them like it...

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There are many more places...

by matozbb

There are many more places that are hidden than the popular ones. And in my opinion they are quite often more charming, clean, quiet... My favourite ones are in Slovenske Rudohorie, Cerova Vrchovina, Kermnicke Vrchy, Kysuce, Orava and many more.

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hiking in the Tatras

by Polska

As the subject is sort of wide, I'll describe 2 of my favourite routes.So:1. VYSOKE TATRYstart: Stary Smokovec- Sliezsky Dom (hut)- Velicke pleso (1663)- Olhe pleso (1929)- Prielom (Rohatka, 2288)- Zbojnicka Chata (hut)- Sive pleso (2011)- Priecne sedlo (2352); from there either: a) Teryho Chata (hut, 2200), then down the valley (Mala Studena Dolina) - Bilikova chata (hut) - Smokovec, or: b) Sedielko (2372), then all the way down to Javorina (through Javorova valley, but that's a longer route);Taking this route is you can see most of the Vysoke Tatry, including Gerlachovsky (the way up, on your left), Lomnicky (2632), Pysny (2623), Baranie rohy (2526) and Ladovy Stit (2627).Of course, you can start from the other side too, but in that case have to climb up a vertical rock at Priecne sedlo (there's a chain).You can do all the route within one day, in case the weather gets bad you can try...

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great hiking paths in slovakia

by kalin

there are a lot of great hiking paths near strbske pleso for example. different routs are with different difficulty. But the views from some points are spectacular, especially on the way to the top of Krivan. and the hiking paths are not worth going just near strbske pleso, but you can find them all over high tatras and the Tatra National park.

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Maninska tiesnava

by Skipka

Maninska tiesnava is situated near town Povazska Bystrica and it is worth to see the surroundings and other hills such as Sulovske vrchy, Strazovske vrchy etc. It is easy to get there from Povazska Bystrica by public transport and then it depends on u which path u will choose

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Wooden float on the river Dunajec

by Vlasta

Wooden float at the river Dunajec (north-east of High Tatra - near to the border with Poland).Don´t miss to join the attractive navigation on typical wooden float and to admire the biggest natural canyon in Middle-Europe. The trip begins at Èervený Kláštor and it is organize in lenght of 11 km.For the retour-trip you can walk, or use bicycle, bus or taxi.

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Devin is a short bus ride out...

by Robin26

Devin is a short bus ride out of Bratislava but well worth a visit. A spectacular ruined castle perches on a mountain where a large tributary joins the Danube. There are several barbeque style restaurants serving wonderful grilled fish for incredibly cheap prices. Makes a great day out.

Banska Stiavnica...

by richmors

Banska Stiavnica (11.000inh.)is a nice town with fantastic surroundings with lovely situated churches overlooking the town. Don't forget to visit the Slovenské Banské Muzeum: mines for gold and silver, copper,lead, and zinc. You can go into the mine with guides. The hotels, pensions, hostels are friendly.

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Lesnica. A small picturesque...

by Wiktoria

Lesnica. A small picturesque village in the Pieniny Mountains. Lesnica is inhabited by around 500 residents.The town was very cute. When you walk from the direction of the Polish border all the store signs are in Polish (there are many Polish tourist hiking from Szczawnica or Pieniny Mountains in general). When you walk back all the signs (basically on the other side of the sign) are in Slovakian. I guess it's a good marketing idea!

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  3. Poprad Off The Beaten Path
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