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Pro
multicultural peaceful place in the season
Con
a little boring out of season
In a nutshell
For spa and trees and gentle meanderings.
leics Says: The Thermia Palace Hotel is a swish piece of Art Nouveau architecture dating from1912. It's been fully restored.The hotel has a peacock motif and (my friends tell me) one of the stained glass windows which line the staircase (showing a peacock, of course) was created ...or...
leics Says: There has been a spa in Piest'any for centuries (probably millennia) . It's worth wandering around the exterior of the spa buildings themselves, because there are helpful signboards (in English) explaining bits of its history.And, of course, you'll get the best 'smell' in...
Enjoy the plants and trees on 'Spa Island'
leics Says: I really enjoyed wandering the grounds in which the spa, its hotel and its clinics are set.There are hundreds of mature trees, flowerbeds, shrubs and bushes (many of which I did not recognise), all flourishing because (I think) of the slightly warmer soil.I especially liked...
leics Says: Kolonadovy Most, the Colonnade Bridge, leads from the old part of Piest'any to 'Spa Island' (Kupelny Ostrov). It was designed and built in 1932, although damaged during the Second World War, and is apparently 'Functionalist' in architectural style. The spa 'trademark'...
leics Says: The historical heart of Piest'any is not very large but it does have some rather lovely buildings, many of which have been recently renovated and/or restored (it seemed to me).It's worth spending an hour or so just wandering and looking, perhaps ending with a walk through...
leics Says: The river Vah is a broad sweep of a river, and must be quite a sight when it is in full flow...the town does still get flooded on occasion. Walking along it (I only managed a short walk on either side) provides lovely views of the river, the trees, and the surrounding...
katamorgana Says: I learned about his place at scholl as a 9-10 years old child. I live only 100 kms from there, but I was there a week ago in my 46. A really great experience! A 7,5 km long nature trail starts as a usual walking (well, a steep walking :-) in woods, but one can see...
Bloody Lady of Cachticeis´es the last home
katamorgana Says: The castle with a bloody history. The owner Countess Elizabeth Bathory called "Bloody Lady of Čachticeis" is said she killed hudreds of young girls. She was lifered and arrested in her castle, where she died on 21 August 1614. Some sources argue that Elizabeth Bathory...
Beckov the third biggest castle in Slovakia
katamorgana Says: A monumental castle captivates your attention driving by D1 highway from Piešťany to Trenčín. The medieval castle Beckov was built more than 800 years ago on a steep 30 meters high limestone rock.
dein Says: beautiful, arent they?... this is how they look like in the spring, until summer they grow much bigger, of course:-)
dein Says: ...in the nice park near spa , especially in the spring when everything is in bloom...and the birds are singing everywhere
have a walk along the park and visit the museum .
Prince_A Says: in the afternoon watch kids feeding the geese on the spa bridge while watching the people from all kinds races and cultures go to/from the spa .good chance to socialize yourself while chilling out with ice-cream or a drink at the open cafe'es in summer time.
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Mon Bijou: Pleasant whiles with a cup of coffee
katamorgana Says: You can get a good cup of coffee or tea with piece of sweet here and talking to friend in peaceful historical atmosphere
Garden Restaurant: Try Arabic food, you 'll love it !
Prince_A Says: It's at east east side of the spa bridge .in an open air graden setup enjoy your breakfast or lunch at this arabic rest operated by young friendly local beauties. the food is fresh and great . most of the middle eastern dishes are available at a reasonable cost.
Helpfulness
Piest'any has a good and frequent daily train service from Bratislava.
Journey time is just over an hour, and a return ticket cost me about 8 euro in October 2012: very reasonable indeed.
Train types vary somewhat, with most newish open-carriage style but some still the old-fashioned corridor-and-compartment type. My journey from Bratislava was in one of the latter, but the return was in a very new open-carriage.
Be warned that some departures on this route (which continues to Trencin) can be particularly busy on Fridays and Sundays, with students travelling from and to universities en route after going home for the weekend.
Tickets are checked on the train (there seems to be more than one inspector per train) so do make sure you have one! The ticket office staff at Bratislava all had adequate English and were very helpful, though I'm not sure how much English staff in other railway stations will have. I suspect Piest'any staff will be more than able to cope: it's a very popular spa town with many visitors from abroad.
But if you intend to use a smaller railway station (anywhere, not just Slovakia) then it's always a good idea to get your request written down in the relevant language before your go. Staff at your accommodation should be able to help with this.
Piest'any station is some way from the heart of the old town, the river and 'Spa Island'. I didn't walk it myself (thanks to VT friends ) but I'd guess it would take around 25 minutes to walk to the Colonnade Bridge. Bus 1 serves the station>old town route.
You can find train times and details in English on the official Slovak railway website below.
Written Nov 11, 2012
Website: http://www.zsr.sk/
Don't stray far from your car!
naucole Says: In the Slovak Republic, its beautiful, but money isnt easy here. Unfortunatky people look to find easy ways to make cash, and the main one here, is auto theft.If you plan to visit anything in the Slovak Republic, keep your car close!!!paperwork to file for auto theft is a...
renuschka Says: su krasne a treba ich nechat vyrast do plnej krasy,aby mohli zmenit tvar a dozit svoj zivot spokojne
renuschka Says: tento most je pre vlaciky, ale ked chcete ist skratkou do Piestan, tak sa da po nom prejst aj s bicyklom,no a vtedy treba davat pozor na vlaky
Helpfulness
The only cave open to public in the West Slovakia is Driny. Guided visit of the cave takes 35 minutes while visitors can look over beautiful dripstone decoration. The track is 450 meters long. The way fom a parking lot leads by beech forest and takes about 30 minutes.
Updated Apr 5, 2010
Phone: +421 (0)33/558 62 00
Website: http://www.ssj.sk/jaskyne/spristupnene/driny/
Favorite thing: you can see in this hotel a very famous people, for example: Milan Lasica, Claudia Cardinale, Claudia Schiffer, etc
Written Apr 14, 2003
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I spent here just 2 days, most of what I spent on conferrence, but...really nice town, especially if you need to calm down and have a break. Lot of parks, you hear birds singing instead of the cars......
relaxing town & relaxing people
PIEST'ANY is small relaxing town just as it tries to relax it guests at its famous spas. life goes so easy and slow . it seems everybody know everybody here, including the guests. very friendly people...
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