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Wooden Bethlehem- really, it's made of wood!

by cyrpawn

We went there because of this great wooden carving. It took some guy about 15 years to carve it. It is a wooden representation of Bethlehem, Slovakia, mountains, and anything else this guy could think of. Is it neat? Yeah. Is it worth the drive and moving through the cluster of old people standing around waiting to get in to see it? No. There is a church and a cafeteria. you can go up to the second floor to view this wonder from above. It reminded me of someone with OCD that could not stop carving. He started out with a good idea and muddied it up with "fru-fru". Don't bother with the first floor, it is all old people and gawkers. Climb the stairs and look down on it. You get a better view, and most of the elderly can't climb stairs. I would have liked to stop at the many abandoned castle ruins that you pass in Slovakia. You don't need a map, just look on the highest rocks and they...

Slovakian Women ;)

by brnoyank

Slovakian women are the most gorgeous in the world, and are known to steal mens' hearts with a simple glance or two! Beware, gentlemen. In Bratislava, Kosice, or any village in between you'll need to keep your guard up or you'll end up living like a rock star here! Have fun & stay safe.http://slovakia-escorts.com

The Miklus Prison Museum in Kosice

by Paul2001

I visited the Miklus Prison in Kosice as a time killer. It was late morning and too early for lunch and by the time I finished my visit it would be a reasonable lunchtime. As for the museum, well it seems like every town in Eastern Europe loves to display its prison and dungeons. Kosice is no exception. This museum details the prisons history where you can visit cells and a the torture chamber in the basement. Nothing really terribly remarkable here except for the fact that the building is well preserved. The Milkus Prison from 9am to 12:30pm and from 1pm to 5pm from Tuesday to Saturday. On Sunday it is open from 1pm to 5pm. In some of the cells in the basement there are some mannakins being tortured. This might scare the heck out of the little kids in your family. Which means that they may actually enjoy it.

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by boleraz

I have visited Slovakia many times during 2006, because of business, so I know the country well. First of all there is not much to see, apart from the old centre of Bratislava (you can see that in 1 hour); in any case is nothing compared to Prague or Budapest. The other cities (Kosice, Nitra, Zilina etc). are rather gloomy. People in general tend to be very cold, and in some cases even rude. They are not bad, they just don’t know how to be friendly. Of course a lot of people have nice experiences in Slovakia and they will say how excellent the country is; normally they like Slovakia because food and beer in general are very cheap, and girls usually are very good looking. However the main problem seems to be, driving around with a foreign plate number: no matter what, the police will stop you. To them foreigner=money: - near the border with Hungary (just around Bratislava, the capital) I...

Taxi mafia

by Tobias_Plieninger

In many countries the taxi mafia is active,If they see a tourist they see the dollars and try to cheat you.So don't be naiv, Get a feeling for the right price by asking other people.Always ask for the price before you get off.Always look what the driver does if he uses the taxameter.In Hungary they have sometimes a manipulated taxameter.If you drive by day be sure that he doesn't use the night tarif. Pay and try to do better next time! Use public transport!

Everywhere are some tourist traps

by Skipka

If you think that there is always just English needed to undestand what natives say forget it. Outside the big towns and tourist highlights there should be frequent problem how to explain what you really want, so I recommend to find out and learn some phrases in Slovak ..for some occasion just Please ...in Slovak PROSIM ... or Thanks ...DAKUJEM (pronounce like djakujem)... is enough. Eye contact and gesture language should help and natives will do everything with pleasure if you will try to say a word in Slovak :)

Bratislava

by tylercdurden2004

I have very mixed opions about Bratislava and to say the least my opinion might be tainted by the fact that I had trouble finding accomodation and I got fined on the bus. But never the less Bratislava does offer some interesting sights but really Slovakia is more known for its nature and at the end of the day Bratisalva is just another city. You can see the same things in other cities that have more to offer (Prague, Krakow, Budapest). The one thing I did really like about Bratisalva was the view from the castle across the Danube. Its amazing cause you can see the bridge with the restaurant tower with teh backdrop of all the old soviet achitecture (UGLY). All eastern European cities have this but Bratisalvas view of teh soviet architecture is the best and totally opposes the beauty of the old town. The old town itself is nice but once you ve been to Prague you ve seen this. Its not as...

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Closed, closed, closed!

by matcrazy1

GROCERIES AND STORESThey close their groceries very early. Usual opening hours: Mon - Fri: 8am (or 9am) - 5pm or 6pm (in Bratislava) but sometimes 4pm in the countryside,Sat: 9am - noon, 1pm (or 2pm),Sun: closed.Exceptions: stores at petrol/gas stations, areas close to borders with groceries for customers coming from abroad (from Poland for example), larger cities (but not always!).I found few gift stores located by tourist attractions closed except in summer high season.MUSEUMSThey are usually closed on Monday and 2nd day after national holidays. Different summer (April - September) and winter hours. Some are closed in winter or opened exclusively for groups on advanced request (Orava Castle in Oravsky Podzamok for example).OFFICES AND BANKSOpened Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm often with 1 hour lunch break at midday in the countryside. Many banks close at 3.30 pm.CHURCHESMost were closed...

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They could speak... Slovak!

by matcrazy1

Most of folks - I met during my trips to Slovakia - could speak only Slovak, especially in the countryside. Although it goes slowly better and better nowadys. I mean that more young Slovaks learn foreign languages, mainly English and German. Older folks can speak usually a little Russian as Russian language was obligatory in Czechoslovak schools till, I think 1990 or so. Add folks who speak Hungarian that is Hungarian minority - approx. 10% of population - esp. in southern and southwestern Slovakia.Slovak language is similar to Polish and Czech. The three languages form Western Slavic language group. And it's similar - although less - to other Slavic languages. But it didn't mean I could communicate fluently with my Slovak friends. Don't ask me how many times I ordered "wrong" food in Slovak restaurants, haha! IN POINTS OF TOURIST INTERESTThere were info signs in foreign languages...

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Unwanted costumers?

by matcrazy1

It happened to me only a few times in 90' and twice later. But many times in 80'. What?Hmm... I was completely ignored by sometimes even rude salesmen/saleswomen in local stores. No good morning, no "can I help you?" (forget about any smile), no attention but rude "what do you want?" instead. I even was sorry to ask anything. It was quite typical behaviour of lazy salesmen/women usually busy reading newspapers in state-owned Czechoslavak stores in times of crazy Soviet-style economy (better to say anti-economy) with no real competition. Luckily it changed for better but... you still can experience it at few Slovak stores. Avoid such stores. I noticed that in some esp. old and not renovated (= usually not private in real) stores there were quite often ignorant and non-sympathetic salesmen/saleswomen in Slovakia. Don't buy anything there = let them go bancrupt ASAP.

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