Slovakia

Bratislava (the capital) is home to some of Slovakia’s best sights, which are ideal for exploring during your weekend city break. Kosice, the second largest city of Slovakia, is one of the most underrated cities in Europe (I personally like Kosice more than Bratislava and have visited this location on numerous occasions). Today, Kosice is Slovakia’s second-largest city, making it one of the most important places in Slovakia to see. The largest city in Slovakia was named as Europe’s capital of culture in 2013, and has a cosmopolitan vibe, which adeptly blends old and new.

With a compact Old Town, attractive urban streets, and an outdoorsy cafe culture, Bratislava is an amazing place to visit. If you are heading into Old Town in the largest city of Slovakia, make sure you get around by taking a tour train which gives you a whistle-stop tour around the city, so that you can soak up history and culture in the comfort of your seat. The Slovak Village Museum is one of the best places to visit in Slovakia for anyone that wants to see some traditional folk architecture.

Nowadays, one of these is a national cultural monument, one of the best places to visit in Slovakia. Trencin is one of the best cities to visit in Slovakia as the town is the location of one of the prettiest castles of the country. One of the best places to visit in Slovakia is also the castle in Somoska, which can be found near the border between Slovakia and Hungary. Bojnice Castle is again one of the best places to visit in Slovakia, one of the oldest monuments of Slovakia.

Today, it is one of the most beautiful castles not only in Slovakia, but it is one of the most visited. After all, a tiny city called Bojnice is the location of Bojnice Castle, the medieval one, which was built long ago, back in the 12th century, and was quite well known throughout Slovakia during the 12th century.

Topolcany is a nice small stopover for a couple hours, and it is easy to visit if you are heading farther east to explore some of Slovakia’s other best spots. Spains Dolina is also one of the most scenic places in Slovakia, hidden away in the valley, surrounded by rolling hills of the Tatra mountains. Banska Stiavnica is relatively close to the city of Banska Bystrica and is easily one of the best places in Slovakia to visit if you are into completely quaint towns.

Bodruza, situated just at the Polish border, is one of the best places to explore in Slovakia if you like tiny, small towns. Banska Stiavnica, located in central Slovakia, is one of the best places to visit in Slovakia because of its unique location. Banska Stiavnica is perhaps the prettiest and most charming city that you can visit in Slovakia, and it is also highly appreciated by UNESCO, who included this site in its list of world heritage sites in 1993.

The preserved medieval city of Kremnica is certainly one of the best places you should visit in Slovakia, thanks to the unbelievably picturesque town castle and the gothic fairy-tale atmosphere. It is truly a fairy-tale castle, and it is also one of the most significant landmarks in Slovakia you will have a chance to see while you are in the region. Besides Bojnice castle, you can also visit the local zoo (the oldest in Slovakia) as well as a park surrounding the castle, which has one of the oldest trees in Slovakia (some 700 years old, King Matthias Linden tree). Today, Beckov Castle is one of the most popular places in Slovakia for sightseeing, because Spis castle ruin is a natural cultural monument.

Another site worth visiting close to the castle Orava is the small town of Spisska Kapitula, dubbed as Vatican of Slovakia. Bratislava is home to Slovakia’s tallest church tower (86,6 meters), but this small town located right on the edge of Slovakia’s paradise has a lot more going for it. With a history dating from medieval times (when Trnava was the first location in Slovakia granted a free Royal Town rights), the place is often called the Little Rome because of the many churches that can still be seen there today. The region of Liptov is considered by many locals and is one of the jewels of the crown of Slovakia, and therefore, one of the most visited areas in the country.

You see, Slovakia is in the very heart of Eastern Europe, making Slovakia an entirely accessible destination to visit if you are already visiting cities such as Budapest or Vienna.