Guide to Slovakia

The Orava forest railway was in the past part of Kysuce - Orava Forest Railway. It was forest railway from municipality Oravská Lesná  through the village Zákamenné  to village Lokca and was used for transport of wood. Thanks to the activities of the Monuments Board and Orava Museum and the contribution from the European Regional Development Fund, in the years 2005 - 2007 the Orava part of the ...

The Budatín Castle is a castle in north-western Slovakia, in Budatín - the part of city of Žilina. It is preserved and made available to the public. It was built as a guarding castle in the second half of the 13th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, the originally royal fortress passed into the hands of Matthew III Csák and the castle, especially the towers, were fortified, and ...

The Strečno Castle  is a reconstructed ruin of a medieval castle located in northern Slovakia, 12 km east from the city of Žilina. The castle stands on a 103 m. high calcite cliff above the village of Strečno. It constitutes a significant landscape landmark of the Upper Váh region. The first recorded mention of the stone castle is from 1316. Today the castle belongs to the national cultural ...

The Exposition of Folk Lore, The Pharmaceutical Exposition and exposition The History of the spa Bardejovske Kupele The Exposition is located in Vila Rákoczi, which was built at the beginning of the 19th century. The National Historical Display presents folk dresses, home production and products of folk craftsmen from Upper Šariš. It provides a vivid picture of the lives of previous ...

Eastern Rite wooden Church of Saint Nicholas from the village of Zboj, built in 1766, was moved to Bardejovské Kúpele (Bardejov Spa) in 1967. It is a three-dimensional wooden rustic temple. Main part of iconostasis is from the 18th century, some icons (St. Nicolas, Crucifixion) are from the 17th century.  The church is a part of the exhibition of Šariš museum - Museum of Folk Architecture in ...

Pleso nad Skokom (Lake over watterfall Skok) is located above the Štrbské Pleso lake in Mlynická valley (Mlynická dolina) over the Skok Waterfall (Vodopád skok). It is situated at an altitude of 1 801 m n. m., has an area of 0.735 ha and max. depth 1.2 m. It is possible to get there by hike from Strbske Pleso lake in about 2 hours. There is possible to hike further into the central and eastern ...