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 ...

Strážky mansion is National cultural monument in town Spišská Belá, in town section Strážky. The mansion was built in years 1570 - 1590 on the foundations of castle from 13th century. Originally Gothic mansion was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and in the 18th century was Baroque-Classicist ...

Slovak National Gallery - Water Barracks and the Bridge  is closed - in reconstruction. Water Barracks and the Bridge are part of the SNG complex in Bratislava that served for exhibition purposes.Water Barracks are the oldest part of the complex, where the institution began its operations. In ...

Municipal Local History Museum in Fiľakovo works in premises of local Reduta (Vigadó) since year 1994. The original exposure of the museum was opened in August 1994. Almost exactly twenty years after the vernissage new exhibition under the title "From Palm to World Famous Chanticleer" with the ...

ZOO Bratislava is situated on an area of 96 ha, of which 35 ha are accessible to the public. There are 1016 animals - 178 species (31.12.2017) in the ZOO.  ZOO is located in Mlynská dolina - which is part of district Karlova Ves in Bratislava. The ZOO includes endangered species, for example: ...

Greek-Catholic wooden Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, built in 1730, was originally located in the village of Mikulášová. A municipality of Mikulášová was first mentioned in historical documents in the year 1414. In fact it dates back even further, probably to the second ...