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 ...

Bethlehem in Banska Štiavnica ist the biggest moving betlehem in Slovakia. It shows the evolution, history, and traditions of one of the most beautiful towns in Slovakia  - Banska Stiavnica in wood-carving form. The author of  Bethlehem in Banska Štiavnica is Ing. Arch. Peter Chovan (born 1969), a native of a small village near Banská Štiavnica -  Dekýš. The current dimensions of  bethlehem ...

Čachtice Castle became famous thanks to Elisabeth Báthory who was born in 1560. The Báthory family owned large properties in Hungary and especially in Transylvania. According to legend, their predecessor Vid killed a dragon in the swamp of Eczed and that is why the family had three dragon teeth in their Coat of Arms. In the 14th century the House of Báthory divided into two branches: Báthory ...

MALKIA PARK is located in municipality Orechová Potôň, in Slovakia. It was first time opened on 3rd June 2016. We are non-profit organization providing shelter for variety of animal species. Our primary aim is to create the most optimal living conditions for animals that we save from circuses and not appropriate domestic breeding conditions. We named the park after Malkia, the first lioness we ...

Batizov waterfalls (Batizovské vodopády) are located in the High Tatras in Batizov Valley (Batizovská dolina). These are cascading waterfalls created by Batizov stream (Batizovský potok). They are located at an altitude of 1870 m. about 200-300 m. under the Batizov Mountain Lake (Batizovske pleso), but outside the marked tourist trails (there is not allowed to go outside of the marked tourist ...