Travel GuideChristmas in Slovakia is celebrated with carols and songs, the beautiful pastorals that were sung in the past among family and community members are now performed by church choirs. The Christmas trees in every home are decorated with candles, fruit, sweets, honey paste angels and wooden figurines. The Christmas markets are a rather recent tradition, […]
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is located along the Danube River, in a beautiful location between the mountains of the Alps and the Carpathians, a few kilometers from the Austrian capital Vienna. The city of Bratislava has an interesting old town dominated by a beautiful castle, the old town is made up of a maze of streets […]
Bratislava is located in the center of the European continent and has a continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are generally hot and dry – although the summer months are the ones with the highest amount of rainfall – the winters are cold and wet. In the capital of Slovakia the transition seasons of […]
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is a historic city of nearly 450 thousand inhabitants. The city is located in the south-west of the country, on the banks of the Danube, very close to the border with Austria and Hungary, a few tens of kilometers from Vienna. The city is positioned in a picturesque way on […]
SLOVAKIA DOCUMENTS Documents: As for European citizens, to enter Slovakia you need to have your passport or identity card, you must always travel with a valid identification document. Children and minors must have their own passport / identity card. A passport is required for citizens of other countries. For some nationalities a visa can be […]
HOW TO GET TO SLOVAKIA: AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS Slovakia has several international airports, but the largest airport in the country, and the one best connected with the main European cities is that of Bratislava. Other international airports in Slovakia are those of Košice, which serves the eastern part of the country and which has largely […]
Slovakia has a continental climate with mild marine influences in the southern and western area of the country. Between spring and autumn weather conditions are relatively mild but rainy. The winters are particularly harsh, with frequent snow events. We have very cold winters in the north-east of the country, in some mountainous areas the snow […]
Slovakia is a small country but it has interesting natural and artistic attractions inside. The country has clearly Habsburg-style towns, castles, mountains, lakes, caves and karst phenomena, ancient medieval villages with wonderful wooden architecture. Among the cities of Slovakia, the capital, Bratislava, which stands along the Danube and is dominated by a medieval fortress has […]
Slovakia (Slovenská republika) was established on 1 January 1993, when Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech and Slovak republics. The new state is a parliamentary republic. Slovakia is administratively divided into eight autonomous regions (Bratislava / Pressburg, Nitra / Neutra, Trnava / Tyrnau, Banská Bystrica / Neusohl, Trenčín / Trentschin, Žilina / Sillein, Prešov / […]