East Slovakia from Bratislava

Košice-European City of Sport 2016

8 days / 7 night

from 950€

Košice

Was the first European city to obtain its own crest. The city is host to the running of the oldest European marathon. A symbol of Košice is the construction of Gothic Catedral St. Elisabeth, began in the 14th century and was completed in 1508. St.Elisabeth is the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe. You will find it on the Main Street at the square formed in the shape of a lens. A main temple of the Košice is Roman Catholic Arcibishopric, the Cathedral has a height of 60 meters, width of 36 meters and northern tower is 59 meters high.

Monuments :

  • Lower Gate, The Shire Hall, St. Urbans Tower
  • State Theatre
  • Old Town Hall
  • The Seminary Church
  • Synagoge on Zvonarska Street
  • House of Art
  • Gester House
  • St. Michel Chapel
  • Jakabs Palace
  • The University Church…

1. Day - Arrival to Bratislava

Welcome to Slovakia in  the heart of Europe. Your holiday begins today with a welcome drink with your guide.

Included:

  • Accomodation  in *** or **** hotel
  • Meals : not applicable
  • Meeting with travel guide
  • Welcome drink
  • Overnight

We are able to organise individual transport for individuals and groups at the same time, also we provide information about the possibilities of national transport, bus and train and passenger transport

If you are interested, our guides could personally help you to get to the hotel

Please inform yourself about all of the possibilities by e-mail

2. Day – Bratislava - Capital of Slovakia

  • Breakfast
  • Tour of Bratislava and its historical monuments
  • Visit the most important places of the capital city
  • Lunch
  • Departure to Poprad by train
  • Accommodation in *** or **** hotel

*For detailed information on sites and monuments, see – Highlights, Gallery and Maps.

Included:

  • Accommodation: *** or **** hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,mineral water
  • Entrances : all entrances to the monuments,round-trip train ticket
  • Tourist guide
  • Transfer
  • Overnight

3. Day – Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013

  • Breakfast
  • Departure to Košice
  • Tour of Košice and its historical monuments
  • Visit the most important places of the city
  • Lunch in restaurant
  • Beer tasting
  • Departure to Poprad

*For detailed information on sites and monuments, see – Highlights, Gallery and Maps.

Included:

  • Accommodation: *** or **** hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,mineral water
  • Entrances : all entrances to the monuments, beer tasting
  • Tourist guide
  • Transfer
  • Overnight

4. Day – High Tatras

  • Breakfast
  • Departure to Tatranská Lomnica
  • Visit Hight Tatras – Skalnaté Pleso,Lomnické Sedlo, Lomnický Štít
  • Lunch – individual
  • Return back to Poprad

*For detailed information on sites and monuments, see – Highlights, Gallery and Maps.

Included:

  • Accommodation: *** or **** hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, mineral water
  • Entrances : all entrances to the monuments, cableway ticket
  • Tourist guide
  • Transfer
  • Overnight

5. Day – Dobšinská Ice Cave, Aquacity

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer to Dobšiná
  • Visit Dobšinská Ice Cave
  • Lunch
  • Departure to Demänovská cave of Poprad
  • Rest in Aquacity Poprad

*For detailed information on sites and monuments, see – Highlights, Gallery and Maps.

Included:

  • Accommodation: *** or **** hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast,Lunch,mineral water
  • Entrances : all entrances to the Ice Cave and aquacity
  • Tourist guide
  • Transfer
  • Overnight

6. Day – Levoča, Spiš Castle

  • Breakfast
  •  Departure to Levoča
  • Tour of Levoča and its historical monuments
  • Visit the most important places of the city
  • Lunch
  • Departure to Spišské Podhradie
  • Visit Spiš Castle
  • Return back to Poprad

*For detailed information on sites and monuments, see – Highlights, Gallery and Maps.

Included:

  • Accommodation: *** or **** hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,mineral water
  • Entrances : all entrances to the monuments
  • Tourist guide
  • Transfer
  • Overnight

7. Day – Pieniny - rafting on the river Dunajec, Nestiville park

  • Breakfast
  • Departure to Pieniny – Červený Kláštor
  • Raftinng on the river Dunajec
  • Lunch
  • Departure to Nestville park
  • Visit Nestvile park and whisky tasting
  • Return back to Poprad

*For detailed information on sites and monuments, see – Highlights, Gallery and Maps.

Included:

  • Accommodation: *** or **** hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, mineral water
  • Entrances : all entrances to the Nestville park, whisky tasting and rafting
  • Tourist guide
  • Transfer
  • Overnight

8. Day – Departure

  • Breakfast
  • Check out from hotel
  • Meeting with the giude
  • Transfer by train to Bratislava

Price includes:

  • Accomodation for all 7 nights at  3* hotel
  • Local tax for 7 night
  • Breakfast every day
  • Mineral water /7x/
  • Lunch  /5x/
  • Welcome drink
  • Travel Guide in English  or required language
  • Travel Agency Insurance
  • Entrance fee for all monuments and all activities
  • round-trip train ticket
  • Bus transfers every day to all locations
  • Air conditioned cars, vans or buses
  • Professional driver
  • Diesel, parking, motorway fees

 

Not included:

  • Airport ticket
  • VISA
  • personal insurance
  • personal expenses

Minimum size of Group is 24 people.

Bratislava

Is the Capital of Slovakia, and with a population of about 450 000 is the larges city. The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 650 000 people. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia, occupying both banks of the River Danube and the lest bank of the River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.
Bratislava is the political, cultural and economic centre of Slovakia. It is the seat of the Slovak president, the parliament and the Slovak Executive. It is home to several universities, museums, theatres, galleries and other important cultural and education institutions. Many of Slovakias large businesses and financial institutions also have headquarters there.
The history of the city has been strongly insluenced by poeple of different nations and religions, namely by Austrians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. The city was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary a part of the larger Habsburg monarchy territories, from 1536 to 1783 and has been home to many Slovak, Hungarian and German historical figures.

Monuments :

  • Bratislava old Town
  • St. Elizabeths Church /Blue Church/
  • Slavin
  • Cumil
  • Central Square
  • Ufo
  • St. Michaels Tower & Street
  • Hviezdoslav Square
  • Old Town hall
  • St. Martins Catedral
  • Bratislava Castle
  • Miechaels Gate
  • Slovak Philharmonic
  • Schone Naci Statue
  • Grassalkowich Palace
  • New Bridge
  • Primates Palace
  • Devín Castle – is located at the confluence of the Danube and Morava Rivers. The castle territory was already inhabited during the Stone Age. It became an important crossroads, especially for the Romans. The history of the castle is linked to the Gread Moravian Empire and Prince Rastislav.

Vysoké Tatry

The lowest among the world´s highest mountain ranges and the highest mountain in Slovakia. It is our first national park and together with the polish part of the Tatras it was, as part of UNESCO, declared the Biosphere Reserve Tatry. Štrbské pleso they used to break ice and, because of its unique purity, import it to Budapest and Vienna. Rocky peaks – the highest peak of the Tatras as well as Slovakia is Gerlachovský štít with an altitude of 2655m above sea level, deep glacial valleys, moraines, lakes – Skalnaté pleso, Veľké Hincovo pleso, Popradské pleso, waterfalls – vodopády studeného potoka, with touris resorts and surroundig historical sights, are irresistable attractions all year long.

Kriváň Peak is a symbol of Slovakia. Its angled top makes frequent appeatance in all publications about Slovakia. Kriváň is 2494 metres and located in the western part of the Hight Tatras mountain range.A number of ridges fan out from beloy its summit. It was exploited  form mining of ridges fun out from below its summit. It was exploited for mining in the 15th-18th centuries. It was Evangelic father Cirbes, who along with his friends made one of the first ascents to Kriváň in 1772.

Demänovská cave of Liberty

Is a national nature monument located at the  northern side of the Low Tatras range. It is the longest cave system in Slovakia. The Cave has captivated visitors with the mysterious flow of the small underground Demänová River, charming pool and dozens of flowstone forms, halls and domes.

Levoča

The most beautiful architectural component of valuable town of Levoča is without a shadow of a doubt the Town Hall from the 15th century. It used to be the seat Town Council that made decisions here not only on the fate of the town and its inhabitans but also the fate of Levočas surroundings. The original Gothic building was reconstructed in the Renesaince style in the 17th century, followed up a century later with a Baroque style reconstruction of the belfry, which was joined with the rest of the building by a new roof. The most extensive reconstruction took place in 1893-95. The Town of Levoča is dominated by a steep hill witch a neo-ghotic church „Mariánska hora“ . It is one of the oldest and most important pilgrimage sites in Slovakia. The chapel on Mariánska hora was built to express gratitude of the people of Spiš for being saved at this place during the Tatar raid in years 1241-1242. Mariánska hora in Levoča is a source of spiritual energy and is visited by thousands of people every year.

Spišský Castle

Is the biggest and most extensive castle in Slovakia and the largest mediaval castle in Central Europe. Spiš Castle is one of a kind medieval royal castle, perched on a travertine-lemestone rock bound cliff. Built close to neighbouring Slavic hill-fort Dreveník, the castle used to be the largest in Central Europe a seat of the illustrious Slovak noble families of Zápoľský and Thurzo. It lies not far from Poprad, the High Tatras and Levoča. Together with Slovak „Vatican“ the religious centre of Spišská Kapitula – they form a historical zone called Spišské Podhradie and are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. First mentions of the town Spišská Kapitula in written records date back to 1235. It become the seat of Spiš Propost as early as in the 12th century and has been elevated to the seat of Spiš Diocese since 1776.

Pieniny

Only a bit further behind the High Tatras is the Pieniny mountain range, the first international park in Europe. All visitors will undoubtedly be taken away by the experience of rafting on traditional wooden rafts on the Dunajec River. In its 17 km section between Lysá nad Dunajcom and Lesnica, the Dunajec River lies at the Slovak-Polish border. It is creatby by the confluence of the Biely and Čierny Dunajec Rivers at the foot of northern slopes of the High Tatras. It runs through the village Červený Kláštor and winds through the Three Crowns limestone mossef – the symbol of the Pieniny Mountains. Raftsmen will tell you local tales and legends, one of which is about the flying monk Cyprian, who created artifical wings and became famous for his herbarium.

Nestville park

One of decisive reasons why the idea to build this tourist attraction originated was a significant discovery in the extramural settlement of the castle of Ľubovniansky hrad. The discovery was gradually supplemented with historical documents and artifacts showing that the oldest preserved distillery in Slovakia, built in the middle of the 18th century, was located in Stará Ľubovňa. The distillery is also mentioned in the description of the Ľubovňa castle in the Hungarian geographic dictionary dated from 1851. The base of the old distillery has been lying under the castle until now and apparently it is the oldest preserved object of this kind in the territory of Slovakia. Nestville Park is a gate to knowing one of the most picturesque corners of Slovakia. Our aim is to catch up on the intellectual property and traditions of people from the northern Spiš region and in this way to preserve it for future generations. In addition to learning about the history of the region and its most important events, we would also like to show you exhibitions of historical events which have significantly influenced the production of spirits as well as any related crafts in the northern Spiš region. At the end of the exhibition visitors may see a spirits-tasting room which is a brilliant work of art of local woodcarvers. There is the biggest carved picture in Europe which took 3 years to be made and it forms the heart of the whole exhibition. Visit to the room is accompanied by a small surprise – a special reward – tasting of a unique drink produced by the company.

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