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The Communist-era architecture of Petržalka isn't so bad. It is, at least, more attractive than the American strip mall.
The rock dwellings are Brhlovce’s main attraction.
Here‘s what can happen while hiking from Banská Štiavnica to Sklené Teplice.
A hiker’s heaven and a show-case for folk architecture with well-preserved miners’ houses.
A beautiful old town, majestic mountains and a war museum.
Esztergom boasts of both an enormous basilica and a popular aquapark.
Europe Place is the embodiment of Komárno‘s pro-European attitude.
Skalica is the most unjustly overlooked city in Slovakia with mediaeval architecture, original pastry and good wine.
The remains of the castle are perched high atop a 100-metre cliff.
The most famous spa town in Slovakia has attracted visitors for more than two millennia.
Erzsébet Báthory was a barbaric torturer who drained virgin girls of their blood and then bathed in it.
A fairy-tale castle with peach-coloured outer walls and impressive neo-gothic turrets, Bojnice castle is a Slovak jewel.
The prettiest of Slovakia’s big cities is home to the grandest castle in the country.
The manor house where all the most important Czechoslovak figures stayed.
The place where two of Slovakia’s most significant historical figures were born.
Nitra will always be one of the most important Slovak cities and tourist attractions for one simple reason: It was the first Slovak city.
Old and new, revered and jeered, the Slovak capital is a fascinating - if not always lovely - mixture of culture and history.
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