Slovakia Guaranteed Departures
- 8 days
- Slovakia
These tours provide individual travelers with the opportunity to join others on a group tour, coming together to discover Slovakia and experience new emotions. All departures are operated without a minimum requirement, ensuring that our guaranteed departures will proceed as scheduled. You can be confident that you won’t miss any of the sights and stories shared during your journey across Slovakia
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Itinerary
Arrival in Bratislava
Arrival at Vienna/Bratislava airport. Transfer to the hotel in Bratislava. Check in. At the evening meeting with your English speaking guide and short introduction of tour and itinerary. Overnight in Bratislava.
Bratislava Grand City Tour & Small Carpathian Wine Route
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning meeting at hotel’s lobby with your guide and start of Bratislava Grand City Tour. Firstly start with panorama tour of Bratislava and admiring Blue Church, Presidential Palace, Governmental Palace, Palisady District, Slavin Monument with outstanding view on Bratislava and Bratislava Castle. Afterwards continue the tour by walking part and discovering the historical city center of Bratislava including Opera House, St. Martin’s Cathedral, Primate’s Palace, St. Michael’s Gate and many more monuments. Lunch break and departure to Small Carpathian Wine Route, the wine region located on outskirts of Bratislava. Entrance to Red Stone Castle, with the biggest cellars in Central Europe, continue to wine towns Modra, Pezinok & Svaty Jur. Wine tasting of organic local wines in a small winery. Return to Bratislava. Overnight in Bratislava.
Trnava - Cicmany - Rajecka Lesna - Zilina
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Departure towards Trnava a city located 50 km from Bratislava. Trnava is also well known as “Littler Rome of Slovakia” , thanks the numerous cathedrals, basilicas, churches and monasteries located in the city. During Ottoman Wars, when Bratislava was a capital city of Hungarian Kingdom, Trnava was a seat of archbishop. Continue to a lovely wooden village Cicmany, famous thanks to the wooden houses painted with white ornaments, which are very popular in Slovakia. Continue to a pilgrimage site Rajecka Lesna, and entrance to Slovakian wooden Bethlehem showing the customs and landscape of Slovakia. Continue to SPA Town Rajecke Teplice, where it is possible to relax at Thermal SPA Aphrodite. Drive to Zilina and overnight.
Zilina - Vratna Valley - Orava - Low Tatras
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Departure to one of the most beautiful valleys of Slovakia – Vratna Valley. Taking a cable car to Snilovske Peak and admiring the nature of Small Fatra National Park. Possible to participate in cheese workshop in a small handcraft cheese factory – Koliba Syrex. Continue to one of the most traditional and authentic regions of Slovakia, Orava Region. Entrance to “Dracula Castle” , because in Orava Castle was filmed the very first film about Dracula, Dracula from Nossferattu in 1922. Continue to Vlkolinec (UNESCO), a wooden mountain village which is still inhabited. Continue to Low Tatras and overnight.
High Tatras
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. This day will be dedicated to the biggest Slovakian Mountains, High Tatras. Stroll along glacial lake Strbske Pleso, take a cable car to Skalnate Pleso (1754 m). In the afternoon visit of city of Poprad, with it’s medieval gothic part Spisska Sobota. Return to Low Tatras and overnight.
Belianska Cave - Pieniny - Bardejov - Kosice
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Belianska Cave, and discovering also the rich underground of Slovakia. Continue to National Park Pieniny, located in Slovakian – Polish border. Take a chance to try very unique Slovakian experience, the wooden rafting on Plte on Dunajec river. Continue to beautiful gothic city Bardejov (UNESCO), walking tour of historical city center with basilica of St. Egidius. Continue by visiting wooden church of St. Francis from Assisi (UNESCO). Departure to the second biggest Slovakian City and capital city of East part of Slovakia – Kosice. Walking tour in a beautiful city center and overnight in Kosice.
Spiss - Banska Stiavnica
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. This day will be dedicated to gothic region SPISS, full of UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE sites. Entrance to the biggest castle of Central Europe, the Spiss Castle (UNESCO) with Slovakian Vatican, Spisska Kapitula with St. Martin’s Cathedral. Continue to medieval town Levoca and entrance to basilica of St. Jacob with unique wooden altar of Master Paul from Levoca (UNESCO). Continue to former mining town Banska Stiavnica (UNESCO), walking tour of beautiful hostorical city center with entrance to New Castle. Overnight in Banska Stiavnica.
Departure back home
Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Bratislava/ Vienna airport.
Included Services
- 7 x accommodation with buffet breakfast at 3*/ 4* hotel
- Transfers according to itinerary
- English/ Spanish speaking driver guide whole itinerary, the tour could be bilingual
- Entrance fees: Wine tasting of 3 samples of local fine wine, Return ticket to cable car to Snilovske Peak, Entrance fee to Orava castle, Return ticket to cable car to Skalnate Pleso, Entrance fee to Belianska Cave, Entrance fee to Plte Experience, Entrance to Spiss Castle, Entrance to St. Jacob basilica in Levoca
Price doesn’t includes:
- Lunches & dinners
- Optional entrances:
Red Stone Castle- 10 EUR pp,
SPA APHRODITE – 30 EUR pp,
Cheese Workshop at SYREX Koliba – 21 EUR pp,
Vlkolinec – 5 EUR pp,
St. Egidius Basilica in Bardejov – 4 EUR pp,
Wooden Church in Hervartov – 4 EUR pp,
New Castle in Banska Stiavnica – 6 EUR pp
Dates
04.05.24 / 11.05.24
08.06.24 / 15.06.24
13.07.24 / 20.07.24
17.08.24 / 24.08.24
07.09.24 / 14.09.24
12.10.24 / 19.10.24
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Vienna Airport
Bratislava
Zilina
Low Tatras
Kosice
Banska Stiavnica
