Ski Areas Slovakia

Ski Areas Slovakia

That the Tatras offer ideal, natural opportunities for winter sports has become known far across its borders. However, many don’t realize that it is possible to ski in nearly every Slovakian region in the winter – a total of 100 ski centres! In addition to the Tatras and Fatras, today there are many centres in smaller mountains with well prepared pistes, from the Small Carpathians in the west to the Nízke Beskydy Mountains in Slovakia’s east.

Après ski Slovakia

In the Lower and Upper Tatras you will find many lovely opportunities to try apres ski, although the selection is a little easier to manage than in the Alps. In the larger resorts you will find many bars, restaurants and pubs in which you can let day come to an end and also enjoy the good Slovakian cuisine. This mainly consists of potatoes as well as fryed, stewed and smoked meat. Traditional Slovakian dishes are “Lokše" (potato pancakes), "Spišská pochúťka" (goulash with potato pancakes), pastries filled with venison, traditional pasta squares and the famous dish “pečené bravčové koleno" (roasted leg of pork).

Slovakian specialities can be enjoyed even more so, knowing that the restaurant prices are highly affordable. The extensive sports and spa offers include, bob sledging, ice skating, paragliding, dog-team racing, paintballing, horse-drawn sleigh rides and snow discos.

Excursions Slovakia

Numerous palaces, castles, and fortresses, as well as a variety of caves, relaxing thermal baths, and historic buildings attract tourists to Slovakia. The capital offers a variety of these attractions: the Bratislava castle, which overlooks the city from its location on a hill, the Old Town Hall, the Gothic St. Martins Cathedral, the Slovakian Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as various palaces.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site list includes the Spiš Castle in Žehra. It is one of the biggest castles in Central Europe and was fully renovated in 1970. In an especially picturesque setting you can also find the Červený Kameň Castle. It is located on the eastern side of the Little Carpathians and the castle's museum exhibits art works, weapons, and furniture from past times, as well as a small pharmacy in rococo style. In contrast, only ruins are left to see of the Devín Castle in Bratislava, which have been turned into an open-air museum.

In Slovakia, there are 5,350 known caves, approx. 1,000 of which are located in the Slovakian Karst National Park. Together with the Hungarian Aggtelek National Park, it covers one of the biggest Karst areas in Central Europe. Several caves are open to the public, such as the Jasovská Cave, the oldest Slovakian dripstone cave that is accessible. In the Demänovská Valley, tourists can also explore a dripstone cave, as well as an ice cave.

Furthermore, visitors can take a trip back to the past in the farmer's village Vlkolínec and in Bardejov. In Vlkolínec the clock really seems to have stopped ticking. The village lies on a high plateau between the Low and High Tatras. There are no streets, no electricity, as well as no water pipes, and all the houses and churches are made of wood. The houses in the historic centre of Bardejov are not made of wood, but instead offer gorgeous façades. A majority of the buildings have undergone extensive renovations.

Visitors who would like to relax for a while, can stop at one of the numerous Slovakian thermal baths. Some examples are the Bešeňová Thermal Park, as well as the Aquapark Tatralandia with its salt, thermal, and fresh water swimming pools, a Celtic sauna world, as well as spa offers.