Piestany Slovakia
According to some not very experienced hikers, Slovakia is on the market by a "complement" to the Czech Republic. Let's face it: this opinion is not only offensive, but also fundamentally wrong. This country with its beautiful scenery, spectacular mountain peaks, the numerous castles and fortresses (the first one - with its own ghost and every second - with its own dramatic history) may well compete with the "veterans" of excursion tourism.
Slovakia can offer its guests an almost complete "gentleman's set" of options for recreation, which relies tourist country in Europe. This ski vacation, treatment, and rich "excursion". The country has about 1,200 thermal and mineral springs and 22 medicinal resorts. It is believed that some of them are as effective as similar resorts in Switzerland, and the cost of treatment in Slovakia is much lower. Another important plus directions is proximity to Russia and kinship of Slavic peoples. It really felt here: there is practically no language barrier, and a sense of "foreign country."
Bratislava: Bratislava Castle, Devin castle ruins, the Cathedral of St. Martin, which took place the coronation of many kings, Primatial (Bishop's) Palace, Grassalkovich Palace with the famous Hall of Mirrors and a fountain of St. George, Michalski tower. As well as the Slovak National Gallery, Municipal Museum, the oldest museum in the city of Old City Hall, Milan Dobeš Museum dedicated to winemaking.
Worth seeing the old mining town of Banská Štiavnica, East-Slovak town of Bardejov with a gothic-preserved urban land system, a picturesque village Vlkolínec with details of folk architecture and medieval Spis Castle, the largest in Central Europe. Among the many attractions of the country particularly close attention should be paid on old castles in Slovakia.