Half day excursions

• Trenčín City (price: 10 EUR)

  1}Trenčín, together with Bratislava and Nitra, is one of the three oldest cities in Slovakia, which were mentioned by chronicles from the 11th century. Its strategically favorable location - near three Carpathian mountain passes and at a crossroads of trade routes - made it an important point of support and administrative center for the whole central region Považie. The city now has almost 60 thousand inhabitants. Expositions and markets have a long tradition there, and the city is also known as a center of fashion.

  Thanks to a Roman writing on the castle rock, Trenčín has been recognized as being among the European cities with an ancient history. It is known for landmarks such as Trenčín Castle, Pest Column, The House of the Executioner, a synagogue, and other memorable locations.

  Trenčín Castle

  Dominating not only the city, but also the whole region, is Trenčín Castle, a national cultural heritage site, and one of the most beautiful castles in all of Slovakia. It was built on a site that had been built on and occupied since the Bronze Age.

  In the castle, there are historical exhibits from the Museum of Trenčín, which relate to the history of the region and of the castle itself. The most attention-getting displays include expositions on historical furniture and on feudalism, as well as valuable weapons, paintings, prehistoric and ethnographic exhibitions in the Palace of Ľudovít and a castle gallery. In addition, you can view archaeological collections and artifacts found during archaeological digs at the castle. In the courtyard, the legendary Well of Love.

  See panoramic pictures here.

• Beckov Castle Ruins and Čachtický hrad (price: 10 EUR)

  Beckov Castle is located on a steep, 70 m high rock, just beside the town of Beckov. Since the distant past, Beckov has played an important role and has been one of the important sites of the Považie region. Thanks to its favorable location, the castle is also a popular tourist attraction. Reconstruction has saved many of its buildings, and today the area is open to the public. In July, there is a castle festival that includes a "conquering" of the castle.

  There is no castle in Slovakia with more stories and legends than Čachtice Castle. Almost all of them are linked to Alžbeta Báthoryová, considered the best-known mass murderer in Slovak and Hungarian history. According to legend, she had several hundred young girls murdered, to be able to bathe in their blood and thus remain young and beautiful. The torture and killings lasted from 1585 to 1610. Servants so hated the countess that she and her maids were able to leave the castle only with an escort. Her noble birth saved her from execution, but it didn't save her maids.

  The castle was built in the first half of the 13th century. It was one of the first castles that guarded the western border of the kingdom, so it was built as a fortress. Among the ruins, individual buildings are easily recognizable, and the area is easy to access. There is a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains from the castle.

Whole day excursion

Bratislava (price: 25 EUR)

Places to be visited: Devin castle ruins, Bratislava castle, old city, the Danubiana gallery of modern art, and more...

Bratislava is the capital and the largest city in Slovakia (more than 425 thousand inhabitants). The head of state, the government, the parliament, and various offices and ministries are headquartered there, as well as several universities, theaters, museums, and other cultural and scientific institutions. Bratislava is situated on both sides of the river Danube, at the foot of the Lesser Carpathian mountains. The city is near the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. It is the only capital city in the world that shares borders with two countries (Hungary and Austria)

History. In the area of the city, signs of occupation have been found which date back to the stone age. From around 400 BC through 50 AD, Celts inhabited the area and built their fortifications there. From the 1st through the 5th century, the edge of the Roman Empire ran through the city. The first Slavs came to live in the area starting in the 6th century. In the year 907, the first written mention of Bratislava is found in the annals of Salzburg. From 907 through 1918, Bratislava was part of the Hungarian kingdom, and from 1536 through 1784, it was even the capitol of the Hungarian kingdom. From 1919 until 1939, and again from 1945 until 1992, the city was part of Czechoslovakia. Since 1993, Bratislava has been the capital city of independent Slovakia.

Devín. Since 1946, the city of Devín has been part of Bratislava (8 km away from the center of the city). It is located on hills and slopes at the convergences of the rivers Danube and Morava. The village was mentioned once in the year 1237 in the form of villa Thebyn. In the 13th century, the Hungarian royal fortress was built on the site and received the name Dyven. In 1809, the army of Napoleon destroyed the fortress. Ľudovít Štúr began his national Slovak movement there in 1836.

Source: www.wikipedia.org.