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Apponyi Palace
Explore the areas winemaking heritage in the cellar exhibits of this restored 1761 palace. Theres an excellent, interactive English-language audio. Fork out another two euros and you can check out some period-furnished rooms too.
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Museum of Folk Architecture
Here you can see painted interiors and iconostases of the areas nailless wooden churches, including an ancient (Unesco-listed) example from Zboj. Still, hunting out the churches themselves in the surrounding countryside is more fun.
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Andy Warhol Museum
Medzilaborce in far-eastern Slovakia is where Andy Warhols parents grew up, and in 1991 the Andy Warhol Museum opened in this unlikely location as a shrine to pop art, with original works by Warhol, Basquiat, Lichtenstein and the like.
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Church of Mariánska Hora
From town you can see the Church of Mariánska Hora, 2km north, where the largest annual Catholic pilgrimage in Slovakia takes place in early July. You can walk or drive up for great views over Levoča: get directions in the tourist office.
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Domica Cave
Near Dlhá Ves in Slovak Karst National Park , Domica Cave boasts subterranean systems over 1000m long, as well as boat trips and 16 bat species. The tourist office on the main square in Rožňava, 65km west of Košice, has information on how to visit the park.
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Icon Exposition
At the Icon Exposition you can see more than 160 dazzling icons from the 16th to 19th centuries. Originally, the stylised portraits of Christ Pantocrator, the Mother of God and a whole flock of saints decorated Greek Catholic and Orthodox churches east of here.
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New Evangelical Church
The red-and-green, pseudo-Moorish New Evangelical Church, c 1894, dominates the south end of town. Admission covers entry to the more evocative Old Wooden Evangelical Church, built in 1717 without a single nail. It has an amazing interior of carved and painted wood.
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Devín Castle
Hardcore castle aficionados will want to don their daypack and head out to Devin Castle, 9km west of Bratislava. Once the military playground of 9th-century warlord Prince Ratislav, Devin is packed solid with historical intrigue. Bus 29 links Devin with Bratislavas Nový Most bus st
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Town Hall
The 1509 town hall houses the Historical Exposition (Historická expozícia). The building is a unique piece of early Renaissance architecture: note the bay staircase, the carved stone portals and the wooden inlay ceiling in the Meeting Room. The rooms contain local paintings, coins
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Lower Gate Underground Museum
The underground remains of medieval Košice – lower gate, defence chambers, fortifications and waterways dating from the 13th to 15th centuries – were only uncovered during construction work in 1996. Get lost in the mazelike passages of the archaeological excavations at the south en
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Roman Inscription
The Romans came, saw and grafittied Trenčin. The towns unique claim to fame is a soldiers inscription from AD 179, commemorating a battle against Germanic tribes. Its carved into the cliff behind the Hotel Elizabeth and can only be viewed through a window in the hotels staircase; a
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Bratislava Forest Park
Marked by the Kamzik TV mast (complete with vista-endowed restaurant) and visible rearing north of the city is this vast, hilly forest park. Theres a cable car but youre up here for the superb, scenic hiking and biking. Its a 20-minute walk uphill from the Koliba trolleybus termina
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Slovak National Gallery
A socialist modernist building and an 18th-century palace make interesting co-hosts for the Slovak National Gallery. The nations eclectic art collection contained here ranges from Gothic to graphic design. In 2014 the gallery experimented with free admission; they are hopeful this
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Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum
Slovakias most daring contemporary art museum, innovatively designed on a spit of sculpture-flanked land jutting into the Danube. Boat trips run from the city centre from June to October (return adult/child €10/6, see website for details); otherwise take bus 91 from Nový Most bus s
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Monument of the Slovak National Uprising
The central feature of the vast Nám SNP is a bronze Monument of the Slovak National Uprising, honouring the antifascist uprising for which the square is named. In November 1989 huge crowds assembled here in the days leading up to the fall of the communist regime, and it was also he
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East Slovak Museum
Hidden treasure can be found at the East Slovak Museum. Workers found the secret stash of 2920 gold coins, dating from the 15th to 18th centuries, while renovating a house on Hlavná in 1935. Theres a romp through various aspects of regional history, too, showcased through a former
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Museum of the Slovak Village
The countrys largest skanzen (open-air village museum), where traditional buildings (krčma – or village pub – included) from all over the region have been moved and are on display. The village museum is 4km southeast of the town. Take local bus 10 from the main station to the last
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Hlavné Nám
Almost all of the sights are in or around the towns long plaza-like main square, Hlavná. Landscaped flowerbeds surround the central musical fountain , across from the 1899 State Theatre . Look for the turn-of-the-20th-century, art nouveau Hotel Slávia at No 63. Shire Hall (1779), a
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Šariš Museum
There are two local branches of the Šariš Museum worth seeing. Centre square, theres Slovakias first Renaissance building, the 1509 Town Hall , while at the Icon Exposition more than 130 dazzling icons and iconostases from the 16th to 19th centuries are displayed. This is an excell
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Hlavné Námestie
Cafe tables outline pretty Hlavné nám (Main Sq), the site of numerous festival performances. Rolands Fountain , at the squares heart, is thought to have been built in 1572 as a fire hydrant of sorts. Flanking the northeast side of the square is the 1421 Old Town Hall , home to the
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