UNESCO Heritage Sights in Slovakia
Programme
Day 1:
Bratislava - Banská Štiavnica - Banská Bystrica
Arrival in Bratislava - the youngest and smallest capital in Europe, former royal town of Hungarian kings. Short sightseeing tour by bus and then the tour continues to Banská Štiavnica. The historical mining town and its technical monuments in the surroundings have been on the UNESCO´s World Heritage List since December 1993 as the most important centre of the gold and silver mining and centre of the development of the mining science, technology and education in the world in the 18th and 19th centuries. Sightseeing walking tour of the historical centre with the Old an New Castles, the St. Catherine Church, with Knocktower, the Town Hall and the former Mining Academy and Mining Board (Kammerhof). Tour continues to Banská Bystrica. Overnight
Day 2:
Banská Bystrica - Vlkolínec - Liptov Region - Levoča
After breakfast short sightseeing walking tour of Banská Bystrica, then departure for Vlkolínec, further UNESCO sight, the village with living folk architecture. It is situated in the Great Fatra Mountains on the slope of the Sidorovo Hill (1 099 m) at 718 m a.s.l. The village of Vlkolínec represents the best-preserved and still exploited collection of the original folk wooden buildings not only on the territory of Great Fatra Mountains, even on the greater territory of the Carpathian region. Tour 
leads further to Liptov Region to the village of Lazisko - Svätý Kríž, that is located under the Low Tatras. It is well-known for its evangelical wooden church, the greatest evangelical church in Slovakia. It was built in 1774, without using any metal nails, because according to a law the Lutherans could build their churches only of wood. It can receive 6 000 persons. At the construction of the reservoir Liptovská Mara the church was moved to Svätý Kríž because of inundation of 
that territory. The next stop will be Spišská Sobota near Poprad interesting as a listed Town Reservation with Gothic, Rennaissance and baroque burgess-ship houses and the gothic St. George Church. The final point of this day´s tour is Levoča in the Spiš Region. Overnight.
Day 3:
Levoča and Kežmarok
After breakfast sightseeing walking tour of Levoča, one of the best preserved towns in Slovakia and one of the 24 independent royal towns in the Spiš Region from the 14th and 15th centuries. Visit to St. James´s Church with the unique late gothic and the highest (18,62 m) wooden altar in the world, the masterpiece of Master Paul and to majestic Renaissance Town Hall. Then time for individual programme. Next 
stop will be in Kežmarok, an old Spiš town, that was colonized by German speaking settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries. The town is well-known for the Renaissance castle, where is a Town Museum today and for the old evangelical wooden church - UNESCO Heritage Sight and the new evangelical church built in Neobyzantine style. The tour ends in the High Tatras and we invite you there for a typical slovakian dinner in a Slovak type Koliba restaurant. Return to Levoča. Overnight.
Day 4:
Spiš Castle - Spišská Kapitula - Žehra
After breakfast visit to the Spiš Castle, that dominates a travertine bedrock. It belongs to the most impressive medieval building monuments (3,82 ha) in Central Europe. Together with its surrounding sights - Spišské Podhradie, Spišská Kapitula and Žehra - they are included in the UNESCO´s World Heritage List. The Spiš Castle achieved an important state already at the end of the 12th century. It became the military, administrative and law-court centre of the new established royal district. Tour leads further to Spišská Kapitula, only 2 km away from the Spiš Castle - it was the seat of the Spiš prior from the 12th 
century, from which evolved the Canonry and from 1776 also the seat of a new established episcopate. In 1780 at the Epicsopate was set up a Seminary and in 1819 a Teaching Institute. Visit to St. Martin´s Cathedral from the 13th century, that is built-up from the Gothic, Renaissance and baroque styles. Next target of the tour is the Church of the Holy Ghost in Žehra with rich medieval paintings. Return to Levoča. Overnight.
Day 5:
Žilina - Trenčín - Bratislava
After breakfast departure for Žilina - historical but also modern town in the Váh River Valley - lunch - short city tour. Next stop will be in Trenčín - historical town with its dominant The Trenčín Castle and a famous inscription on the castle rock from the Roman era - visit to the mediaval castle. Tour of this day ends in Bratislava. Overnight.
Day 6:
Bratislava
After breakfast - departure.
Price
| DBL room | - | from € 279 p.p. |
| SGL suppl. | - | from € 60 |
Price for bus transportation on request!
Price is valid at min 20 pax.
21. person in DBL room free of charge
Programme is valid for: April - September
Price includes
• 5x accommodation incl. breakfast in a hotel 3* or 4*
• 1x dinner at Koliba restaurant
• 1x lunch
• English speaking guide during the whole tour
Entrances:
Banská Štiavnica - Open Air Mining Museum, Vlkolínec - Museum House, Svätý Kríž - Evangelical Church, Spišská Sobota - St. George´s Church, Levoča - St. James´s Church and Town Hall, Kežmarok - wooden church, Spiš Castle, Spišská Kapitula - St. Martin´s Cathedral, Žehra - church
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