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By May 10, 2009

The morning of Day Four of our holiday was spent in the ski resort of Donovaly. It was May 1st, a bank holiday in Slovakia, and the start of Donovaly’s summer season. Obviously, the main season here is during the winter, but in recent years Park Snow Donovaly has put ...

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By May 9, 2009

Today’s trip was the first of two that the kids had really been looking forward to. Bojnice is a wonderful little town, west of Banska Bystrica, which is famous for both its fairytale castle and zoo. The town also boasts a falconry, Slovakia’s oldest tree and a Spa, but it ...

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Day 2 of our holiday was spent in the delightful town of Kremnica, famous for its Mint, which has been minting coins since the fourteenth century. There are a number of interesting museums to visit in the town, which do a splendid job of showcasing Kremnica’s history. The town is ...

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Banska Bystrica (pronounced Banska Bistrica) is a central Slovak town, which was to be our base for the first half of our trip around Central Slovakia. It has one of the most attractive main squares in all of Slovakia and we were fortunate enough to be staying at the Hotel ...

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I recently spent some time travelling around Central Slovakia with family and friends, which some of you may have followed on Twitter (you can follow Heart of Europe on Twitter here). There now follows a series of posts based around that Central Slovakia Trip: Banska Bystrica | Kremnica | Bojnice ...

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