Stop #11 Built in the 12th century, Spiš Castle was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and then owned by several families and later by the state of Czechoslovakia then Slovakia. Originally a Romanesque stone castle with fortifications, a two-story Romanesque palace and a three-nave Romanesque-Gothic basilica were constructed by the second half of the […]
Stop #10 We entered back into Slovakia on the Eastern side of the country. Kosice is the major Slovakian city in the East. As one of 2013’s European Capital of Culture, Kosice has plenty of sights. The city has a town square/plaza. There was a musical fountain (which for whatever seemed to be really common […]
Stop #3 Orava Castle (Oravský hrad) sits on a high rock above the Orava river . Dating to the 13th century, Original design was in Romanesque and Gothic style, but it was later reconstructed as a Renaissance and Neo-Gothic building. It is now a National Monument. We were lucky to see it in autumn, with […]
Stop #2 Bojnice is a historical town in central Slovakia. The centerpiece is the Castle, built in the 12th century in Gothic and Renaissance style. The castle wasn’t open to visitors on Mondays, so we didn’t get to tour the inside, which was fine given the day we had planned! Bojnice Castle was originally built […]
Stop #1 We landed in Budapest and immediately rented a car to head to Bratislava, recognizing that we would spend plenty of time in Budapest at the tail end of the trip. We arrived in Bratislava as the sun was setting, and the three most obvious things we saw when we arrived were Bratislava Castle, […]
