Levoca
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Levoca
The magnificent walled town of Levoca was well worth the extra effort made to get there. We arrived at night with the next days frost already setting in. We arrived at the hotel for some soup before hitting bed. The next day we went into Nam Majstra ...
Levoca
... off dinner!!! The main drawcard for this area though is Spisske Podhradie and nearby Spisske Kapitula. The former is Slovakia's largest castle which sits proudly atop a hill in the middle of rolling countryside. There were heaps of gophers ...
These sandals were made for walking
... I save... 80 cents! I think I failed to really mention the countryside around here, but it's beautiful. This part of Slovakia is very hilly (I can't in all truth say mountainous), with little villages nestled in the valleys or perched on the ...
Eastern Europe adventure starts here
... Budapest (another capital city in a short space would be too much) and into the hills north east of Bratislava towards central Slovakia. I hope for quiet roads, cheap food and friendly people. Lack of English spoken outside big cities may be a problem but ...
Country of mountains
... stopped and got a few pictures of the snowcapped peaks, and headed over yet another unmanned boarder crossing. It turns out Slovakia is a very beautiful country. It is very mountainous, which makes the surroundings amazing to look at. We were going to ...
Moving West
... ! It's very clean and there's a television, with 3 chanels, so I'll be able to see what prime-time tv is like in Slovakia. Levoca is a pretty little town dating back to the Middle Ages (another one?!) with old city walls and plenty of old buildings. ...
Sun, Snow and Spis
... few days over the winter break, Ania and I finally decided to return to the country we'd both discovered just a month earlier, Slovakia. After initially deciding on Vienna, which proved to be just out of our grasp financially, we decided then to head to ...
White Pants Phenomenon
... could have gone missing....we were very hungry. Also while sitting around and enjoying the atmosphere we also noticed a phenomenon sweeping Slovakia - women wearing white pants with a white g-string - for all the world to see. Maybe we can export this ...
Over the mountains into Slovakia
... and took us from Zakopane, Poland, through spectacular mountain scenery over what was not really a long distance into Slovakia. We found another bus to take us to Levoca - a gem of a little town where we have the swankiest FOUR=STAR hotel at a steal of a ...
Spis Off
... this far-flung colony as a place to export their favourite lamb-based tasty snack, so called it Souvlakia, and the present name has thus developed. 3) Slovakia beat Germany 2-0 at football last night. HA! HA! (* One of these may not be ...
Turd tossed out
Levoča (and the pension Oáza in town—I cannot recommend it enough) were recommended by Lonely Planet Slovakia, and they did not lead us astray. Thankfully, I was able to shove the Romania LP to the bottom of my bag when we left there a few ...
Across Slovakia - Bratislava to Levoca
... mix of English, German, Italian, Slovak and (a lot of( Pictionary, found out about the wildlife -bears, wolves, deer etc- in Slovakia. He talked about his experience climbing the High Tatras when he encountered a bear at 10m. He explained that if I ever ...
Doddering about Slovensky Raj
After our revels the night before, I was not too excited about hiking in Slovensky Raj National Park. Nonetheless, we set off at a good enough time and got one bus to Spisske Nova Ves and then another to Cingov. From Cingov we began ...
Refreshing Slovakia
... nbsp;and then a bus from Poprad to Levoca. After the transport difficulty in Romania, we loved the efficiency of Slovakia. In Levoca we stayed at a small, family owned pension in the old town. The Dubeckys put us in an upstairs apartment ...
Day 104 : The Turn Around
... be seen and made the Polish leg of our EE Trip worthwhile... Feeling a little down on proceedings to date however, Slovakia provided an immediate turn around in our faith and spirits that we would actually enjoy ourselves for the next few months as ...
Sleepy Slovakia pt. 1
... stop would be somewhere off the tourist trail, somewhere other people just don't go. I picked this little town called Levoca in north eastern Slovakia. I had to catch a really early train, then a bus, The scenery from the bus was awesome....crazy little ...
Levoca / Slovensky Raj, Slovakia
... the town of Levoca which had a pretty, although wet and uneven, campsite at which we could stay. The following day, we drove into Levoca town for a quick look around and to try and find (a) some hiking boots and (b) a car battery place, as Big Green's ...
visiting nice towns in Slovakia
... also made a visit to Levoca and Presov. Present day Levoca is an urban cultural historical reservation. Levoca is situated in the north-western part of Eastern Slovakia, in the Spis region, and on the southern foot of Levocske mountains. It was founded ...
Na navsteve u majstra Pavla
Z Tatier sme dnes isli priamo do Levoce. Lakala nas tu hlavne prehliadka soch Majstra Pavle z Levoce a tak prve miesto ktore sme navstivili bol kostol v ktorom sa nachadza oltar, ktory vyrobil. Fotit sa tam nedalo, takze foto zaznam mame len z okolia ...
Carpenters -- it was going to be bishops but hey..
... an alter 18.63 meters tall traced out of wood but mostly air. I think we can safely say he passed his woodwork GCSE. Levoca itself is lovely little place ideally placed for explorations - this plus the fact that Ive chanced upon one of those pensions that ...
Slovensky Raj
50 pence a pint and two nights accommodation for 18 Euros, Chris is a very happy man! We spent a couple of days walking in the Slovensky Raj National Park, which was a real treat. They are part of the lower Tatra's and have really fun ...
Slovensky Raj
Slovensky Raj (Slovak Paradise) is a huge national park just outside of Levoca. We were ready for some time outdoors and the parks hiking trails seemed just the ticket. We started the day with a visit to the Dobsinka Ice Caves. We didn't want to wait 2 ...
Spissky Hrad
The guidebooks downplay Spissky Hrad, but the guidebooks are wrong. Levoca is in the midst of the Spiss region of Slovakia, and Hrad is Slovakian for castle, so in case the pictures didn't give it away, Spissky Hrad is a giant, ruined castle on a bluff. ...
Sleepy Slovakia pt.2
... actually really good) for a while, I went to sleep, ready for another early start in the morning. Will get photos for the last couple of entries up soon, so check back at some time if you're interested, there was some pretty cool scenery in Slovakia. ...
The Spis Region (pronounced Shpeesh)
We arrived bright and early in Poprad, East Slovakia. We thought we would try our luck and head straight for Levoca, a beautiful town that claims to have the world's highest Gothic altar. Slovak hospitality welcomed us early into our rooms so that we ...
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