Hotel Polana Zvolen

Nam. Snp 64/2 Zvolen, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

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Is this chicken?

A travel blog entry by matt.jessmckni

After staying the night in a Czech hotel I soon realized how lucky we are in North America and things we take for granted. So once again we started out early in the morning with what our team thought to be plenty of time before our game in Zvolen, Slovakia. After riding on our team bus for a few hours we ran over something on the road. We were near a very small town in Slovakia that luckily enough had ...

Bad Timing, Good Timing

A travel blog entry by eundel

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... bout of vandalism. It had been listed by the World Monument Fund as one of the "100 most endangered sites" for 2008, so the town had moved the carvings into the castle until they figured out what to do with them permanently. It was a little sad because a couple were missing and several were incomplete.

My touring done, I spent the rest of the day at the festival. I had another one of those sweet-dough-cone-things, like I had at Sümeg, Hungary. This time ...

Slovakia, stop it!

A travel blog entry by bradskey69

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... named Propad and parked Karl in a street across from a local pub/restaurant. We had a scrumptious dinner in the restaurant and asked the rather cute waitresses where we could find a bar (at this point I should tell you that Lonely Planet states that Slovaki is known for its Ice Hockey and Beautiful Women). We went to a bar/nightclub and had a few beers. In the bar it was quite evident that the gender roles in Slovaki differ slightly to Australia. We enjoyed noticing ...

Travel tips for tight-arse backpackers

A travel blog entry by jambo

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So, having had some time to pause and reflect on a crazy year of backpacking, we have assembled some words of wisdom for other budget backpackers. Most of these tips are ways to save money while travelling and also how to enjoy the journeying. We have tried to avoid the usual cliches such as "take half as many clothes and twice as much money", etc. ° Buying stuff on the road: Never buy any of the following: soap, toilet ...

Some photos

A travel blog entry by jambo

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Here are some photos from our last three months in Slovakia. In September we went to visit a picturesque little village called Cecmany, which is famous for these painted houses. This is the view from our backyard, early on an October morning. Our house ...

This specialty hotel was formerly known as: Polana