Our contributor Victor Block writes:
"My wife Fyllis and I visted Slovakia´s capital as part of the route of Grand Circle Cruise Line´s M/V Adagio along the Danube River as it flows through Hungary, Slovakia, and Austria (with a land extension to Pr
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Nestled in the scenic Váh River valley in western Slovakia near the Czech border, this charming midsize city (pop. around 55,000, its name pronounced "tren-CHEEN") can be reached by car from Bratislava in about an hour and a half to two
Our blogger Felice Hardy writes:
"Perhaps my favourite East European winter playground is up in the central north of this highly underrated country, a three-to-four-hour drive from capital Bratislava. Jasná on Mount Chopok in the Low Tatras r
Finally completed in 1452 after 141 years on and off, its 279-ft. spire dominating the Slovak capital's historic center, the white Gothic Katedrála Svatého Martina was from 1563 to 1830 the coronation church of the kingdom of Hungary and later
Are you dreaming of exploring Europe but worried about the cost? Luckily there are several countries in Eastern Europe that tend to be significantly less expensive to visit than popular favorites like France, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain. Here
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In the delicious blend of old and new that are Central Europe and Eastern Europe, many amazing destinations once locked away behind the "Iron Curtain" of the 1940s through 1980s have of course become favourites of international travel
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