The Baťa Canal, a historic waterway that runs for most of its length through the Czech Republic near the border with Slovakia, has just been extended by seven kilometres directly along the ...

Slovakia has long been a country travellers stumble upon. Now, tour operators want visitors to arrive on purpose.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovakia experienced in 2013 its most successful year in tourism in the last five years, with 4.049 million tourists visiting the country, which is 7.3 percent more than in 2012 ...

Like many first-time travelers to Slovakia, I was bowled over by the beauty of Bratislava and its surrounding countryside when I visited several years ago. As many North Americans do, I had appended ...

SLOVAKIA TRAVEL, the National Organisation for the Promotion of Tourism, is systematically and purposefully preparing a worthy presentation of Slovakia at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan (13 April – 13 ...

The border crossing into Slovakia from Austria, complete with guards in ill-fitting, Soviet-era uniforms and serious faces, is about the only obvious vestige of the Slovak Republic's former ...

Belts, bags, and the stories they carry In the central-Slovak town of Detva, Ján Krnáč doesn’t just make leather goods, but tells stories with every stitch. At 87, this self-taught craftsman has spent ...

Author Tomáš Galierik discusses why sites linked to death or loss can be worth visiting. While Slovakia is best known for its breathtaking nature, heritage landmarks and hiking, a growing interest is ...

Slovakia is to start direct flights to Kenya by early July. This will promote tourism and trade between the two countries. Minister for Tourism Danson Mwazo, who visited the country recently, said the ...

The Slovak Tourist Board is launching its first UK Tourist Office, following the appointment of emerging destination specialist, Mary Stuart-Miller of The Creative Connection UK Ltd. The new office, ...

(MENAFN) Slovakia has restarted processing tourist visa applications for Russian citizens, according to BLS, the company that handles visa services for the country. The BLS website confirms that ...

MINSK, 25 April (BelTA) – The Belarusian Embassy in Slovakia presented Belarus' tourism industry and the 2nd European Games in Bratislava, BelTA learned from the diplomatic mission. Slovakia will send ...