A land of magnificent cities and majestic castles, Slovakia is one of European's most spectacular countries, even though many people outside the region might struggle to place it on a map. Often ...

From Edinburgh to Prague and Romania to England, one of Europe's defining features is its castles. While many other European countries boast dozens of fairytale-like hidden castles, Slovakia is ...

North of Bratislava in Slovakia, is a very small town called Trencin that has all the hallmarks of what I tend to like in Central European towns. It is small, cobble-stoned, untouristed, and ...

The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia posts a list of “the top 10 castles and ruins in Slovakia” (with maps and pictures). Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples ...

The Foreigner's Guide to Living in Slovakia needs feedback from readers to “compile a list of the top 10 castles in Slovakia.” Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of ...

I always search for the road less touristed. Yet it was not without trepidation that I drove with my spouse across the Hungarian plain from Budapest into Kosice, Slovakia’s second-largest city. As the ...

ZVOLEN, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that an excavation in central Slovakia at the site of Pustý Castle has uncovered a woman’s ring. “It’s an extraordinary find, because they are rarely ...

KOSICE, SLOVAKIA — I always search for the road less touristed. Yet it was not without trepidation that I drove with my spouse across the Hungarian plain from Budapest into Kosice, Slovakia’s ...

PRIEVIDZA, SLOVAKIA—According to a report in The Slovak Spectator, a seventeenth-century coin, pottery, and a knife were uncovered in the area where the gates once stood at Sivý Kameň, a castle on the ...