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Slovakia - Little Big Country

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Travelling into/through Slovakia can bring you many pleasant moments. Let's have a look on what you can enjoy:

Natural beauties:

About 40% of Slovakia is covered with forests. Slovakia’s forests contain a wide biodiversity and animals. Slovakia features a high percentage of wildlife included in protected areas.

One of Slovakia's main tourist attractions are the Tatra Mountains, particularly the High Tatras, the highest part of the Carpathians. They feature many rare plant and animal species and offer numerous ski, hiking and mountaineering opportunities.

Rivers and streams in the mountains of Slovakia are often used for rafting. The use of rafts has a very long tradition and especially rafts on the spectacular Dunajec river are very popular among tourists.

Slovakia contains numerous mineral springs and spas (balneological, climatic and mixed spas).

Slovakia's karst areas offer an extremely high number of caves and their list is being expanded every year due to new discoveries. The number of caves per capita is the highest one or among the highest ones in Europe. Thirteen caves are open to the public, the longest one of which is 9 km long. Some of them have been proclaimed UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. Among them, Ochtinská Aragonite Cave is one of three aragonite caves in the world.

Architecture and landmarks:

Slovakia contains many castles (over 250!), however, most of them are in ruins (in ruins: Devin, Cachtice, Spis castle, in good shape: Bojnice, Bratislava castle). On the other hand, historical churches can be found in virtually every village and town in Slovakia. Most of them are in very good shape and are built in the Baroque style, but also in Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
Complete list od Slovak castles can be found here: www.castles.sk

Food and beverage:

Food remains relatively cheap compared to Western Europe. Slovakia offers regional wines and beer brands. The most popular wines are from the Tokaj, Little Carpathians, Nitra, Topoľčany and Záhorie regions. Hubert is a Slovak sparkling wine brand and Karpatské Brandy Špeciál is a popular brandy. Demänovka and Horec are traditional herbal liqueurs. Other popular Slovak distilled beverages include slivovica (plum brandy) and borovička, made of juniper berries. Popular beer brands are Topvar, Zlatý Bažant, Šariš, and Corgoň.

Cheese and cheese products (especially bryndza, korbáčik, oštiepok, parenica, and tvaroh cheeses) are traditional Slovak specialties.

Source: Wikipedia.org