Walking holidays, tours and vacations in Slovakia

Meadows, mines, castles and calvaries

Between the bustle of Bratislava and the well-trodden trails of the High Tatra, run ranges of hills, clothed in beech woods and quilted with meadows.  They are wonderful walking country, quiet and peaceful, dotted with villages stirring uncertainly at the interface of old socialism and capitalism.
 
Banská Štiavnica, the focus of our Slovakian walk, was once the “third largest city in the Hungarian empire”, its wealth founded on gold and silver mining, resulting in an extraordinary architectural richness in the town itself, now slowly being restored. Our walk will take you through those hills and villages, and spirals towards the town, where you spend two days exploring its history. 

The holiday ends in Bratislava, with a stay in the best hotel in the old Habsburg part of the city below the castle, close to the Danube.