Slovakia Unfortunately many people will think of Russia or Czechoslovakia when hearing the word – some will have no idea it’s even a separate democratic country. And that’s a huge shame!<\/p>\n
Slovakia has a lot of hidden gems and so far I have not heard of anyone who visited the country and did not find something they would really enjoy – and no, no one is killing tourists here like in the Hostel movie.<\/p>\n
The movie was not even filmed in Slovakia so not a scene in it is real. Be brave, don’t trust the movie and go to explore the best places of Slovakia.<\/p>\n
As I was born in a small town in the very East of Slovakia, just a few kilometres from Ukraine border, each time I wanted to fly to another country, I just had to cross the whole Slovakia to get to the airport in the capital Bratislava – everyone says it’s a waste of time to live so far away but for me it has always been a pleasure as I can say I really know Slovak hidden gems personally now.<\/p>\n
If you ever go to Slovakia, please do not make the same mistake as many others. Bratislava is a cool city with beautiful old town, 2 castles and amazing Danube river but it has nothing to do with the rest of the country.<\/p>\n
In the past few years Bratislava has changed from a communist city into a Western city and even the prices got higher. The rest of Slovakia has not changed so much.<\/p>\n
During your typical route Prague-Bratislava-Vienna-Budapest I also recommend you to find a week or two to spend some quality time in the ”real” Slovakia.<\/p>\n