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14 Days From £2,525pp

Spìšský Hrad Castle - credit www.slovakia.travelAlexander Vojček ■ Rail journeys to and from Slovakia by different routes GRAND TOURS
HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
■ Stunning mountain and forest scenery
■ Ciernohronska Steam Forestry Railway
■ Spissky Castle
■ Free day in Vienna
SELECTED HOTELS
Cologne
Dresden
InterCityHotel
Bratislava Ibis Köln am Dom
Hotel Mercure
marks the border between Slovakia and Poland. Day 11 - Onwards into Austria Banska Bystrica Hotel Arcadia
Our final destination today is the village of Tatranska Returning to the main line at Poprad Tatry, we take Tatranska Lomnica Hotel Titris
Lomnica where we stay for 4 nights. an express train to Bratislava where we change train Vienna Novum Prinz Eugen Hotel
and say “good-bye” to our local guide. We continue Please note - hotels can be subject to change
Day 8 - Levoča & Spissky Castle to Vienna where a hotel close to the station provides
No visit to Slovakia would be complete without a accommodation for a 2-night stay. PRICE INCLUDES
visit to breathtaking Spissky Castle, the largest castle ■ Standard Class InterRail
ruin in central Europe. The optional walk up to the Day 12 - Vienna ■ Tatry Card
ruins itself is quite challenging and requires good A free day to explore this exciting city. Discover its ■ Travel from your home station to London and return
strong footwear but even at road level it is a sight history, culture or simply enjoy its amazing transport (pre/post tour on date of outbound/return travel)
worth seeing. Combined with a visit to the town of network - there’s something for everyone. We ■ 24-hours Vienna City Card
Levoča with its Gothic town centre and the highest include a 24-hour Vienna City Card for unlimited ■ Accommodation in good quality hotels on a
wooden altar in the world, this is a memorable day travel on city trams, buses and U-Bahn (metro). bed and breakfast basis
out. Travel today is by private coach. ■ 2 lunches and 1 evening meal
Day 13 - Via Nuremberg to Cologne
Days 9 & 10 - Free Days to Explore A direct ICE train via Passau, Nuremberg and ■ Forestry Railway
We have included in the cost of the holiday a Tatry Frankfurt makes for an easy journey to Cologne ■ Excursion and admission charges as listed
Card so you can explore as little or as much as you where, once again, we find our hotel within the main ■ Services of a tour leader from London and
throughout the tour plus local professional English
wish for these 2 days. In addition to the High Tatras station. speaking Slovakian guide from Day 3 to Day 11
light rail network of modern electric trams, there
are funiculars and a cable car ride in the vicinity or Day 14 - Return to London Price per person:
A mid-morning train to Brussels connects with a
you could just take the tram a few stations and walk Eurostar service to London, arriving late afternoon. Escorted holiday £2,525
in the wonderful scenery. There are numerous well Single room supplement £520
marked easy footpaths – the one around the lake at Deposit for this holiday £100
Strbske Pleso is especially scenic. Also recommended
is the rack railway from Strbske Pleso down to the
main line in the valley at Strba.

By train through the Low Tatras © Matej Sanitrár

Funicular - www.slovakia.travelDaniela Foríšeková

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