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Eastern Slovakia 4-day ancestry tour

Guided tour from 570 EUR for 4 days

HIGHLIGHTS

Visit your family´s ancestral village/town
Bardejov (UNESCO) & wooden churches of Eastern Slovakia
UNESCO monuments of Spiš region – Spiš castle & towns of Kežmarok & Levoča
The High Tatras – the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains
Arrival/departure from/to Krakow – can be modified for Bratislava/Vienna/Budapest

Day 1:

Arrival from Krakow to Eastern Slovakia

meeting in Krakow
spectacular drive to hilly border crossing between Poland and Slovakia
Lukov & Hervartov (UNESCO) – Greek-Catholic and Roman-Catholic wooden churches in the villages around Bardejov
Bardejov (UNESCO) – the most beautiful medieval square in Slovakia. Renaissance houses and a gem of Renaissance architecture – the City Hall. Magnificent Gothic St. Egidius church with its rare collection of Gothic altars
overnight: Bardejov

Day 2:

Visiting family´s ancestral villages/towns in Eastern Slovakia

Walk through your family’s ancestral villages, talk to locals, visit church where your ancestors were baptized and cemeteries from your grandparents’ past.
overnight: Bardejov

Day 3:

UNESCO monuments of Spiš region – Spiš castle and towns of Levoča & Kežmarok

Spiš castle (UNESCO) – one of the largest castles in Central Europe with breathtaking scenery
Levoča (UNESCO) – well preserved medieval town, beautiful noblemen’s houses, a renaissance town hall, St. James church with the tallest wooden altar in the world
visit of the historical town of Kežmarok with the unique wooden protestant church (UNESCO) – the jewel of Slovak baroque architecture
overnight: Spiš region

Day 4:

Tatra mountains – the highest mountain range in the Carpathian mountains

High Tatras – Štrbské Pleso – mountain resort located at the second largest mountain lake in the Tatra mountains
departure for Krakow
tour ends with drop off in your place in Krakow
Goodbye – Dovidenia

Price 2 persons:
from 940 EUR/person

Price 3 persons:
from 700 EUR/person

Price 4-12 persons:
from 570 EUR/person

Single supplement:
80 EUR/person

Included in the price

Eastern Slovakia 4-day ancestry tour - map

Arrival to Eastern Slovakia over Beskids mountains

Bardejov - the view of the main square from the church tower

Bardejov - medieval main square

Wooden church in Lukov - Venécia (1708)

Hervartov - wooden church of Saint-Francis of Assisi (end of the 15th century)

Rococco iconostasis in wooden church in Jedlinka (second half of the 18th century)

Spiš castle (UNESCO) on sunset

Spiš castle (UNESCO)

Town of Levoča - the town hall

Levoča - old town hall

Wooden articular church in Kežmarok (UNESCO)

Kežmarok - new protestant church

High Tatras - mountain lake Štrbské pleso

Departure - the route to Krakow around the Tatra mountains