Slovakia
Split between two romantic timbered buildings, 膶i膷many鈥檚 museum has displays on local culture and folklore, especially rites of passage from birth to death. Traditional clothing and hairstyles feature prominently, so visitors can learn how to braid their hair like a village maid while ducking into attic rooms that would have housed a dozen people at a time.
The exhibition begins in Radenov House鈥檚 main building and continues in the old mill across the street.
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This picturesque recreated village 鈥 Slovakia's largest skanzen (open-air museum) 鈥 showcases over 120 faithfully reconstructed 19th-century dwellings in鈥
28.7 MILES
Limestone pinnacles and thick forest conspire to make Vr谩tna Valley one of Slovakia's most majestic areas to hike or ski. A scenic road winds south from鈥
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Gazing at fairy-tale Bojnice Castle stirs fantasies of knights and maidens in even the world-weariest travellers. Blushing sandstone towers and鈥
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Tren膷铆n's fearsome castle has surveyed the surrounding hills for centuries. Its oldest walls date to the 11th century, when it was constructed to watch鈥
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Folded into a bend in the Stre膷no River, this medieval castle offers stupendous views over the surrounding valleys. Written mentions of Stre膷no Castle鈥
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Views are sublime from this octagonal tower, part of a 15th-century fortification. An inconspicuous glass elevator carries you most of the way, then there鈥
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There are several places in Slovakia where wood-carvers have put their lathes to the challenge of creating a Nativity scene, but 'Slovak Bethlehem' is the鈥
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The Romans came, saw and graffittied Tren膷in. The town's unique claim to fame is a soldier's inscription from AD 179, commemorating a battle against鈥
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There are several places in Slovakia where wood-carvers have put their lathes to the challenge of creating a Nativity scene, but 'Slovak Bethlehem' is the鈥
12.49 MILES
Gazing at fairy-tale Bojnice Castle stirs fantasies of knights and maidens in even the world-weariest travellers. Blushing sandstone towers and鈥
3. Museum of the Slovak Village
19.57 MILES
This picturesque recreated village 鈥 Slovakia's largest skanzen (open-air museum) 鈥 showcases over 120 faithfully reconstructed 19th-century dwellings in鈥
19.75 MILES
Trace Slovak identity through the last century or so of modern art at this diverting gallery, the best in central Martin. There's a permanent collection鈥
21.08 MILES
During the 16th century, cries from this tower were the first warning of an approaching army. These days, visitors ascend this baroque-style former bell鈥
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Consecrated in 1586, this triple-nave cathedral has a coppery spire that dominates A Hlinku n谩m together with its twin, Burian's Tower, an Italian-style鈥
21.78 MILES
Folded into a bend in the Stre膷no River, this medieval castle offers stupendous views over the surrounding valleys. Written mentions of Stre膷no Castle鈥
21.9 MILES
The Romans came, saw and graffittied Tren膷in. The town's unique claim to fame is a soldier's inscription from AD 179, commemorating a battle against鈥