The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia /sloʊˈvɑːkiə/; Slovak: Slovensko, long form Slovenská republika) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava. Slovakia is a member state of the European Union, NATO, UN, OECD, WTO, UNESCO and other international organizations.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present Slovakia between the fifth and sixth centuries AD during the Migration Period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia. An independent Slovak state was created for a brief period during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of Nazi Germany 1939–1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent state on January 1, 1993 after the dissolution of its federation with the Czech Republic.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with one of the fastest growth rates in the EU and OECD. It joined the European Union in 2004 and joined the Eurozone on the 1st of January, 2009.
Central landlocked country. Area 4 9 million square kilometers. Population of 535 84 million (1995). Capital, Bratislava. Most of the mountain. Danube flows through the southern border. Temperate continental climate. Proportion of heavy industry. Agriculture in the economy in a more important role.
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Slovak Folk Festivals: New Year January 1 Easter, August 27 National Day August 29 Christmas December 25-26 Slovakia to remind: the time zones in the East, March to October each year with other European countries adopt daylight saving time, and time is the appropriate standard of GMT 2 hours earlier. Power: 230v/50hz, pole socket with safety pins. Currency: 1 Slovak Koruna (sk) = 100 Harir. Notes in denominations of 5000,1000,500,100,50 and 20 crowns. Coins in denominations of 10,5,2 and 1 krone and 50 Harir. Rate: National Bank of Slovakia premium. Foreign currency (including traveler's checks) in exchange center, hotel, name of bank, crossing the road and the tour can be exchanged. Phone: Direct national telephone to call many countries around the world. Can access international direct dial telephone. Country code: 421. Outgoing international calls: 00 + country code + area code + telephone / fax numbers. Available domestic and international telephone call public telephone coin or card. Shopping: Many tourists want to come back to something as a souvenir. You may bring a bottle of wine or spirits of quality herbal De Mannuo volt card. But only these souvenirs can not be completely representative of Slovakia. Slovakia You can buy pottery, Slovakia grass, leather, plaster, metal, fabric and made of wood and other practical folk art or a variety of current artistic products. Most shops are Monday to Friday 9:00 am ~ 6:00 pm open, small shops have lunch break. Large department stores and shopping centers are open to 9:00 pm. Large supermarkets are open day and night. Duty-free items: Travelers allowed to Slovakia the following items: Tobacco: 800 cigarettes or 400 cigarillos or 200 cigars or 1 kg of large tobacco or a combination of the amount of all of these items. Slovakia Food: Slovakia local cuisine is unfamiliar to many visitors. Slovakia has a strong national characteristics of the food plus feta cheese pasta sauce goat cheese sauce --- Add potato soup, duck or goose fried cabbage and potato dumpling made of flour dough with cabbage, fluffy dumplings. Traditional Slovak dishes with mushroom soup, cabbage soup and bean soup. The country is relatively rich in well-known wine, a prop Cowie or small Carpathian Mountains, and many grape growing areas. To the Czech Republic, do not let the Czech people eat the knedliky, put it bluntly, that is, the ocean surface purses meat dumplings, but coupled with love, especially Eastern Europeans acid cabbage (zeli) and sauce, very tasty. Czech addicted to meat, fruits and vegetables very small. Czech Republic's national dish, roast pork can be said is that (knedliky and zeli), simmered food is also a good choice. Fast food here is very convenient, if not spend too much time in the restaurant to bring copies of German sausage Fort (parky) or cheese (syr), sat by the roadside to eat! Donuts (kablihy), apple pie (jablkovy zavin) Czech dumplings and packages of fruit (ovocne knedliky), is a good dessert. Czech alcohol, the skin of the ear of local brewed beer Sen (plzensky prazdroj) fairly well-known, Pearson beer factory open to visitors, wine lovers should not miss. In addition, Moravian wine region is also quite good. Czech Republic to provide various types of liquor all over the pub, in addition to beer, and plum brandy (slivovice), bitter herbs (becherovka), etc., are considered as a special taste. Slovakia Shopping: Most shops are Monday to Friday 9 am - 6 pm business. Large department stores and shopping centers are open until 9 pm. Large supermarkets are open day and night. Many tourists want to come back to something as a souvenir. You may bring a bottle of wine or spirits of quality herbal De Mannuo volt card. But only these souvenirs can not be completely representative of Slovakia. Slovakia You can buy pottery, Slovakia grass, leather, plaster, metal, fabric and made of wood and other practical folk art or a variety of current artistic products. Slovakia Transportation: Slovakia-based traffic to buses and trains, but the train is cheaper, and the frequency of weekend bus service is much less than the train to Slovakia, mainly best to train, then bus to aid transport. Most bags placed at the train station (fee 10sk), or locker rental (fee 5sk). There across international bus, rail lines connecting Slovakia and adjacent areas, the bij-wasteels company operating the railway stations, passengers under 26 years old to purchase tickets to European cities, are entitled to 30% discount, but not provided to Prague discount. zsr is the train company, consult the schedule at all counters to sell, 58sk. Slovak's odchody to leave, the starting means; and prichody said arrived immigrants. But do not put too much information on the month, or to the station to the time information signs shall prevail. There are coin lockers station rental, a 5sk, but the failure time to time, if you parked luggage or luggage storage room to the station better, probably cost between 10 ~ 20sk. In many mountainous areas, take the bus is the best csad or sad, or it may be the only option, can usually buy a ticket on the train, unless it is a long drive to advance bookings only. People who like to ride a bicycle, you can miss this free car dealers, Slovaks love to ride bicycles, especially in the western foothills area of Slovakia. City car rental companies have europcar day about 1000sk. Bratislava there are budget, hertz, and other car rental companies, the costs are cheaper. Accommodation Slovakia: Slovakia has more than 2,500 accommodation facilities, including 462 in the hotels. Visitors can choose private living accommodation, hotels, dormitories or tents. There are many small mountain village in the mountains, the village has a fully equipped family home.
Bratislava Region