Slovakia Travel Guide/Tips

After you've planned your holiday, booked your tickets and have packed your bags and are ready to take off to Slovakia, then reading through these tips will certainly help you to put your foot forward. This is one sure shot way of assuring yourself that you are able to enjoy your holiday to the hilt and always be on the right track.

This is the place wherein you will find the right mix of the traditional and the modern, the natural and the manmade. You will find the most enchanting of Alpine mountain trails, the cliff top castles to explore, the trails through the best of low cost holidays. All of this is certainly going to charm you in Slovakia.

Slovakia is a part of Europe and therefore shares several etiquette and social graces with it. There is that onus placed on great punctuality and every time people meet they shake hands. The currency that is followed out here is the Euro. There are banks round every main corner and high street. There are desks for currency conversions. Credit cards such as Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted.

There are a wide range of restaurants and clubs. In these it is quite acceptable to go ahead and tip the waiters anywhere between 5 to 10%.Slovakia is not such a big place and therefore the crime rate is quite low out here. When you compare the crime rate with that found in Western Europe this is negligible. Having said that, it is always a good idea to keep an eye on your belongings and things locked up! Be extra careful in crowded tourist spots and look out for pick pockets.

There are citizens from some countries such as the EU, Canada Australia, US, Japan and New Zealand who do not need a visa to enter Slovakia. On the other hand the rest of the countries require a visa and these visas need to be taken before hand. There are no visas issued at the airport instantly.

Getting to and around Slovakia is quite easy. There are several different travel and transport options that you will find out here. There is the Eurolines that connect Slovakia to all the major cities in Europe. London is 23 hours away and Munich just 8 hours. If you are driving down to Slovakia then the things that you need to adhere to are that the car should have the nationality sticker on it, should have a first aid kit insider it and a warning triangle. If you own a foreign drivers’ license, you will be able to drive in Slovakia.

There are several direct trains to Slovakia if you want to take that route for your travel around. The closest cities on this route are Moscow, Prague and Budapest. It is well connected by all major airlines. For local transport there are city buses that ply every nook and corner. They run from as early as 4:30 in the morning until 11:30 at night. There are roads on which you can bicycle. Ensure that you lock your cycle properly in order to avoid theft.