BUCKET LIST - Having the whole swimming pool just for yourself
Can you perceive the colours of the surroundings, the emotions of the localities, and see the world in full colourful patchwork, even at a time when the world is only black and white and many gates to experience are closed? Of course. you can do that - just take note of the activities from this BUCKET LIST and the discover a pink pelican at the swimming pool, a green church without a roof and…
BUCKET LIST: Popping in the outdoor gallery
Keep the door unlocked in the lockdown - the door to your soul. It is rightly said that art cultivates the soul, and movement, in turn, is needed for your body. Will you do anything for them? Do not seclude yourself to yourself or to the world. Don't feel blue. We have a solution for you! The solution for your body and your soul at the same time. Raise your wyes and watch the buildings and…
BUCKET LIST: Jumping on the bed
Have you thought about what you want to achieve in life? How many more places do you want to visit, how many more dishes to taste, how many more hills to climb and crawl under and how many more beds you would like to jump on in your life? For without a good bed it's hard to travel, and if you want to travel a lot, you have to jump over a plenty of beds. Jumping on a good bed is more than…
BUCKET LIST: Gastro pigeons (stuffed cabbage) and roasted sky over the region
Where there one sleeps well, there is also good cooking and drinking. That's why you need to prioritise your travels and discover cities and towns, mountains and valleys, regions and their boarders, where a good cuisine is of essence. Tasty food and a well-chilled bar go hand in hand with soft bedside. Truly, you can't cover up the dreamy, roasted pigeons falling from the sky with pillows. The…
FILM BUCKET LIST: Shoot your impressions in your memory
1. You've got heaps of courage, but only a pinch of discretion.
Eragon 2006, Tomášovský výhľad view
Can you even imagine that? You being the writer of a loose sequel to the film Eragon? One excellent scene of it was shot in the Slovak Paradise at the Tomášovský Výhľad view, so feel free, you have the courage to do it, throw away your discretion and head out to immortalise…
BUCKET LIST: To the Gemer region by train
Evangelical church in Ochtiná
1. Travelling on rail routes that are usually inaccessible
Special summer tourist trains
It's here at last! Finally, there is an opportunity here to travel along the famous route to Slavošovce! You may now reach the places previously inaccessible by your own foot. Well, yes, first on the wheels of the train, which now has the privilege of stepping into…
BUCKET LIST: To the Paradise by train
Cable car to Geravy
1. Travelling ecologically by the Summer Tourist Train
Special summer tourist trains
What does a true tourist travel like when discovering tourist destinations? After all, it is logical that travelling to Paradise is ecoLogical. Here, in the Paradise, tourists would recognise tourists just by taking a look from the train. The latter will guide them and lead them…
BUCKET LIST: Urbex all over
There was once a laboratory where curious people mixed a strange elixir. They took a bit of archaeology, mixed it with photography in a mortar, grated in the architecture, mixed adrenaline with sports, and then heated it all up 360 degrees with curiosity. That's how URBEX - Urban exploration was born. It is discovering the sometimes already known with a changed face. This is the discovery of…
BUCKET LIST: Iron adrenaline
Have you also been saying the word ferrata more and more often in your tourist head lately? Do you have any idea what it is? You're right, you've seen, heard and maybe even done some of the "A" iron road - the Via Ferrata. But if you really want to experience the real thing, do it yourself, on your own two feet. What are we talking about?
Today, it's probably mostly about the experience, the…
BUCKET LIST: Hikemates
A package of total reset of everyday stress, a package of leisure spheres full of the majesty of the region is exactly what you need! Start with the entrance gate to the Slovak Paradise and let yourself be enchanted by the beauties and paradise-like peace. You will find yourself at the crossroads of an abundant offer, so choose and enjoy.
Shelter Gálová
1) Taking a lookout even in the…
BUCKET LIST: Insta photo shoot in green oases
Have you ever visited a botanical garden or an arboretum? I understand - it is not everywhere. It's a perfect oasis of peace, full of greenery, where your body and soul can relax. However, there are other corners as well. Swamps, banks, game refuges, groves, glades, balks, oases by springs, forests, meadows, quarries, wetlands... It's good to look around such green oases and let your…
BUCKET LIST: Crossing the border for the personality of Sándor Márai
1. Crossing the border comfortably
Direct train connection
One of Sándor Márai's daydreams included the possibility of a quick transfer from Budapest to Košice and back. We are fulfilling this dream today and you will join us. And him. Currently, Košice and Budapest (with several stops) is connected by excellent transport accessibility by train every two hours. Cross the border of…
BUCKET LIST: Cross the border to visit the Andrássy family
1. Cross the border comfortably
Direct highway transport
You may reach the 400-year-old rule of the Andrássy family from the property of the Bebek family, who had to leave the territory of Upper Historic Hungary in 1566, by a quick drive. Cross this border of history with excellent transport connections by car on the highway in the direction from Budapest right to Košice. Take the…
BUCKET LIST – Cross the border to get to know the personality of Francis II Rákoczi
1. Smooth crossing the border
Direct train connection
Make yourself comfortable in the train carriage and enjoy the train express with stops in the history and life stations of the most famous rebel in our history. Francis II Rákoczi led the last and largest of a series of anti-Habsburg uprisings. When, at the age of 18, he became the Count of Šariš in 1694, he intended to elevate the…
BUCKET LIST – Leaving a temporary trace
Whenever Perinbaba (Lady Winter; Mother Feathers) empties her duvet and covers the country with white feather snow, all the cross-country skis run out of the cellars and closets and entice people to running. Cross-country skiing is not easy to resist, so get your cross-country skis, air them and your head. Alternative routes through the country will immediately come to your mind, and traces of…
BUCKET LIST – Taking your sticks out in the Paradise
You must have longed to hold a magic wand in your hand, to flick it, and to experience a miracle in an instant. And if not a real, big miracle, then at least a small miracle. For example, you notice beautifully sculpted muscles in the mirror. Or suddenly having a wonderful endless feeling of inner peace and a head drowned in amazing experiences. Well then, there you go, we offer you all this,…
BUCKET LIST – Cooling down at the EDGE OF THE WORLD
A recipe for happiness? The answer is simple - hardening! Proof? "Quartet of Happiness" - four hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and especially endorphins), which the body releases during hardening, and these lead to a feeling of joy and euphoria. Clear as can be! Wait, wait! Tame the excitement, don't run for that swimsuit and towel yet! Read on first.
The hardening "beach season"…
BUCKET LIST: Do it at the Edge of the World
The lockdown has pushed you to the brink of ideas, you no longer know where to go and it's closed everywhere? Are you on the verge of thinking: what, where, and with whom? So it's time to reach out to the extreme, come to the edge of our region and cut yourself out of the icy pleasure and pure skating joy. Enjoy it all the way to the region, blow it up at Lake Úhorná, slide on the frozen…
BUCKET LIST: Becoming Cinderella for a while
1. Becoming Cinderella for a while
Ranč pod Ostrou skalou / Under Ostrá Skala Ranch
Snow and a wild steed - what does this connection evoke in you? A romantic idea of horseback riding as a real prince or in a sleigh as a real princess, right? You don't have to experience such an idyll just in front of a TV screen watching Cinderella. You may enjoy it on your own at…
BUCKET LIST: Driving the ice axe in the ice rock
Natural phenomena of ice need freezing weather to form. Now is the time to tune in to the ice wave. So don't hesitate, look into the ephemeral beauty of the glittering icefalls. Icefalls - icy mass of running water, important and interesting landscape elements, promise a unique experience. We offer you climbing sites that will show you the world from a different perspective. Ice climbing is…