Slovakia Tours Wooden Churches Tour 2024

We’ll pick you up from Bratislava (airport, port or train station) or Vienna Schwechat, Austria and drive to Banska Stiavnica (2 hours drive), – one of the most beautiful and most romantic towns. It is like to step in the past centuries. Get an overview of the rich history of this town connected with the mining of copper, silver and gold. Visit the Old Castle – a majestic fortress, 16th century New Castle and the heart of the Old town – the Holy Trinity square with beautiful sights such as the gothic 15th century St. Catherine church, admire Renaissance buildings and the baroque Holy Trinity column.

Overnight in Banska Stiavnica at the cosy Pension*** 

The first wooden church we’ll visit today is the 18th century Hronsek Articled Church located in a small village near Banska Bystrica (30min drive), the church is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

We’ll visit a spectacular open-air Museum of Orava village to see the day life from 19th-20th century. On a relatively small area, you can find peasants as well as farmer’s houses, mills, barns, churches.

We’ll drive to Tvrdosin and its oldest preserved building – the Gothic wooden Roman-Catholic All Saints church situated in the local cemetery. Visitor’s attention is drawn by the paintings of the Apostles, the Late Renaissance pulpit with figures of the Evangelists from 1654, and a painting of St George mounted on a horse fighting a dragon (a distemper painting on wood from 1653).

We’ll drive through Eastern Slovakia’s beautiful landscape until we reach the Roman Catholic wooden church of St Francis of Assisi, in a village Hervartov. It is the oldest and best-preserved wooden church in Slovakia dated back to 1500. The Gothic pictures and wall paintings from 1655 and 1805 are the most valuable parts of its interior. We’ll give you the history overview and details. We’ll continue to Bardejov, one of the most beautiful medieval towns, still surrounded by fortification walls, bastions and gates. We’ll visit Basilica St. Egidius, and relax.

Overnight in Bardejov at the Hotel pod Branou****

Drive to see another gem – the Greek Catholic wooden church of St Michael the Archangel in a village Ladomirova, built in 1742 without a single metal nail. Continue to see another – the Greek Catholic wooden church of St Nicolas in Bodruzal, built in 1658. The log building consists of three parts with three little towers.

Drive to Snina – a gate to the originally volcanic Vihorlat protected landscape area and the National Park of Poloniny.

Overnight in NP Poloniny at the cosy Pension***

On the way to Kosice we’ll stop in to see these churches: St. Michael Archangel church (village Topola), the Greek-Catholic church of St. Michael Archangel (Rusky Potok), Greek-Catholic church of St. Michael Archangel (Ulicske Krive) and Greek-Catholic church of the relics of St. Nicholas (Ruska Bystra).

Time to relax in Kosice, one of the most beautiful cities located in the Eastern Slovakia. A must-to-see is St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral, considered to be one of the most beautiful Gothic structures in the world. Enjoy the magical atmosphere on the square, it’s green, peacuful and relaxing.

Overnight in Kosice at the Hotel Double Tree Hilton****

We’ll drive you to Bratislava airport (included in price) or on request to Vienna Schwechat, Krakow or Budapest airport).