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Sightseeing in Bratislava and surroundings           

Unique sightseeing tour offers return to the rich history and beauties of the Old Bratislava heart. Sitting in the nostalgic automobile called Prešporáčik-Oldtimer you can see the Old City Hall,the oldest city fontain named Roland Fontain, the coronization church of Hungarian kings –  St. Martin´s Church, the ancient Clare Nun Church, the last well-preserved city gate – Michal´s Gate, the Presidential Grassalkovic Palace, Academia Istropolitana – the oldest university in Slovakia, a lot of palaces from times of Maria Theresia, the beautiful Slovak National Theatre (SND), Plague Column and other sights. Professional reproduced commentary. Guided tour time – 1 hour.

Visit of the SND Opera in Bratislava 

One of the Opera´s priorities is the repertoire variety and modernization in term of stage poetics.  Opportunities are offered to original stage directors. Excellent opera star Sergej Larin belongs to members of the SND Opera company. Some of the best known opera singers who promote reputation of the Slovak opera art not only on the SND stage but also on prominent world stages include Miroslav Dvorsky, Dalibor Jenis, Lubica Vargicova, Andrea Dankova and others. Performance in the new SND hall in Bratislava

Trnava churches – Small Rome

Trnava (in Hungarian Nagyszombat, in German Tyrnau, in Latin Tyrnavia) is one of the most significant towns in Slovakia situated in the centre of Trnava hills, 146 m above sea level, 45 km  north-east from Bratislava. Trnava is one of important Roman Catholic Church centres in Slovakia, is characterized by  a lot of its temples and is called „Small Rome“. Sightseeing tour including professional reproduced commentary takes about 3 hours.

The Jan Koniarek Gallery was established in Trnava in 1976. The Gallery is focused on plastic art and painting of the 20^th and 21^st century, on artists active on the European scene as well as on artists acting in Trnava. The West Slovak Museum in Trnava is one of the largest museums in Slovakia. Museum is placed in the building of the Clare Nun Cloister from the 13^th century. The Museum also includes the Museum of Book Culture and the Music House of  Mikulas Schneider -Trnavsky situated in the house where this notable Slovak composer lived and composed his music.

Driny Cave – subterranean pearl of Little Carpathians

The cave named Driny is the only accessible cave in West Slovakia and one of main turistic attractions in Little Carpathians. In comparison with our other accessible caves mostly with much larger subterranean space  Driny  Cave is characterized by a system of narrower fissure tunnels however with a lovely dripstone decoration. It is located 25 km far from Trnava.

Red Stone Castle - tour

A huge well-preserved castle, situated on quartzite cliff  above the settlement Píla in Little Carpathians. Originally a kingly castle from the middle of the 13^th  century, a part of West Hungary border fortification. At the beginning of the 16^th century the castle became property of the Thurzo family and from 1535 it was possessed by the  Fugger family  who belonged to richest European magnates and financiers. At the end of the 16^th century the castle owner changed again – it was the Palffy family who resided there until 1945. The Palffy family changed the austere and simple fortress to a renaissance-baroque residence with a beautiful interior decoration. Well-preserved interiors with rich painted stucco decorations filled with figural scenes of apotheosis and mythological scenes and  specially equipped hall of terrene from 1656 made by the Italian master J. Tencallo are impressive.  
In 1970 the castle was declared a cultural monument.

Wine tasting in wine-cellars of Trnava               

Many recovered architectonic jewels of ancient Trnava enabled  birth of magic wine-cellars with special atmosphere and drinks of high quality.

Non-resident spa procedures in Piešťany 

Piešťany is a significant town 35 km far from Trnava, focused on treatment of motion and nerve system troubles. Basic natural healing resources of Piestany spa include gypsum-sulphur thermal waters with temperature of 67- 69 °C and curative sulphur mud. The first written reference to the Piešťany spa (under the name Pescan) can be found in the Zobor deed of the Hungarian king Koloman I. dated back to the year 1113. At the beginning of the 19^th century the spa were donated to the Erdődy family who constructed first brick spa buildings in a classical style and  laid the foundations of the spa gardens. At the end of the 19^th century in 1894 there appeared for the first time the spa symbol – crutch-breaker which is still contained in the municipial coat-of-arms of the town Piestany.