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Hotels & Last Minute Offers in Kosice
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Guest House Rozalia
From 37 €
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The Guest House Rozalia was founded in 1990 as the first of its kind in Kosice and has gone through a successful long-time existence. Situated in a tranquil area of family houses, about 1,5km from the historical center of Kosice. It takes about 5 minutes by car or ... |
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The City of Kosice
Kosice is the second largest city of
Slovakia, and is situated in the south-east of the country.
If you are planning to visit Bratislava, or Vienna, a day trip to Kosice could be a well worth idea.
Kosice's International Airport is only 6 km away from the city center. SkyEurope and Austrian Airlines
run daily flights to/from Bratislava and Vienna. Each of these flights takes less than one hour.
There is also a railway and bus station in Kosice, with connections to/from other European capitals.
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The Historical Center of Kosice
Kosice's historical Old Town is worth while a trip. The reconstruated Main street (Hlavna Ulica) has maintained its
character from the Middle Ages, runs from south to north, through flows a little creek and is considered to be one
of the most spectacular in Slovakia.
At the southern end of the Main street (Hlavna ulica) is the Square of Freedom (Namestie Slobody) and under it can
be found the Archeological Komplex, an underground museum containing the original city walls, dating back to the 13th century.
Walking north, visitors can admire the newly reconstruated St. Michael's Chapel, built in the first half of the 14th century,
originally as a cemetery chapel.
Next to the chapel, in the heart of the Main Street, towers the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe,
and the largest in Slovakia. Has a very rich history and in its interior artistically valuable masterpieces and relics.
Continuing north just after the cathedral stands the Urban's Tower, originally the city's free standing bell tower, which now
houses a wax museum of famous Slovaks. It takes just a few meters to be able to relax in front of the Singing Fountain and surrounding park.
The fountain attracts adults and children alike with jets of water that shoot up for the rythm of the music, accompanied
by colored lights at night.
Retracing your steps and continuing north on the Main Street will allow you to see many other attractions as
the representative building of the State Theater, built in Neo-baroque style, or the Immaculata otherwise
the Plague Column that commemorates the end of the plague of 1710-1711, and a handful of lovely minor palaces.
At the northern tip of this route is The Peace Marathon Square (Namestie Maratonu mieru) where is the statue of the Marathoner,
the symbol of the International Peace Marathon that is organized here every autumn, and opposite is the East Slovak Museum,
featuring the Golden Treasures of Kosice, a collection of golden coins and medals from the 15th century.
In the Old Town there are many hotels, restaurants, shops, cafes, bars and pubs.
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Kosice surroundings
In Kosice we can also find many leisure places.
For the lovers of watersports there is The Lake (Jazero)
where there is the possibility of waterski. In Kosice surroundings there are many possibilities for walks,
who likes walks or trekking can choose from different routes. One of the most interesting is the route to Alpinka.
It starts in Cermel at the Historical Railway Station where with the Children's railway visitors can take a ride
or just simply walk to Alpinka. Cermel is the starting point of different walks in Kosice surroundings, eg. Horny Bankov.
Kosice's Zoo covers the land of 288 hectares that is the largest in Central Europe.
The Botanical Garden is the largest in Slovakia, covering 30 hectares, and has a collection of over 1000 types of cactuses.
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Monuments in Kosice
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Town Center
St. Elizabeth's Cathedral
St. Michael's Chapel
St. Urban's Tower
The Dominican Monastery
The State Theater
The Statue of Kosice's Coat of arms
Immaculata or The Plague Column
Jakab's Palace
Levoca House
Miklus Prison
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