Slovakia Tours Slovak Ancestry Tour 2025

In the morning, we’ll travel through the beautiful landscapes of the NP Mala Fatra, stopping to visit the majestic fortress – Orava Castle. Orava folk music and dance will entertain us during lunch (included) at a typical Koliba, shepherd’s restaurant. In the afternoon, we’ll stroll through the 19th century Museum of Orava Village to see what village life was like when many of our ancestors left Slovakia. Driving through the picturesque Liptovska Mara lake region.

We’ll arrive at the Hotel Lomnica in the heart of the Tatry Mountains to relax and watch the sun set on the mountains.

Meal(s): Breakfast, lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Lomnica*****
Overnight: Tatranska Lomnica

Our first stop is in a little village Hervartov, to see a unique, 500-year- old wooden Roman-Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi. We’ll enjoy a guided walking tour of Košice’s well-preserved historic center and spectacular sights such as Saint Elisabeth Cathedral, Saint Michael Chapel, City Park with a Singing fountain, Lane of Arts. Afternoon free to shop and explore the thriving downtown of Slovakia’s second-largest city. Since many of our Slovak American ancestors came from Eastern Slovakia, this is a day we help travelers arrange for guides to visit their families or family villages.

Optional personal family and village visits can be arranged.

Meal(s): Breakfast
Accommodation: Double Tree by Hilton****
Overnight: Kosice

We’ll drive to visit a unique Museum of Emigration where we’ll be welcomed by the founder and owner, Mr. Martin Javor who will share an interesting history of this museum.
The name of the Museum – Kasigarda is a Slovak crumb of the English Castle Garden, the main gate of the immigration office in New York, which every immigrant had to go through. “Kasigarda” accurately reflects the phenomenon of emigration. Illiteracy, ignorance of language, hardship, stress, disappointment, but above all, the hope that Kasigard represented for many of our ancestors. We’ll move to the famous Tokaj Wine Region where we start with a tasty lunch – roasted duck breasts, red cabbage and dumplings followed by a wine tasting in the wine cellar (tasty lunch and 10 samples of Tokaj wines are included). French King Louis XIV did a remark about Tokaj wine varieties – “Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum”, Wine of Kings, King of Wines.

Meal(s): Breakfast, wine tasting and lunch
Accommodation: Double Tree by Hilton****
Overnight: Kosice

Fall in love with Slovakia’s capital Bratislava with a morning guided walking tour. We’ll also travel by bus for panoramic views of the majestic Danube from medieval Devin Castle where we’ll learn about the Communist Czechoslovakia, ‚Iron Curtain‘ and daily life under the Communism.

Our last stop will be the Bratislava Castle scenic overview for views of the city and Bratislava’s long history. The afternoon will be free time to explore Bratislava’s narrow central streets and lovely plazas for shopping or people-watching, and stroll the Danube promenade to watch the ships and barges along this busy waterway.

Farewell Dinner in the Old town (included)

Meal(s): Breakfast, dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Radisson Blu Carlton****
Overnight: Bratislava