Crafts and regional flavours
Craft masters, local producers and cuisine will join with the route's partners. If you are a craftsperson or business on the route, get in touch.
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UNESCO in wood
Wooden Churches
The wooden churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area have been on the UNESCO list since 2008. Five of the eight are in Eastern Slovakia, and they belong to different traditions: Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Greek Catholic. The silence and scent of old timber cannot be felt through a photograph.
ThemeUNESCO5 stopsFull dayWeekend
Stops
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Kežmarok – Lutheran Articular Church
A church from 1717 built of wood, with room for hundreds of worshippers.
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Hervartov – Church of St Francis of Assisi
A Roman Catholic Gothic wooden church with painted walls, one of the oldest in Slovakia.
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Ladomirová – Church of St Michael the Archangel
A Greek Catholic church with an iconostasis and characteristic towers.
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Bodružal – Church of St Nicholas
A Greek Catholic church on a slope above a small village near Dukla.
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Ruská Bystrá – Church of St Nicholas
The easternmost of the eight churches, close to the Ukrainian border.
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The other three (Hronsek, Leštiny, Tvrdošín) are in central and northern Slovakia. Village churches are often locked; before you go, check opening times or how to reach the keyholder.
Beyond the ordinary
Fujara in the church: a fujara player performs for a small group right inside a wooden church. The deep voice of wood within wood.
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Pilgrim's Pass
A stamp in the digital pass on your phone for every completed tour, a certificate after 3 and 5 stamps. No registration.
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Gateway onward
From Hervartov, Bardejov is just minutes away. There the route meets Pentapolitana.
Check opening hours and access before you travel, especially off season.