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City in Slovakia
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Trenčín is an old town in Western Slovakia. It is a beautiful historic city, with a population of over 55,000 (2018). Trenčín is the main city of the western part of Slovakia called “Považie”. It lies on the longest Slovak river called the “Váh”. Because of its importance and beauty, Trencin is called “the pearl of Povazie”. Trenčín is one of the wealthiest cities in Slovakia with low unemployment and quite a high standard of living.
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Trenčiansky hrad
Katov dom
Rímsky nápis
There's one unique Roman inscription from the year 179 when the Roman legions led by Marcus Aurelius wintered in the settlement then named Laugaricio there. It's written on the castle rock and it's freely accessible from within the Hotel Elizabeth.
Mestská veža
The remaining part of city fortification.
Synagóga
It was built in 1913 and is accessible at times of occasional exhibits; with a small worship room in the back of the building.
Múzeum kolies
Exhibits of car wheels made from wood or stone.
Beckovský hrad
A local castle ruin. It is easily reachable by bike from Trenčín or by few direct buses from Trenčín or with one change via Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
Pilgrimage site with monastery and the Diocesan Shrine of St. Andrew Zorard and Benedict of Skalka.
providing many sports including squash
Karpatská ulica, open daily during the summer season.
Open daily during the summer season.
Opatovská cesta 676.
Gen. Svobodu 1.
Mládežnícka.
Lavičková 3472.
Mládežnícka 2.
Zlatovská cesta.
GMAB
Galla Gallery
Gallery hosts naive and professional artists from Trencin region.
The museum is at the beginning of the main square coming from hotel Tatra by the left hand. It is generally presenting the history of Trencin and has nice exposition of animals as well. Music undertakings often provided.
This is the big event that everyone looks forward to. It takes place second weekend of July. Usually starts from Thursday afternoon till Sunday morning. Main programme is planned for Friday and Saturday. Approx. 25 000 people attend event. Mostly camping in tents in the area of former military airport.
International movie festival. The Art Film Fest is a competitive International Film Festival. The festival was founded in 1993, it takes place each year at the end of June, in the historical town of Trenčín and the nearby historical spa resort of Trenčianske Teplice.
Very clean, good service, they have very good meals and the prices are quite good, also every weekend there's live music.
Near the town tower. High end. Usually no fee during weekends, best sound and light system in town. Drinks are quite expensive in comparison with other pubs in town. Nobody under 18.
Basic camping near the lake Vah, swimming pool and sport hall are close to that camp. It's good for anglers, fishermen, and people with boats and water scooters.
Matúšova ulica 12/68, behind the “Mierove Square”. It is close to the castle.
Somer a.s., Lesopark Brezina 911 00, this hotel is in the Brezina forest, it is surrounded by beautiful nature
This hotel was built in the year 1900. It provide high quality services, accommodation and food for higher prices. It is also famous for the message which kept Roman forces in the past, about 200 AD.
By train
You can take one of the frequent trains from Bratislava to Trenčín, as it is on the national main line. It takes about 1 hr 20 min to reach Trencin from Bratislava.
By bus
Because of the location of Trenčín in relation to other surrounding destinations, it has many buses going through it.
By boat
By foot
By bus
Trenčín has a rather good public transportation system although not so frequent to a smaller boroughs.00.00 with contactless bank card.80. All tickets are valid for 60 minutes.
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