Bus tours to Slovakia from Uzhhorod: how it works
Tours to Slovakia from Zakarpattia are 1-3 day itineraries that begin early in the morning in Uzhhorod and end there too. The crossing into Slovakia lies immediately beyond the city, which is why bus tours to Slovakia are best started here: Košice is about 3 hours away, and the group is in the city centre from the morning of day one. From central Ukraine the same destination costs an extra day just to reach the border.
Where the bus tours to Slovakia from Uzhhorod go. Košice with Tatranská Lomnica - two days, the city in the morning and the High Tatras after lunch, from UAH 7,600. Spiš in a weekend - Spiš Castle, UNESCO-listed Levoča, the Belianska Cave and Kežmarok, from UAH 7,200. Thermal Slovakia - AquaCity in Poprad or Bešeňová with a return through Levoča, from UAH 7,600. Two capitals - Bratislava and Vienna in three days with Devín Castle, from UAH 14,300.
The shortest leg into Europe. Slovakia is the EU country closest to Uzhhorod, and that changes the very design of the tour. Where on more distant routes the first day is eaten up by driving, here the coach reaches Košice in the morning: St Elisabeth Cathedral, Hlavná street, the clock tower - and a full day is left for the rest of the programme. That is why a two-day format on this route delivers as much as a three-day one elsewhere.
If you only have one day. One-day tours to Slovakia leave Uzhhorod and return the same evening: Košice, Štrbské Pleso in the High Tatras, the Belianska Cave with Levoča and Spiš Castle, and the Bachledka mountain park with its treetop walkway. Prices start from UAH 2,500 per person - the most affordable way into our European range, alongside the Hungarian routes.
No overnight drives. Every night is spent in a 3-4* hotel with breakfast, and transfers happen during the day. You do not spend a night sitting in a coach seat, and you do not lose the first day of the tour catching up on sleep. On the Slovak route this schedule is possible precisely because the leg is short: the border is just beyond Uzhhorod, and no transfer in the programme requires a night on the road.
A single pick-up point. The Slovak tours depart from Uzhhorod, Koriatovych Square. Unlike the Hungarian routes, there is no pick-up in Mukachevo here: the Slovak itineraries head north through the Uzhhorod crossing, and calling at Mukachevo would add distance rather than save it. The manager confirms the exact pick-up time along with the departure date.
What the tour price includes. Transport along the whole route, a Pro Karpaty group leader, a hotel with breakfast and €30,000 medical insurance. Entrance fees and optional extras - the cable car in Tatranská Lomnica, the Belianska Cave, the thermal complexes - are paid separately: an estimated budget is given on each tour page so the full sum can be worked out in advance rather than on the spot. A valid biometric foreign passport is required to cross the border.
Mountains, castles or thermal water. The three two-day routes do not compete with each other; they answer different needs. If you want mountains without hiking - Košice with Tatranská Lomnica: the cable car, the viewpoints, Štrbské Pleso. If you want history - Spiš in a weekend: one of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, UNESCO-listed Levoča and the passages of the Belianska Cave. If you simply want to rest in hot water - thermal Slovakia, from October to March.
Booking and cancellation. You send an enquiry from the tour page, the manager confirms the date, and the manager tells you the prepayment; the balance is due before departure. Cancellation terms follow the Booking Rules: more than 2 days before the start, 10% of the price is retained; less than 2 days, 50%. Pro Karpaty has been organising tours since 2008 under tour operator licence AE No. 185601 of 06.12.2012.