We drove through a beautiful landscape.
I only have seen the most important things in Banska Bystrica, enough to appreciate this little town which receives tourists in winter for ski holidays and for summer holidays.
The pride of Banská Bystrica is its central square rebuilt into a throbbing pedestrian zone with an original charm and atmosphere. I enjoyed to walk around this square and admired the beautiful multicoloured houses.
The square
The museum
The Barbican
a fountain
The tower
The museum
Apparently it can be best admired from the Clock tower. But I didn't go up there. It was built in 1552 as part of the town prison. The most beautiful building of the southern row of the square is Thurzos House, which today is a museum.
After having walked around this rather huge square, I was hungry and I found a nice restaurant. I looked for something to eat and of course wanted something special from the country. I finally had a "Langos" which were potato dumplings with sheep cheese and roasted bacon. It was delicious.
The visit was short, but I would say it is worthwhile to return into this little town.
I have not heard of this town but it looks very pretty.
ReplyDeleteOld European towns are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI would love to visit those houses look so pretty, love the pastel colours. I have never been to Slovenia so thank you for my virtual tour!
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Lovely colours and architecture!
ReplyDeleteNice place. I think Hungary has langos. Langos are very slimming, not.
ReplyDeleteThis charming little town with its colorful square and historic buildings has a rich ancient history, indeed. It is my understanding that it is also one of the world’s newest countries since it was only in 1993 that Czechoslovakia separated into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. They did so peacefully and that is a great lesson to learn!
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