Location: Slovak Republic is situated in the centre of Europe and shares boundaries with Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, and Ukraine.
Cities: The capital is: Bratislava, and other major cities are: Košice, Prešov, Nitra, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Trnava, Martin, Trenčín, Poprad, Prievidza, Zvolen
Area: 18,933 square miles;49,035 sq km
Population: 5,367.790 (Bratislava 452.288, Košice 240.915, Prešov 92.687, Nitra 87.357, Žilina 86.685, Banská Bystrica 84.919)
Language: Slovak Currency: Slovak Crown (SK) Converter: www.xe.com
Telephone Country Code: 00 421
Bratislava 00 421 02
Banská Bystrica 00 421 048
Košice 00 421 051
Prešov 00 421 037
Nitra 00 421 041
Žilina 00 421 033
Trnava 00 421 032
Time Zone: GMT + 1 hour (British Summer Time + 1 hour)
National Tourist Office Contacts:
Address:
Slovak Tourist Board
Nam. L. Stura 1, P. O. Box 35, 974 05 Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Phone: +421 48 413 61 46
Fax: +421 48 413 61 49
Contact email: sacr@sacr
sk
Director: Mrs. Svetlana Gavorová sacrba@sacrsk (gavorova@sacrsk)
Marketing: Mr. Martin Horváth horvath@sacrsk
External Relations: Mrs. Lívia Lukáčová lukacova.livia@sacrsk
Research: Mrs. Pavlína Pražáková prazakova@sacrsk
IT: Mr. Peter Svehla svehla@sacrsk