Finally....
Словакия
Bojnice
Castles · 8/8/2008 · Original language: Russian
A charming little town, with a fairy-tale castle, crowds of tourists, souvenir shops, and verrrry expensive parking lots.
Useful information about the castle.
Opening hours: May-September from 9:00 to 17:00 (on Mondays open only in June, July, and August)
October - April from 10:00 to 15:00 (Tue-Sun)
Prices (you can enter the castle only by paying for a tour. The tour lasts 75 minutes):
admission for adults ..................... 5.31 euros
admission for children from 6 to 15 years old .... 2.66 euros
admission for children from 3 to 6 years old ...... 0.66 euros
photography ................................ 1.66 euros
video recording ............................... 4.98 euros
beautiful....
A Tired Carriage.
During the tour, you will be guided through the castle. You will be shown various rooms and corridors, the king’s and queen’s bedroom, and these stained-glass windows.
And each room also has extraordinary ceilings. The tour was in Slovak, so it was not easy to figure out what they were talking about. But as far as I understood, all the ceilings are handmade from natural materials - wood, gilded metal....
And this is the inner courtyard...
Here is another example of a ceiling....
It’s a shame they don’t make gutters like these in new houses... they’re so cool!
It’s interesting that from the outside the castle seems miniature. In fact, it’s reeeally big. And it’s also interesting that after walking through the rooms, we were led down a narrow little corridor with a low ceiling, then down a staircase... I thought it was some kind of back exit. But no. It turned out there is a cave under the castle. Can you imagine?
In the little square near the castle.....