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Lost all my ID documents and money. How to fly home from Spain to Slovakia?
If you haven't called the Embassy of Slovakia in Madrid yet, call them for advice. Going to get an emergency travel document from them is still probably your best option. Avanzabus.com currently ...
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Does my Indonesian friend need to prepare the visa for her 8 year old son (US passport holder) to visit Slovakia and the Czech Republic?
No: since her son is a US citizen, he does not need a visa for the Schengen Area.
As for your friend, Slovakia and Czechia are both members of the Schengen Area, so she only needs to apply for one ...
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Is a vignette needed to go to Bratislava for a day trip from Vienna?
You are not at all obligated to use the border crossing at the D4 motorway as Nicolas Formichella is claiming in his answer, but can easily drive from Vienna to Bratislava and avoid road toll in ...
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Lost all my ID documents and money. How to fly home from Spain to Slovakia?
Sorry about your terrible situation.
I don't think you will be able to fly without getting to Madrid embassy to sort out travel documents.
It won't be a great journey, but have you considered the ...
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How to get to Vlkolínec by public transport?
According to https://www.vlkolinec.sk/en/informacie/doprava/ buses run upto the village car park from the main station but only during July and August. Or that a taxi should cost around €15 to €20. ...
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Can I stay overnight at Košice airport or does the terminal close?
While I couldn't find any information about opening hours on the official website, I've received a reply from their official Facebook page:
Rough translation:
Is the airport open overnight?
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Lost all my ID documents and money. How to fly home from Spain to Slovakia?
Ahoj! :) You have several options:
1) Get money from your family real quick. This can be done using Western Union, you get the money they send you immediatelly.
2) Get to Madrid by bus, blablacar or ...
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How to buy Slovakia discounted international rail tickets outside Slovakia?
I live and work in Bratislava, and have bought (or tried to buy) international train tickets on numerous occasions while I've been here, including for this route. You're right to say, as a starting ...
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How can I obtain an official English-Slovak translation?
Generally the requirement for an 'official translation' means a translation done by a certified translator (i.e. someone with a proper certification/qualification from the government of the country in ...
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Lost all my ID documents and money. How to fly home from Spain to Slovakia?
Find a bus to Madrid, first bus in the morning. The trains will ask you for an ID, don't know if photocopies suffice. And it's also more expensive.
Contact someone back home, ask them to buy you the ...
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Would a foreign debit card (Maestro) work in Slovakia?
Assuming your bank allows foreign transactions on that card, it would certainly work in Bratislava. Most ATMs there support Maestro card withdrawals and Slovakian banks issue Maestro cards.
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Are people in Hungary and Slovakia friendly?
There probably are few questions that warrant more subjective responses than yours, here. :)
Or, in other words, it's all relative.
The Dutch, in their day-to-day life, are considered, by many, to ...
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Buying international train tickets between Slovakia and Ukraine
(1) Kosice train station opens at 0345 each day. I found I could get in earlier by entering from the platform side of the station. The ticket office opened at 0600. The train was almost empty and I ...
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Are regular fare ZSSK train tickets valid on any train?
For Regular fare (does not apply for free tickets for students etc.)
If you buy a ticket on website, it is valid for train stated on the ticket and for all later trains in that day, except IC trains. ...
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Is a vignette needed to go to Bratislava for a day trip from Vienna?
The Motorway Patrol has a comprehensive map of what roads are considered charged or not on their site (roads in Orange are charged (i.e you need the vignette))
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Visa for travel through Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic?
Travel to the Schengen area requires a visa unless you are a citizen from a nation which is allowed visa-free entry (Austrian list here), or you qualify for different travel rules some other way. If ...
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When you go for a multi day hike in the Tatras, where do you leave your car?
Since the previous two answers don't cover the situation in Slovakia, I'll add my own.
As for Slovakia, in all likelihood, you don't have to worry about your car being robbed or stolen in the Tatras.
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When you go for a multi day hike in the Tatras, where do you leave your car?
Currently, parking is free of charge at Skocznia Narciarska, from where you can get to Kuźnice by bus. From the Kuźnice many trails begin in the Tatra Mountains.
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Travel from Tatranska Lomnica to Krakow city centre
We did a bit more research and decided for bus to Zakopane, operated by www.strama.eu, departs Tatranska Lomnica 4 times a day.
We then took the Train from Zakopane to Krakow.
The total amount of time ...
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Visa for travel through Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic?
Yes, you need a Schengen visa.
I sense from the way that you've written your question that you've misunderstood what Schengen is. "Schengen visa" is like, say, "U.S. Visa", not like "tourist visa". ...
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Travel from Tatranska Lomnica to Krakow city centre
TigerExpress runs direct minibuses. Neither they, nor their parent company LEO Express, have information on car seats on their websites.
If you want to take the train, you could take this bus to Nowy ...
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Would a foreign debit card (Maestro) work in Slovakia?
You should have not problems with with withdrawals from any ATM marked with Cirrus sign - and I didn't met European ATM without that sign (for some reason ATMs don't use Maestro sign directly).
Yes, ...
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Driving in Slovakia with Uzbekistan driving licence
Due to Vienna convention on road traffic 1949 and 1968 the UZ international driving licence is to be accepted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Traffic
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