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Čičmany

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Čičmany, Slovakia
Čičmany, Slovakia. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About Čičmany

Čičmany (German Zimmermannshau, Hungarian Csicsmán) is a village in Central Slovakia.

Čičmany travel guide

Understand

Čičmany is one of the few folk villages which remain intact in Central Europe. It represents a local vernacular style of architecture characterized by the use of dark wood and its white ornamentation in floral patterns similar to gingerbread. This is still a living tradition and such houses are drawn over again and again.

Getting there

There is a sparse bus connection from Rajecke Teplice. Otherwise it is a 30-40 minutes drive from Žilina.

Getting around

The village is small and manageable on foot.

See

The village main attraction is its folk architecture. There are two souvenir shops vending local crafts. It is also possible to visit the inside of two of the houses.

Eat

There are two restaurants and two bars operating in Čičmany.

Sleep

There are two hotels operating in Čičmany.

1 Drevenica BRUNDZOVCE, Cicmany 135, 013 17 Cicmany (http://www.cicmany.info/ako-nas-najdete/), ☏ +421 903 814551, [email protected]. romantic wooden cottage refurnished to highest standard ... nice place to stay and relax http://www.cicmany.info/drevenica-brundzovce/€. (updated May 2015)

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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