'''Spi?ska Nova Ves''' is a city in Eastern Slovakia.

Understand

Spi?ska Nova Ves (before 1919 known as Iglo in Hungarian) has a very pleasant historical town core with the highest church tower (86,6m) in Slovakia.

Location

One of the most beautiful towns in eastern part of Slovakia is Spi?ska Nova Ves. It is surrounded by colossal ring of hills and villages. Spi?ska Nova Ves is a part of Slovenske rudohorie. In the northern part there is Hornadska kotlina with territory around 400 - 500 meters above sea level. The southern part consists of Hnilecke and Volovske vrchy with about 1200 meters above sea level. In the western part of Spi?ska Nova Ves is the very gorgeous Slovak Paradise National Park.

It can be seen a very picturesque panorama of peaks of The High Tatras from the town and from the hills in Spi?ska Nova Ves.

Get in

By train

Trains leave Bratislava (Main station) each second hour http://www.zsr.sk/docs//cestporiadok/pdf2007/kcp10_6_2007/120.pdf. Many are direct but three IC trains require you to change trains in the Railway Station Poprad-Tatry. Two of the mentioned IC trains depart from Vienna. Most of these trains are ''rychlik'' (fast) trains and will take about five hours and 20 minutes to arrive. One IC train stopping in Spi?ska Nova Ves cuts the total travel time to four hours and 33 minutes, but a reservation is required.

If coming from Ko?ice your options are even better, the travel time is 56 minutes only and trains are available each hour http://www.zsr.sk/docs//cestporiadok/pdf2007/kcp10_6_2007/180.pdf.

There is an option to arrive from Prague. There are 3 direct fast trains and 1 EC train daily. The total travel time is seven hours 55 minutes by EC train.

From the all villages around Spi?ska Nova Ves and important places in Slovakia you can reach this beautiful town by bus. It is all on you if you decide to arrive by train or by bus. If you have a car you can drive almost everywhere and park near enough the place you want to visit. The price of parking are not expensive, so you have many possibilities to know this town. You can go simply on foot because there is a very beautiful pedestrian path in the historical town core and a lot of forest alleys around the Spi?ska Nova Ves, too.

Get around

The town has a long-shaped center which is divided to two main streets. The streets are named by the parts when the sun is shining or not most of the year (The Summer street and The Wintry street). In the middle of the centre are a lot of side-walks, so you can have a walk with a dog or with your family or just friends. By the walk you can pause and sit on the benches in front of beautiful fountain which jets a lot of water on sunny days.

See

Besides the church which has the highest citadel on the Slovakia, Spi?ska Nova Ves has many places to visit. One of them is a a classical Evangelic church, a building of Art Gallery in which you can find a lot of information not only about the town but also about region Spi?. The building Reduta is one majestic part of town Spi?ska Nova Ves - there you can eat in a restaurant which is part of it, there are gorgeous balls, reception and the most interesting show Miss of Spi? which is realized every year.

Do

There are many things to do year-round.

'''Swimming pool''' When you want some fresh water on your body you can visit one of two swimming pools - both of them are available during summer season from 1st of June to 15th of September. You can not only swim but also play beach volleyball, mini football and basketball. The town has also indoor swimming pool and regeneration center during the Winter every day.

'''Horse-back riding''' Horse-back riding center is placed in Agrokam. It offers the possibility to relax for all people who likes horses. There are also some instructors and lessons for small children, so they can learn how to ride a horse.

'''Fitness center''' If you want to exercise you can visit Sport Center at Hutnianska road where is placed the Fitness center. There are available myo-stimulator, solarium, and some other activities like aerobic, massages, and hairdresser, too. This all is available from Monday to Saturday every day.

Buy

Bring some money when visiting the town Spi?ska Nova Ves because there are many things to buy. You can choose between cheap and expensive shops. One of them is Board shop in which you can find almost sport equipment. There are a lot of Chinese shops which are not so expensive and available for many people. And on sunny days there are ice creams that contain tasty flavoring.

Eat

Spi?ska Nova Ves has plenty of possibilities for delicious food. There are a lot of restaurants - The Slovak Restaurant with typical Slovak foods like Bryndzove halu?ky and some others like Zbrojno?, Venu?a, Spi? etc. One of them is most beautiful but the prices are moderate - '''Nostalgia''' where you can taste an international cuisine and listen to music while eating. Nostalgia is widely visited by foreigners: Germans and Austrians are followed by Italians, Polish, Czech and Hungarian visitors. There are a lot of pizza cars which deliver big and tasty pizzas to your home at competitive prices.

Drink

Besides the drinks like Kofola, Coca-Cola etc., Spi?ska Nova Ves has one different thing - on very hot sunny days you can be refreshed by fresh water from small pipes which are installed approximately every 5 meters during the walk in center. And what is the best they are free...

Sleep

The most significant thing in the Spi?ska Nova Ves is the Hotel Metropol which belongs to the three stars hotels. According to Hotel Metropol site it has accommodation and boarding services, too. You can have a possibility to order some extra beds. Every room contains WC, bathroom, television, radio, telephone, too. You have there wide offers of drinks and meals. Hotel provides many useful services, so enjoy it. [http://www.hotel-metropol.sk/]

Get out

Spi?ska Nova Ves is famous for its beautiful nature. As the center of Spi? Region offers the possibilities to visit a lot of historical sights in nearby towns, for example: historical Levo?a, Spi? Castle, Spi?sky ?tvrok and more. Do not miss villages Hnilec, Mlynky and Dedinky that are situated in nature. Smi?any is considered to be the largest village of Slovakia.