Our local guides will show you the places where your ancestors lived. During this tour you will have a chance:

• explore the places where your Grandparents were born
• take a walk in the streets of the villages and towns
• talk about their history and economic situation
• get know the folk traditions of the locals
• visit the cemeteries to find the graves of your relatives
• visit the churches where your ancestors were baptized
• visit the churches where your ancestors got married
• taste the typical meals in the local restaurants
• buy some local food from small grocery shops and markets
• have a beer in a local pub
• admire the highlights and most interesting places of Slovakia
• see the old historical pictures of the towns and villages

Even if you do not have any specific information about where your ancestors used to live, you have a chance to visit the area, taste the food, without delving too deeply. Our ancestry tour is the perfect experience for all travelers with Slovak roots.

We believe that the best part of travel is sharing memories with other people. During this family tree tour, you will have a chance to meet a lot of interesting people who can give you more background and information about your roots in Slovakia:

• your local guide, interpreter, and driver in one person. You can enjoy your time and your English-speaking tour guide will take care of the itinerary, accommodation, driving, sightseeing, paying the entry fees or even help you as your personal translator.
• priests in the churches and church representatives
• village representatives and mayors
• people living in the villages and towns where your ancestors came from
• historians, local guides in the museums
• and if possible to trace… your living relatives!

The conversations with local people will help you establish some type of personal connection or at least a feeling of brotherhood. Everyone has her/his own story to tell. Don’t forget – it’s always the small pieces that make the big picture.

No visit to the village or town where your ancestors lived would be complete without seeing the local cemetery. This will make us feel closer to your loved ones who have passed on. Many of graveyards are located right next to the churches, where generations of your family worshipped. Gravestones often have useful information that could help you break through a brick wall, and grow your family tree. Very often we also find the graves of those family members that remained in Slovakia. Don’t forget to take pictures and show it to your family at your home.

You may discover your direct ancestor, their siblings and family members who died at a very young age and may have previously been unknown to you. Perhaps you will find a valuable information not included in the record of your direct ancestor.

During your tour, we make sure you visit local folk restaurants, where you can taste our traditional Slovak food your ancestors used to cook and eat as well. Slovakia is a country of very strong sheep-breeding traditions and the food is wholesome and rather hearty. Potatoes, flour, meat and sheep cheese make the basis of many dishes. The most typical meals we recommend to taste during your ancestry tours are:

• Bryndzové halušky – the most famous Slovak meal
• Kapustnica – cabbage soup with smoked meat
• Zemiakové placky – fried potato pancakes with garlic
• Parené buchty – steamed buns filled with jam or sweetened poppy seeds
• Bryndzové pirohy (pierogy) – dumplings filled with sheep cheese
• Cesnaková polievka – garlic soup

Many people in Slovakia choose a restaurant not based on the food but based on which beer they serve. You will have a chance to try different types of Slovak beer and delicious strong alcohol we call Pálenka.

There’s little to match the Slovak folk traditions – and we’ll ensure that you experience the very best of those still prevailing in Slovakia’s beautiful countryside. Whether it’s our distinctive folk music and dance, handicrafts, gastronomy or traditional wooden architecture, all this and even more is yours on this ancestry tour in Slovakia. You can try one of the best folk attractions of Slovakia – rafting on traditional wooden rafts in the National Park of Pieniny. Visit a shepherd on a sheep farm or meet the locals who still wear the traditional folk costumes and demonstrate Slovak folk traditions and handicrafts. You can even experience a traditional Slovak wedding in folk costumes, just like your ancestors did in the past. There are plenty of traditional activities waiting for you in Slovakia.