Trnava: Slovakia's big hit with Israeli tourists

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 68.

 Thermia Palace spa hotel in Piestany (photo credit: @MarkDavidPod   )
Thermia Palace spa hotel in Piestany
(photo credit: @MarkDavidPod )

With direct seasonal flights from Tel Aviv, the Trnava region is proving to be hugely popular with Israeli visitors. A famous spa, historic city, old synagogues and much more are putting this delightful region on the map.

This time:

  • Getting our bearings in Piešťany, a beautiful spa town
  • Remembering in the former labor and concentration camp and Holocaust museum in Sered
  • Piešťany, the jazz mecca
  • Time to bathe - in mud
  • Can Mark and David rock?
  • Inside the Vrbove synagogue
  • Trnava's House of Bones
  • Synagoga - beautifully restored in Trnava city
  • From bees comes honey, honey wine and honey beer
  • It's tasting time

Sered Holocaust Museum (Credit: @MarkDavidPod)
Sered Holocaust Museum (Credit: @MarkDavidPod)
Sered Holocaust Museum (Credit: @MarkDavidPod)
Sered Holocaust Museum (Credit: @MarkDavidPod)

Mark and David were guests of Experience Trnava Region and Visit Piestany. Flights provided with support from World Jewish Travel.

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