7 forfaits data · à partir de 4,80 € · lien d'installation immédiat par e-mail
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Slovaquie : 9 forfaits, de 3 à 50 Go. La validité va de 1 jour à 180 jours. 9 d'entre eux fonctionnent en 5G là où le réseau local le permet.
6 forfaits peuvent être rechargés sans avoir à installer une deuxième eSIM. Les forfaits utilisent le réseau de Orange, O2.
Chiffre calculé à partir de notre catalogue en direct, et non un argument marketing — la liste de forfaits au-dessus de cette section utilise les mêmes données.
Slovaquie : aucun forfait régional ne couvre cette destination — il ne reste qu'un forfait mono-pays, qui est de toute façon le moins cher la plupart du temps.
Une eSIM de voyage Slovaquie, c'est une SIM numérique que votre téléphone télécharge : ni carte en plastique, ni comptoir à l'aéroport. Vous achetez en ligne, vous cliquez sur le lien d'installation reçu par e-mail (le QR code est dans le même message), et elle s'ajoute comme une deuxième ligne à côté de votre SIM actuelle. Elle reste en veille jusqu'à l'atterrissage, puis se connecte automatiquement à Orange, O2 en la 5G là où elle existe et la 4G partout ailleurs. Votre numéro habituel continue de recevoir appels et SMS : l'eSIM Slovaquie ne s'occupe que de la data.
Les cartes, la messagerie et les applis de VTC consomment très peu : environ 300 à 500 Mo par jour. Ajoutez les photos, les réseaux sociaux et une vidéo de temps en temps, et vous approchez 1 Go par jour. Pour une semaine, 5 Go suffisent largement ; pour deux semaines, un partage de connexion ou un usage intensif, visez 10 Go ou plus, ou un forfait rechargeable que vous rechargez en route. Les forfaits Slovaquie démarrent à 4,80 € en 7 tailles, chacun affichant son prix au Go pour que le bon choix soit évident.
Non. Votre eSIM de voyage Slovaquie est un forfait data local, pas de l'itinérance internationale : vous payez d'avance le prix affiché, sans facture au mégaoctet de votre opérateur. Beaucoup de forfaits français couvrent déjà l'Europe, parfois bien plus loin — regardez la liste de votre opérateur avant d'acheter. Si la destination n'y figure pas, définissez l'eSIM comme ligne de données et coupez l'itinérance sur votre SIM habituelle : aucune surprise au retour. Et comme vous êtes remboursé tant que rien n'est installé, acheter à l'avance ne vous engage à rien.
Bryndzové halušky
Small potato dumplings folded through bryndza, a soft, sharp sheep's cheese, and topped with fried bacon and its fat. The national dish, and heavier than it sounds.
Any salaš, the roadside sheep dairies along the mountain roads, where the cheese is made on site.
Bryndza and the smoked sheep cheeses
Bryndza is the spreadable soured sheep's cheese; oštiepok is the smoked egg-shaped one, parenica the rolled ribbon, and korbáčiky the plaited threads sold in bundles.
Markets and salaše. Bratislava's Stará tržnica market hall on Saturdays.
Kapustnica
Sour cabbage soup with smoked sausage, dried mushrooms and often prunes. Eaten all winter and unmissable on Christmas Eve, when every family claims the correct recipe.
Traditional restaurants from autumn; Christmas markets serve it in cups.
Vyprážaný syr
A thick slab of cheese breaded and deep-fried, served with chips and tartare sauce. The default Slovak pub order and the standard vegetarian option on older menus.
Any pub or pizzeria.
Lokše
Thin, soft potato flatbreads cooked dry on a griddle, then brushed with goose or duck fat and filled with liver, poppy seed or plum jam.
The goose feast season around Slovenský Grob near Bratislava, from late summer into autumn.
Šúľance s makom
Rolled potato dough fingers tossed in butter, ground poppy seed and sugar. Sweet, but served as a main course rather than a dessert.
Traditional restaurants and canteens.
Žinčica
The whey left from making bryndza, drunk warm or cold. Sour, salty and an acquired taste, but it is what shepherds have always drunk.
Salaše in the Tatras and the Low Tatras, ladled straight from the vat.
Skalický trdelník
Sweet dough wound around a spit, baked over coals and rolled in sugar and ground walnut. The version from Skalica holds a protected geographical indication; the versions sold on tourist streets are a different and much newer thing.
Skalica itself for the protected original.
Small Carpathian and Tokaj wine
Slovakia has a real wine industry that few visitors expect. The Small Carpathian route north of Bratislava does crisp whites; the Slovak side of the Tokaj region on the Hungarian border makes sweet botrytised wine under the same name.
Cellars at Modra, Pezinok and Svätý Jur; the Tokaj villages near Trebišov.
Borovička and Demänovka
Borovička is a juniper spirit, drier than gin and drunk neat. Demänovka is a bitter herbal liqueur from the Low Tatras, sold in a sweeter and a sharper version.
Any bar; mountain huts serve borovička as standard.
Bratislava old town and castleBratislava
A compact centre of narrow streets under a squared-off white castle on the hill, walkable in an afternoon. The Danube embankment and the UFO bridge lookout are a short walk from the middle.
a day
Devín CastleBratislava
Ruins on a crag where the Morava joins the Danube, at the point where the Iron Curtain ran. A memorial at the foot records those shot trying to cross.
half a day
KošiceKošice
The eastern capital, with St Elisabeth's, the largest church in the country, at the head of a long spindle-shaped main square. A different, less Austrian city than Bratislava.
a day
Spiš Castlenear Levoča
One of the largest castle sites in central Europe, a sprawl of white ruins on a limestone ridge visible for miles across the Spiš plain.
half a day
LevočaLevoča
A walled Spiš town whose church of St James holds the tallest Gothic wooden altar anywhere, carved by Master Paul. Entry is by timed guided tour.
half a day · réservez à l'avance
High TatrasVysoké Tatry
A short, sharp alpine range with marked trails, mountain huts and cable cars. Štrbské Pleso and Skalnaté pleso are the easy introductions; the ridge routes are serious walking and some are closed in winter.
several days · réservez à l'avance
Slovak ParadiseSlovenský raj
Gorges climbed on iron ladders, chains and log bridges fixed to the rock beside waterfalls. Routes like Suchá Belá are one-way only, uphill, and you need proper footwear.
a day
Demänovská cavesDemänovská dolina
Two show caves in the valley below Jasná — the Cave of Liberty for its formations, the Ice Cave for the permanent ice floor. Guided tours only and numbers are capped.
half a day · réservez à l'avance
Banská ŠtiavnicaBanská Štiavnica
A silver-mining town built inside an extinct volcanic caldera, UNESCO-listed, with a Calvary complex climbing the hill above it and artificial lakes dug to power the mines.
a day
Vlkolínecnear Ružomberok
A UNESCO-listed hamlet of painted log houses on a hillside, still inhabited, reached by a steep lane. Small, and the point is that it was never modernised.
2 hours
Train
ZSSK runs the network, with the Bratislava–Žilina–Poprad–Košice main line the spine of the country. InterCity services are faster and reservable; regional trains are slow but reach the Tatra foothills.
low
Tatra electric railway
A narrow-gauge electric line links Poprad with Starý Smokovec, Tatranská Lomnica and Štrbské Pleso, with a rack railway climbing the last stretch. It is the practical way to move between Tatra resorts without a car.
very low
Intercity coach
RegioJet, FlixBus and Slovak Lines run comfortable coaches, often quicker than the train between Bratislava and the east, and very frequent on the Bratislava–Vienna run.
low
Bratislava city transport
Trams, trolleybuses and buses on time-based tickets bought from machines or the app; validate as you board. The same ticket covers all three modes.
very low
Car hire
Motorways require an electronic vignette registered to the number plate, bought online or at petrol stations before you join one. The D1 runs most of the way east; mountain valley roads are narrow and slow in winter.
moderate, plus the e-vignette
VTC
Bolt
Bolt is the reliable option in Bratislava and Košice. Uber's presence in Slovakia has come and gone, so do not plan around it. Outside the two big cities you are back to booking a taxi by phone.
Payer sur place
L'essentiel
| Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic | 1 January | Combined with New Year; almost everything closed. |
| Epiphany | 6 January | Public holiday. Shops closed, ski resorts busy at the tail of the Christmas season. |
| Easter | Good Friday and Easter Monday | Four-day weekend. On Easter Monday men traditionally douse women with water and perfume, which visitors in villages should expect rather than be alarmed by. |
| Victory over Fascism Day | 8 May | Falls a week after Labour Day on 1 May; the two together often produce extended breaks. |
| Saints Cyril and Methodius | 5 July | National holiday at the start of the summer season; pilgrimage to Nitra. |
| Slovak National Uprising anniversary | 29 August | Commemorations centred on Banská Bystrica. |
| All Saints' Day | 1 November | Cemeteries are visited in large numbers and roads out of the cities are heavily congested the evening before. |
| Christmas | 24, 25 and 26 December | Three consecutive holidays. Christmas Eve is the main family meal; restaurants and shops shut early that day. |
Dates mobiles — le jour où elles tombent change chaque année.
