The Goral people, and especially their origins, are one of the small mysteries of Slovakia. They live mainly in the north of Slovakia, in 56 villages, most of them in Spiš and Orava, close to the ...

Vlkolínec, a UNESCO World Heritage village in Slovakia, offers a rare glimpse into centuries-old folk architecture set against the dramatic backdrop of the Veľká Fatra mountains. Vlkolínec, Slovakia: ...

SPISSKY HRHOV, Slovakia — Popularly derided as “gypsies,” the Roma people have long been resented and even despised across much of Eastern Europe. But a remarkable municipal-owned business is helping ...

Residents in a small village in Central Europe are so fed up with tourists that they want to revoke its UNESCO World Heritage status. Vlkolínec is an isolated Slovakian village in the Carpathian ...