Good morning!
I am planning a trip in early 2012 for Prague and Kosice. I have never visited either city. My great grandparents came to the United States from Kosice in 1890. This is going to be a very exciting trip for me.
My plan, right now, is to fly in to Prague and spend a total of 8 days or so in Europe. I know from reading the threads here that there is a train that takes one from Prague to Kosice that is about 9 hours long. My thought is to spend one whole day and spend overnight in Kosice, before taking the train back to Prague.
I know, for sure, the one thing I want to do is eat a great meal at Golem. Being a beer lover, this is a must for me. It also appears that the town of Kosice is very central and most if not all of the great city sights can be found on foot.
I was wondering if anyone could make recommendations for other things to see or do. I will also need recommendations for an inexpensive place to stay in Kosice during this overnight visit. I am not expecting anyone to be able to speak English, so I will be working on some Czech/Slovak in the mean time.
Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Daniel
Planning visit to Kosice, Slovakia
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Here's a URL for the TI (tourism info office) in Kosice:
http://www.mickosice.sk/index.php?lang=eng
They're your best bet for finding accomodations. They might be also a good bet for speaking English, hence things to do.
We did a similar trip to Bardejov, a nearby town, in 2005.
If I were young (and maybe you are), I'd try loading the Google language translation app to a smart phone and trying to emulate the commercial I see on TV ("my grandfather was born in this village" into phone, and bilingual-dialogue-via-phone ensues). If you try it and it works, please post a trip report with results (and cost), as I might try it some day.