Pezinok: Hotels and Accommodation

The Malokarpatská Wine Route combines wine, landscape, history and gastronomy in an area that includes Svätý Jur, Pezinok and Modra. Anyone wishing to book a hotel in Pezinok has a personal travel purpose in mind.

Nature

The western part of Pezinok District lies in the Pezinské Karpaty section of the Little Carpathians. The Malé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area extends partly across Pezinok District.

Pezinská Baba is one of Slovakia’s best-known winter ski areas. The Šúr Nature Reserve contains the only original alder forest habitat of its kind in Central Europe.

Wine

The Malokarpatské Museum in Pezinok offers experiential wine tastings and presents the history of viticulture in the Little Carpathians. The educational wine trail in Pezinok provides information about local wine, its history and its production.

Wine tastings are offered in Pezinok during the Vinobranie grape harvest festival.

Culture

Šimák Castle in Pezinok is surrounded by a park. In Modra, Slovenská ľudová majolika offers a guided tour and a workshop at the potter’s wheel. Modra’s visitor attractions also include the Ignác Bizmayer Gallery, dedicated to the important Slovak ceramic artist Ignác Bizmayer.

Budmerický kaštieľ is surrounded by an impressive English park. It has a tall tower with a viewing gallery and a clock in the gable.

History

Svätý Jur was granted the status of an urban monument reserve in 1990. The remains of the Neštich hillfort, dating from the Great Moravian period, have been preserved in Svätý Jur.

Červený Kameň Castle served as a family residence for almost four hundred years.

Trails

The Harmónia recreational area near Modra is connected to Piesok and criss-crossed by hiking and cycling trails. The natural swimming pool near Zochova chata is located in Modra–Piesok. The Zochova chata grounds include a bike park pump track.

The Veľká Homoľa lookout tower is open year-round and can be visited free of charge. The Svätojurský educational trail consists of an urban loop and a nature loop.

The fourth day of the Cyril and Methodius Route leads from Svätý Jur via Pezinok to Modra and is more than 22 kilometres long. The fifth day of the Cyril and Methodius Route leads from Modra via Zochova chata to Červený Kameň Castle.

More destination pages: Modra, Svätý Jur, Bösing, Dubová, Báhoň, Slovenský Grob, Budmerice, Píla, Limbach.

For the overarching travel overview: Bratislava.