Čičmany (German Zimmermannshau, Hungarian Csicsmán) is a village in Central Slovakia.
Understand Edit
Čičmany is one of the few folk villages which remain intact in Central Europe. It represents a local vernacular style of architecture characterized by the use of dark wood and its white ornamentation in floral patterns similar to gingerbread. This is still a living tradition and such houses are drawn over again and again.
Get in Edit
The is a sparse bus connection from Rajecke Teplice. Otherwise it is a 30-40 minutes drive from Žilina.
Get around Edit
The village is small and manageable on foot.
See Edit
The village main attraction is its folk architecture. There are two souvenir shops vending local crafts. It is also possible to visit the inside of two of the houses.
Do Edit
Hike in the nearby woods.
Buy Edit
Eat Edit
There are two restaurants and two bars operating in Čičmany.
Drink Edit
Sleep Edit
There are two hotels operating in Čičmany.
- 1 Drevenica BRUNDZOVCE, Cicmany 135, 013 17 Cicmany (http://www.cicmany.info/ako-nas-najdete/), ☏ +421 903 814551, ubytovanie@cicmany.info. romantic wooden cottage refurnished to highest standard ... nice place to stay and relax http://www.cicmany.info/drevenica-brundzovce/€.