Holiday apartment in Horné Orešany: Majdán Educational Trail, Wine and Culture

Horné Orešany can be explored through specific destinations relating to exercise, nature, wine and sacred culture.

Exercise and Trails

The starting point of the Majdán Educational Trail is located at the Horné Orešany, Majdán bus stop. The Majdán Educational Trail is 5.9 km long and has 10 stations and 14 information boards.

For cyclists, yellow-marked cycle route no. 8219 runs above the Horné Orešany Reservoir. Near the Majdán recreation centre, it leads to a blue-marked cycle route.

The two offers described differ in form: the educational trail focuses on the sequence of stations and information boards, while the cycle route is identified by its colour marking, number and connection to another marked route. Both descriptions refer to the Majdán area, but each mentions its own characteristics and spatial relationships.

Wine

At the “Orešanská koštofka”, visitors can sample more than 400 wines from the region as well as from other parts of Slovakia and Moravia.

Every year during the spring months, SZZ Horné Orešany organises the “Orešanská koštofka” wine tasting.

Thus, both the scope of the tasting and the breadth of its regional origins are specified for this event. The annual organisation by SZZ Horné Orešany and its scheduling during the spring months constitute separate details about the event.

Nature

The Všivavec protected area safeguards thermophilic and xerophilous plant and animal communities as well as dolomite outcrops in the southeastern foothills of the Little Carpathians, and lies on the cadastral boundary of Horné Orešany.

The Všivavec Forest consists of an oak, elm and ash stand with an abundant presence of wild garlic and spring adonis.

Located directly on the main road from Horné Orešany to Smolenice, Všivavec Forest is easily accessible by car or bicycle.

The nature-related information combines protected communities, geological outcrops and a specifically described forest stand. The protected area's connection to the locality and the forest's location on the main road are mentioned separately. The description therefore covers both the features of the natural area and the designated accessibility of the forest.

History and Culture

The Chapel of Saint Roch is mentioned in a visitation record from 1761. The Lourdes grotto near the church in Horné Orešany was built in 1930 by the married couple Michal and Katarína Pašek.

The façade of the Chapel of Saint Vendelin was restored in 2017, and its interior was repainted. The parish church in Horné Orešany provides another historical reference: it was ceremonially consecrated in 1861 by Cardinal Ján Scitovský, Archbishop of Esztergom.

Its pulpit is designed in the Rococo style and dates from the second half of the 18th century. Thus, the town's sacred buildings feature both more recent restoration work and architectural and furnishing elements from earlier centuries.

The historical information therefore ranges from a mention in a visitation record through the construction and consecration of individual buildings to restoration work and a preserved furnishing detail. The people involved and the dating of the pulpit are also named. As a result, the sacred sites appear with different dates, functions and forms of documentary record.

You can also select other local pages for Boleráz, Smolenice, Trnava, Košolná, Horné Dubové, Lošonec, Suchá nad Parnou and Zavar.

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