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Prešov

Prešov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region () and Šariš. With a population of approximately 85,000 for the city, and in total more than 100,000 with the urban area, it is the second-largest city in eastern Slovakia and the third-largest city in all of Slovakia, after the nearby city of Košice. It belongs to the Košice-Prešov agglomeration and is the natural cultural, economic, transport, and administrative center of the Prešov Region. It lends its name to the Eperjes-Tokaj Hill-Chain, which was considered the geographic entity on the first map of Hu

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Prešov is the third-largest city in Slovakia, located in the eastern part of the country with a population of around 85,000 people. It serves as the administrative center and cultural and economic hub for the Prešov Region, making it an important city for eastern Slovakia.

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Place details

Locality: Prešov
Country: Slovensko
Population: 82,927
Timezone: Europe/Bratislava

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Travel guide

Understand

Prešov is the capital of the Prešov region and the second city after Eastern Slovakia - Košice.

Get in

Train and bus station are 10 minutes south of down town.

Get around

Prešov has an urban transit system composed of the trolley for main bus lines and the official Slovak provided schedules of the different lines in the section Cestovný poriadok. There is a night bus service: Lines N1, N2 and N3. Pattern of lines

The regular ticket costs €0.50 for 30 minutes and €0.40 for short trips of less than 10 minutes. Children under 7 years travel free and from 7 to 16 years at a reduced rate. A ticket of €0.40 extra is claimed to travelers carrying luggage or traveling with a dog (except for dog for blind). You can pay your ticket by SMS to 1144 using a Slovak phone number. The ticket is valid for 30 minutes (45 minutes on weekends) and costs €0.70.