Things to do and tourist attractions in Banskobystricky region

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Glanzenberg Mining Gallery
Museums and history

The history of the town of Banská Štiavnica is closely connected with mining of mineral resources as well as ores of precious and nonferrous metals. This historic and for...

Banská Štiavnica
Central Slovak Museum - Tihányi manor house
Museums and history

The Tihányi manor house in Radvaň was originally a ground floor Renaissance building dating from the first half of the 17th century. Later, this historic building took on...

Banská Bystrica
Sebechleby Monuments Reserve
Museums and history

The wine-growing settlement included in the List of Monuments of Folk Architecture in Slovakia lies in a beautiful and quiet location on the outskirts of the Štiavnické M...

Sebechleby
Museum and Gallery of Novohrad
Museums and history

In the very historical center of Lučenec, there is a monumental building of the former county court. Today, this beautiful historical building is the seat of the Museum a...

Lučenec
Memorial house of J. G. Tajovský in Tajov
Museums and history

The birthhouse of the leading figure of the second wave of Slovak realism, J.G. Tajovský, stands intact, serried by the beautiful nature of Tajov. This beautiful house wi...

Tajov
Horné Lazy observation tower
Lookouts

The Horné Lazy observation tower is one of the highest observation towers in Slovakia. It is an impressive almost 40 m high, and when climbing to its top, you will overco...

Brezno
Museum room in Ľubietová
Museums and history

The village of Ľubietová is connected with mining history and metallurgy. If you want to learn more about this golden history of Ľubietová, but also about traditional cra...

Ľubietová
Museum of Horehronie in Brezno - Literary exhibition
Museums and history

The Museum of Horehronie in Brezno is one of the younger museums in Slovakia. Its permanent exhibition Literary Brezno is located in the renovated premises of the old gra...

Brezno
Kálmán Mikszát Memorial House
Museums and history

The village of Sklabiná is the birthplace of the prominent Hungarian writer Kálmán Mikszáth, who, thanks to his well-known novels such as St. Peter's Umbrella, Last Castl...

Sklabiná
Andrej Sládkovič Museum
Museums and history

The Andrej Sládkovič Municipal Museum opened its doors to the general public in November 1968. Since then, its premises have gradually expanded and the memorial room of A...

Krupina
Mining Museum - Andrej Gallery
Museums and history

Kremnica is a city with a rich mining history. If you want to get to know it and discover the hidden treasures of this “golden city”, you have to go to the place where it...

Kremnica
Jozef Kollár Gallery
Museums and history

The historical heart of the town of Banská Štiavnica consists of period burgher houses. In three of them, decorated with beautiful ornamental facade decoration, houses th...

Banská Štiavnica
Mining Clapper Hodruša-Hamre
Museums and history

If you are interested in mining history and mining in general, the interesting place for a trip will certainly be the villageof Hodruša-Hamre near Banská Štiavnica. One ...

Hodruša - Hámre
Kostná Valley
Museums and history

The name of Kostná Valley (The Bone Valley) is not random. It is an important locality of early Tertiary bones of tapirs, mastodons and rhinos. Kostná Valley is therefore...

Hajnáčka
Slovak Mining Museum - Kammerhof
Museums and history

The Slovak Mining Museum is the only one of its kind in the territory of Slovakia. It was founded in 1964 by the fusion of the City Museum and the State Mining Museum Dio...

Banská Štiavnica
Fiľakovo Castle
Museums and history

The castle is located at the top of the rock almost in the center of Fiľakovo. The first written mention of the castle is from the 13th century, where it is stated that t...

Fiľakovo
Slovak Ski Museum
Museums and history

A beautiful village of Podkonice, nestled in the lap of beautiful Central Slovak nature, offers not only perfect relaxation, but a bit of specific history too. You can fi...

Podkonice
Slopovo Lookout Tower
Lookouts

On the boundary of villages of Klenovec and Kokava nad Rimavicou, there is a lookout tower called Slopovo. It stands at an altitude of 851 meters in the beautiful surroun...

Kokava nad Rimavicou
Mine Starovšechsvátych
Museums and history

Starovšechsvätych mine is a unique opportunity to get to know the history of mining craft in Slovakia. The excursion includes both surface and subsurface exposure, you ca...

Hodruša - Hámre
Forestry and Woodworking Museum
Museums and history

The Forestry and Woodworking Museum in Zvolen is located in the historic premises of town houses, which are a national cultural monument. Until 1992, the museum focused p...

Zvolen
Lookout tower at Maginhrad
Lookouts

The lookout tower at Maginhrad is one of the newly built lookout towers in Slovakia. It stands on a hill of the same name at an altitude of 430 meters and thanks to its h...

Nižný Skálnik
SNP Museum
Museums and history

The museum has a nationwide scope and is specialized in the development of Slovak society in the years 1938 - 1945 with emphasis on the documentation of anti-fascist libe...

Banská Bystrica
Arteska House of Art
Museums and history

Arteska House of Art in the town of Detva is a private cultural center of modern visual arts providing space for students and non-professional artists to present their wo...

Detva
Museum of "Líce a rub peňazí"
Museums and history

The history of money ion the territory of Slovakia is best presented in the Museum of Coins and Medals. It is ocated right in the heart of the mining town of Kremnica.

T...

Kremnica
Vartovka
Lookouts

Vartovka in Krupina is a guard tower of a square ground plan, approximately 13 meters high. It was built around 1564. Its main task was, along with other guard towers in ...

Krupina
Lookout Tower on Jasenina Hill
Lookouts

Observation towers attract many tourists every year. Several of them are located also in the Banská Bystrica Region, and new ones are continuously being built every year ...

Ďubákovo
Dominik Skutecký Villa
Museums and history

The villa of Dominik Skutecký with the garden is a unique family villa, which was built in Banská Bystrica by the painter Dominik Skutecký according to his artistic taste...

Banská Bystrica
Lookout platform Vínny vrch
Lookouts

Not far from the small village of Ľupoč, there is a wooden viewing platform at a place called Vinny vrch. It is situated on the edge of the forest and offers wonderful vi...

Lupoč
Bunker Tour
Museums and history

Fiľakovo was a city where people expected to be bombed because there was military production of the highest category. In addition, Fiľakovo was an important railway junct...

Fiľakovo
Copper Museum
Museums and history

When you say "Špania Dolina", everyone in Slovakia will immediately experience beautiful nature, a rich tangle of hiking trails or excellent skiing. However, Špania Dolin...

Špania Dolina