Things to do and tourist attractions in Banskobystricky region

Donovaly is an important center of tourism and winter sports and a tourist starting point for the Greater Fatra and the Low Tatras. Here, you will find a total of 19 ski ...

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...

The New Castle is one of the most beautiful dominants of Banská Štiavnica. The white Renaissance fortress towering on the Frauenberg Hill (also called Ladies' Hill) was b...

The Manor House in Svätý Antonis a National Cultural Monument. It was built on the site of a fortified medieval castle from the 15th century, it was rebuilt several times...

Banská Štiavnica is an exhibition hall of historical monuments. This hall includes also an Old Cheatau, which is a kind of stone chronicle of this mining town. The Old Ch...

Ski Resort SALAMANDRA is located near Banská Štiavnica and it is one of the few resorts with chair lift in the surroundings. The Doppelmayr seat operates a one and a half...

Ski Čierny Balog is a complex recreation center offering interesting leisure and sports activities in every season. During winter, a ski resort with five moderately deman...

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...

The ski resort Ski Hlobišov is located on the edge of the picturesque village of Hronec and provides a wonderful view of the main ridge of this picturesque mountain area....

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...

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...

One of the most fascinating expositions of Slovak Mining Museum is certainly the Mineralogical Exposition located in the national cultural monument of the Berggericht - a...

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...

The Krpáčovo resort includes 2 ski lifts - long and short. A suitable combination of terrain of different difficulty allows the ski resort to be used by beginners as well...

The ski resort is situated on the northern slopes of foothills of the Low Tatras, just off the important road from Banská Bystrica through Podbrezová, towards Poprad. It ...

The Kordíky Ski Center is located in Kremnica Hills. It is especially suitable for less demanding skiers, beginners and families with children. The tracks are covered wit...

Ski resort Látky - Prašivá is located in the area of the hotel Zerrenpach in the beautiful and remote Slovak Ore Mountains. The ski resort is especially suitable and appr...

Králiky Ski Resort is located near the town of Banská Bystrica near the village of Králiky. The resort area offers visitors with skiing on four groomed slopes, which are ...

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...

Ski lifts are situated on the northern slopes of the Železná brána (Iron Gate Hill). They are loosely connected to each other and with their common length of 1.2 km they ...

Látky Kočanda Ski Resort is suitable especially for family skiing, undemanding and moderate skiers.

The spacious, artificial snow slope is approximately 500 meters long ...

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...

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...

Ski Center Drozdovo near Nová Baňa belongs to rather smaller ski resorts offering a relaxed and undisturbed skiing right in the beautiful surroundings of Pohronský Inovec...

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...

The dominant feature of the village of Vígľaš is the majestic cheateau situated on a small flat outcropping of the Javorie Hill. Originally, it was a Gothic castle, which...

In the refurbished premises of the Zichy's Mansion in Divín, there is the Divín History Museum. In its expositions you will see an overview of the history, nature and oth...

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...

If you want to use your free time not only for a walk through the flower beds and tree alleys, but also to learn a bit, visit the Borová Hill Arboretum.

The Borová Hill ...

If you have ever walked along the smallest town of Slovakia, Modrý Kameň (The Blue Stone), you have surely noticed the silhouette of the castle ruins in the distance. It ...