Things to do and tourist attractions in Detva and surroundings

The dominating feature of the village of Čerín is the early-Gothic church of St. Martin from the beginning of the 14th century. It is one of the most precious monuments i...

The historic gem of the picturesque village of Poniky is the medieval church of St. Francis of Assisi. The church rises on a hill above the village in a fenced area. It w...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

The most important sacral building in Banská Bystrica is the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier, which is also a parish church. On the site of the cathedral stood once Oberha...

The largest dominating feature of the whole town castle complex and the oldest building in Banská Bystrica is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, also called...

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...

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...

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 ...

An extraordinary historical monument in Modrý Kameň is the late baroque Calvary. It is located directly above the town in the nature reserve "Modrokamenská lesostep" (For...

The dominating feature of the Zbojská saddle is a magnificent lookout tower revolving around the folk architecture. The perfect rural atmosphere is enhanced by the ubiqui...

The village of Rimavská Baňa was an important village of the Rimavský Estate during the Middle Ages. Thanks to this, historically extremely valuable landmarks have been p...

The Banská Štiavnica Calvary is an inherent landscape element of this town. It is built on a hill, making it visible from almost every point in Banská Štiavnica. The Calv...

The lookout tower on Krahulský Hill will enchant you not only with its beautiful views of the nature of the Kremnica Mountains, but also with the architecture itself, tha...

The Botanical Garden in Banská Štiavnica is located in beautiful surroundings on the adjacent grounds of the former building of the Mining and Forestry Academy, founded i...

At the foot of the hill of Šturc, which rises near the mining town of Kremnica, there is a beautiful Calvary. The location where Calvary is built is also rare from a natu...

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...

Almost every town or village in Slovakia has its own calvary. Even Hliník nad Hronom is not an exception. Calvary is hidden in the beautiful surroundings of the local for...

If you starve for seeing the beauty of the Demänovská Valley not only from the ground, but also from the highs, head out to the lookout tower on Ostredok Hill.

The looko...

The Prašný Hill, which is largely deforested, rises above the village of Hrušov and has become an excellent place where** a beautiful wooden lookout tower** grew. The to...