State Theater Building in Košice
Museums and history

The city of Košice is the metropolis of Eastern Slovakia. Like our capital of Bratislava, Košice attracts many domestic and foreign tourists every year.

One of the histo...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Kosice Castle
Castles, chateaus, mansions

The Košice Castle is almost forgotten locality not only in awareness of Košice inhabitants. It almost does not appear in medieval written sources, and if appears, there a...

Košice - Kavečany
Aviation Museum in Košice
Museums and history

The city of Košice is linked with a rich history of aviation. This was one of the reasons why the first Aviation Museum was established in the area of Košice Airport. It ...

Košice - Barca
Vojtech Löffler Museum
Museums and history

The Vojtech Löffler Museum, housed in a beautiful historical building in Košice's Old Town, is an important and sought-after cultural institution in Košice. The museum wa...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Mikluš's prison and Executioner's apartment
Museums and history

In the heart of the historical part of Košice, there is probably the most attractive exposition Museum of Eastern Slovakia. It is Mikluš's prison and Executioner's apartm...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Underground archaeological complex - Lower Gate
Museums and history

The city of Košice is extremely rich in historical monuments. Most of these historical jewels are concentrated in Košice's historical center, but there are also exception...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Eastern Slovakia Gallery, Alžbetina St.
Museums and history

The Eastern Slovakia Gallery in Košice is historically the first regional gallery in the whole of Slovakia. Its main collecting program is documenting the visual life in ...

Košice - Staré Mesto
House of Crafts in Košice
Museums and history

An interesting building in the city of Košice is the building, which houses the museum - House of Crafts. It attracts people by its external architecture, which combines ...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Casemates of Košice - Executioner's Bastion
Museums and history

Casemates of Košice are made up of late Gothic and early Renaissance loopholes, built on late Gothic foundations, and an extension and superstructure from the later perio...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Rodošto - Memorial house of Francis II Rákoczi
Museums and history

The Memorial House of Francis II Rákoczi, the so-called Rodošto, is open to the public in the area of Executioner bastion in the courtyard of Hrnčiarska Street in Košice....

Košice - Staré Mesto
Sándor Márai Memorial Room
Museums and history

The literary giant Sándor Márai was one of Europe's most read authors of his time. His roots reach back to Košice, where he was born, spent his childhood and later starte...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Slovak Technical Museum in Košice
Museums and history

The Slovak Technical Museum in Košice is the only technical museum with nationwide scope. The museum manages a rich collection fund in which it is represented by mining, ...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Jakab's palace
Museums and history

At the corner of Mlynská and Štefánikova streets in Košice, there is a beautiful historic building built in the neo-Gothic style. It is the Jacob's Palace, also known as ...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Museum of the Victims of Communism
Museums and history

A museum was established in Košice as a private initiative, the first of its kind in Slovakia, which commemorates the victims of communist repression and purges. The magn...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Museum of Eastern Slovakia
Museums and history

One of the most interesting collecting institutions in Slovakia, the Museum of Eastern Slovakia, provides the visitors of all ages with a unique opportunity to cross the ...

Košice - Staré Mesto
Private ethnographic museum HUMNO
Museums and history

An interesting type of museum in Košice is the private ethnographic museum HUMNO. The museum is a non-profit organization focusing and specializing in production techniqu...

Košice - Sídlisko KVP
Mansion in Krásna
Castles, chateaus, mansions

In the city district of Košice, Krásna, there is a beautiful national cultural monument - a Baroque-Classicist mansion dating back to 1780. During its history, it underwe...

Košice - Krásna
Jahodná Ski Resort
Skiing

Jahodná Ski Resort is located about 15 km from Košice. There are 3 slopes of easy and medium difficulty with a total length of 1.4 km. 6 lifts in total are ready to serve...

Košice - Kavečany
9.0 km
Big Mansion in Budimír
Castles, chateaus, mansions

The historic dominant and symbol of the eastern Slovak village of Budimír is the Classicist-Theresian mansion dating from the second third of the 18th century. The mansio...

Budimír
13.5 km
Ruins of Sokoľ Castle
Castle ruins

The village of Sokoľ is surrounded by an unobtrusive hill Hrádek, which is interesting in terms of history. It is here that the ruins of the medieval castle Sokoľ, which ...

Sokoľ
14.0 km
Archeological open-air museum
Museums and history

In the village of Nižná Myšľa, you can get to know the life during the Bronze Age. Archaeological research was carried out on the flat elevation of Várhegy near this vill...

Nižná Myšľa
15.8 km
Ruins of Kysak Castle
Castle ruins

Not far from the village of Kysak, right on the hill with the characteristic name "Hrad" (The Castle), are the ruins of the extinct Kysak Castle. It is a medieval castle,...

Kysak
16.8 km
Obišovce Castle
Castle ruins

Above the eastern Slovakian village of Obišovce, a conical hill called Zámčisko rises. This is the place where a medieval stone castle, from which only the ruins have bee...

Obišovce
18.2 km
Slanecký Castle
Castle ruins

Slanecký Castle was a Gothic castle from the 13th century, which was destroyed in 1679. One three-storey tower and several walls have been preserved. The gothic window ar...

Slanec
21.4 km
Ruins of Jasov Castle
Castle ruins

In the beautiful surroundings of the Slovak Karst National Park, near the village of Jasov, right on a distinctive reef called Jasov Rock, there are ruins of Jasov Castle...

Jasov
22.4 km
M. L. Szepsi Wine Museum
Museums and history

Lovers of quality wine and viniculture enthusiasts will have their field day at the Wine Museum of M. L. Szepsi. The museum is located in the intimate cellar area directl...

Moldava nad Bodvou
26.2 km
Bodoň Castle
Castle ruins

Bodoň are the remains of a castle built on a rocky ground in Sigord. The origin of the castle dates back to the 13th century. After the invasion of the Tatars into the ar...

Prešov
27.4 km
Hamor in Medzev
Museums and history

The eastern Slovak town of Medzev and its close surroundings was one of the most productive areas in metal processing in the past. The tradition of ironmongery and smithe...

Medzev
27.9 km
Mining Museum in Gelnica
Museums and history

A charming architectural building in the historic center of Gelnica is the Old Town Hall with its majestic Baroque tower, which now houses the Mining Museum of Gelnica. T...

Gelnica
28.0 km
Zámčisko Gelnica
Castle ruins

Above the old mining town of Gelnica, which is mentioned as a free royal town already in 1276, on the site of an old castle from the 13th century, we can now see only the...

Gelnica