Things to do and tourist attractions in Krajné and surroundings

Čachtice Castle was founded in the first half of the 13th century. It was one of the first castles to secure the western border of Hungary, especially in the 13th century...

Church of St. Michal Archangel in Lančár with its monumental appearance rises on the hill of the nature reserve Chríb and is the most significant landmark of the surround...

Dobrá Voda Castle is a ruin of a Gothic castle situated in the central part of the Little Carpathians above the village of Dobrá Voda in the Trnava District.

The castle ...

The ruins of Branč Castle are situated on the hill of Myjava Uplands above Podzámok - the local part of municipality of Podbranč. The castle is divided into two main part...

Tematín Castle, or better said the ruins that remain from it, are still majestically rising above the Váh river valley. Since the 13th century, this castle was the center...

Beckov Castle rises on a high steep cliff above Beckov. The history of the castle dates back to the 12th century, when the old castle is mentioned in the chronicle by an ...

The Katarínka Monastery is actually the ruins of the ancient Church and the Monastery of St. Catherine of Alexandria. It is located in western Slovakia in the forests of ...

The church - the Rotunda of St. George is a national cultural monument and is located on a rocky spur about 5 km north of Nitrianska Blatnica. By easy climb we get under ...

Korlátka is a ruin of a castle from the 13th century. Its task was to protect the western borders of Hungary and guard the so-called Czech Route (Via Bohemica). This trad...

Immediately above the village of Podhradie, the romantic ruins of Topoľčany Castle rise to the heights. It was built at the end of the 13th century as a royal castle. The...

The village of Buková is bordered by a steep hills of Záruby, where the ruins of the Ostrý Kameň castle (ie Sharp Rock Castle) have been preserved up to nowadays, rising ...

The city of Trnava could be compared to an exhibition hall of sacral buildings. The largest and most spectacular temple in Trnava is the two-towered Cathedral of St John ...

The city of Trnava is characterized by a charming and unmistakable atmosphere, completed by historical, sacral buildings. One of them is Saint Nicolas' Church, which was ...

The oldest pilgrimage site in Slovakia is Skalka. It consists of two objects - Malá and Veľká Skalka. Malá Skalka consists of a two-towered church built in Romanesque sty...

The town of Skalica boasts of a diverse tangle of sacral buildings with a rich history. Under many of them, underground crypts ar built, but not all are explored and made...

At the highest point in the northern part of the town of Skalica, there is a beautiful classicist calvary. It was built by the Jesuits in 1703-1710 on the site of the ori...

The Plavecký Castle ruin is situated above the village of Plavecké Podhradie on the Pohanská Hill in the western foothills of the Little Carpathians. The castle was built...

Throughout western Slovakia, there are scattered communities called reoptants from Ukraine, who returned to their homeland after several decades of displacement from east...

The origin of the national sanctuary - the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Šaštín dates back to 1736, when the present basilica, according to the plans of Matej ...

The Oponice Castle - more accurate ruins of the castle - is located on the western tip of the mountain of Tribeč above the village of Oponice. The first written mention o...

The beautiful and unique landmark of the city district of Nitra - Dražovce is undoubtedly the Dražovce church, also called the Church of St. Michael the Archangel from th...

On the hill of Hôrka above the village of Brodzany, there is a summer house Babylon, where time seems to have stopped. The summer house was built in 1911 by Duchess Natal...

In the 9th century monks - Benedictines established the monastery of st. Hippolytus in the valley below the hill Zobor. When the Nitranians went to this place, they said,...