Things to do and tourist attractions in Orava

Rafting - today's romance, once it meant hard calluses of our old fathers. For centuries, rafts have been mainly used to carry constructional timber and various other goo...

The Orava Village Museum is probably the most famous Slovak open-air museum. It lies in the bosom of a beautiful Orava nature surrounded by the peaks of Roháče. You can f...

The gamekeeper's lodge under the majestic Babia Hill remembers the old times when the poet Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav drew inspiration here. The gamekeeper's lodge under B...

The architectural and historical pride of Tvrdošín, as well as the oldest building of the town, is the wooden church of All Saints from the mid-15th century. It is situat...

We have been building a medieval village - Archeoskanzen under the Orava Castle for a long time. This place is the only one of its kind in Slovakia. It presents a museum ...

Let yourself be carried away by the allurement of the last century, when the** luxurious Landauers and Landaulets, the elegant Mylords** for gentlemen and Victorias for l...

The largest preserved complex of original folk architecture in Central Europe can be found in the Orava village of Podbieľ. This village surrounded by beautiful alpine na...

Mysterious Church in Orava - Church of St. Cosmos and St. Damian - stands for sawback ruins about 5-10 minutes on foot over the village Sedliacka Dubová that cannot be om...

The small Orava village of Istebné is one of the most important cultural and historical monuments. There is a wooden articular church of St. Michael, which took its curre...

If you've ever been to Dolny Kubin, you must have at least passed a nice craft house surrounded by beautiful greenery in a quiet location near Hviezdoslav Square. It is F...

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav was one of the leading figures of Slovak literature and Slovak culture at the turn of the 19th century and the 20th century. His extensive and i...

In the idyllic environment of the Orava Highlands and Choč Mountains, nearthe municipality of Vyšný Kubín, there is a large meadow with a prehistoric settlement called M...

If you would like to feel like our ancestors lived for a while, you should visit the village of Párnica near Dolný Kubín. There is the Room of Grandmothers, which will br...

The wooden articular evangelical church dates from the 17th century and was built on the order of Job Zmeškal - the captain of the castle guard at the Orava Castle and th...

When it is said "Martin Kukučín", his significant literary works such as Dom v stráni, Rysavá jalovica or Keď báčik z Chochoľova umrie come to our mind. But do you know w...

The charming Roháčsky waterfall enriches nature in the Western Tatras, in the popular Roháčska valley near the equally famous Roháčske mountain lakes. The waterfall is si...

The ruins of an old stone church in the slope above the village are surrounded by a cemetery. It is perhaps the most romantic monument of Zázrivá. The church was built in...

The Red Sands Waterfall (orig. Vodopád Červené piesky) is located in the beautiful surroundings of the Prosiecka Valley surrounded by the Choč Mountains. It is considered...

The beautiful Orava nature welcomes many lovers of hiking and natural beauty every year. In its mountains and valleys, it hides extremely rare and unique natural phenomen...

One of the great attractions of Liptov nature in Žiarska Valley is definitely a beautiful Šarafiový Waterfall, which as a glittering white ribbon winds between the rocks ...

Graceful Ráztocký Waterfall lies in the lower part of Ráztocka Valley about 60 m from the place where from the Ráztocka Valley opens up into Kvačianska Valley. The short ...

The Museum of Kysuce Village in nature shows the landscape, the environment, folk architecture and the way of life and culture of the people of Kysuce in the second half ...

Poľovníkov vodopád (Hunter's waterfall) is a popular excursion place especially in summer. It is preferred by hikers, cyclists or families with children. It is located un...

Lúčanský Waterfall is located in the spa village Lúčky near Ružomberok. The waterfall is a natural monument that belongs to the territory of TANAP (Tatra National Park) a...

You can follow the footsteps of the Celts in the archaeological museum of Havránok. This location is one of the oldest cultural monuments in Liptov. It is a site of a set...

If you are interested in the topic of scouting and you are curious about its origin and development from the past to the present, the Scout Museum of Vaclav Rubeš in Ružo...

If you desire to know the complex history of Liptov, learn more about living and inanimate nature, as well as important archaeological finds and localities, visit the Lip...

The Ľudovít Fulla Gallery is a part of the Slovak National Gallery. It is located in Ružomberok in a building that is interesting in architectural design and thanks to th...

The village known for its history connected with folk hero Jánošík offers many attractions for tourists. One of them is wooden nativity scene. But this nativity scene is ...

The village of Terchová is an important Slovak pilgrimage site where Saint Cyril and Method days are held annually. That is why a calvary was built on the hill. The one i...