Things to do and tourist attractions in Orava

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Rafts on Orava River
Museums and history

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...

Horná Lehota
Museum of Orava Village
Museums and history

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...

Zuberec
Lookout tower Trchovnica
Lookouts

A new, 16-meter-high wooden lookout tower was built near Oravská Polhora in 2019. The majestic wooden structure is built on a stable stone base. You will get to the top o...

Oravská Polhora
Lookout Tower Borová above Tvrdošín
Lookouts

If you want to enjoy the beautiful view of Orava Dam, Babia Hora Hill and the panorama of the Western Tatras and the surrounding hills, take a hike to the observation tow...

Tvrdošín
Exposition of Hviezdoslav's The Gamekeeper's Wife
Museums and history

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...

Oravská Polhora
Medieval Village of Falconers
Museums and history

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 ...

Oravský Podzámok
Museum of Noble Carriages
Museums and history

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...

Oravský Podzámok
Lookout Tower in Zákamenné
Lookouts

The impressive, 15-meter-high lookout tower stands majestically above the village of Zákamenné. The wooden tower was built within the EU project of cross-border cooperati...

Zákamenné
Bobrova raľa
Museums and history

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...

Podbiel
Lookout Tower Skorušina
Lookouts

The beautiful Skorušinské Hills are located north of the Western Tatras. Their highest peak is Skorušina.

The ridge of Skorušina mountains is divided by deep valleys and...

Brezovica
Florin's House in Dolny Kubín
Museums and history

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...

Dolný Kubín
P.O.Hviezdoslav Literary Museum
Museums and history

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...

Dolný Kubín
Prehistoric settlement of Mokrý Kút
Museums and history

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...

Vyšný Kubín
Room of Grandmothers
Museums and history

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...

Párnica
Martin Kukučín Memorial House
Museums and history

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...

Jasenová
Roháčsky Waterfall
Waterfalls

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...

Zuberec
Lookout Tower on Súšava Hill
Lookouts

Nearby the small villages of Malé and Veľké Borové, more precisely on the hill of Súšava, there is a wooden tourist lookout tower that will show you the beauty of Liptov ...

Veľké Borové
Border guard tower
Lookouts

The picturesque foothill village of Veľké Borové is an unusual tourist lookout tower. At first glance, you would have guessed that the lookout tower has been standing her...

Veľké Borové
Red Sands Waterfall
Waterfalls

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...

Prosiek
Lookout tower in the Beskydy saddle
Lookouts

Coming to Orava from Kysuce is a real feast for the eyes and soul. Along the way, there is beautiful alpine nature, vast hills and mountains rising to the white sky.

You...

Oravská Lesná
0.4 km
Sutovsky Waterfall
Waterfalls

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...

Šútovo
0.8 km
Šarafiový Waterfall
Waterfalls

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 ...

Žiar
1.1 km
Ráztocký Waterfall
Waterfalls

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 ...

Veľké Borové
2.0 km
Open-air museum Vychylovka
Museums and history

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 ...

Nová Bystrica
3.3 km
Poľovníkov vodopád (Hunter's waterfall)
Waterfalls

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...

Bobrovec
3.5 km
Lúčanský Waterfall
Waterfalls

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...

Lúčky
5.6 km
Archaeological museum of Havránok
Museums and history

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...

Bobrovník
6.3 km
Vaclav Rubeš Scout Museum
Museums and history

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...

Ružomberok
6.5 km
Liptov Museum in Ružomberok
Museums and history

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...

Ružomberok
6.5 km
Ľudovít Fulla Gallery
Museums and history

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...

Ružomberok