26.9 km
Svorad's Cave
Caves

The oldest known cave of Nitra is the one, which is located on the western tip of the rather low peak of Zobor. Its name is Cave of Svorad. It got its name, as well as th...

Nitra
27.0 km
Zobor Hillfort
Castle ruins

Zobor Hillfort is the oldest and most extensive monument near the city of Nitra. It is also a national cultural monument.

The hillfort s bordered by a defensive wall, al...

Nitra
31.4 km
Žibrica - 617 m asl
Hiking

Žibrica Hill belongs to Tribeč mountain range. It is an excellent way to actively spend your free time if you are in Nitra and its surroundings. Žibrica Hill is character...

Podhorany
37.7 km
Mariánska Čeľaď Monastery
Castle ruins

In a dense forest, in the wasteland of Mariánská Čeľaď, near the villages of Podhájska and Veľké Lovce, there are ruins of the old monastery of Paulists. The colossal bui...

Veľké Lovce
37.8 km
Studený hrad (Cold Castle)
Hiking

The Studený hrad (Cold Castle) is a place where an old wooden hillfort stood sometimes around the 11th century. There is no way to find it there today, because it has cea...

Jelenec
38.5 km
Gýmeš Castle
Castle ruins

The ruins of Gýmeš Castle are situated on the steep Dúň hill, about 5 km from the village of Jelenec. In the past, it was the center of the surrounding Gýmeš County (Hung...

Jelenec
38.8 km
Oponice Castle
Castle ruins

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...

Oponice
41.3 km
Veľký Lysec - 547 m asl
Hiking

Part of the Tribeč mountain range is also a small hill of Veľký Lysec. Though, it is no kind of mohicane, it can boast of majestic rock crutches on the west side that wil...

Kostoľany pod Tríbečom
44.1 km
Čeklís Castle
Castle ruins

On the western edge of the village of Bernolákovo, dominated by a hill called Várdomb (Castle Hill), there are remains of the Čeklís Castle. The castle was probably built...

Bernolákovo
44.2 km
Greater Tribeč - 830 m asl
Hiking

The Tribeč mountain range is situated in the Fatra-Tatras region between the towns of Nitra, Partizánske and Zlaté Moravce. Its highest peak is Greater Tribeč towering at...

Kostoľany pod Tríbečom
47.1 km
Black Castle (Čierny hrad)
Castle ruins

Not far from the village of Zlatno, on the wooded outcrop of the mountain of Tríbeč, there used to stand the Black Castle (orig. "Čierny hrad"), which protected mainly th...

Zlatno
48.0 km
Visiace skaly (Hanging rocks)
Hiking

If you go wandering the Považský Inovec, do not omit the area of Marhát, which is characterized by graceful nature abounding wildness and harshness of the rocks and cliff...

Nitrianska Blatnica
48.3 km
Celtic fortification on Slepý Hill
Hiking

Slepý Hill is a part of Orešianske Hills, located near the villages of Horné and Dolné Orešany. In 2005, archaeologists discovered the remains of the oldest Celtic settle...

Dolné Orešany
48.8 km
Lookout Tower on Kukla Hill (closed)
Lookouts

THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO THE DISREPAIR.

The small lookout tower on the top of Kukla Hill will surprise you with its large and unrepeatable views of t...

Dubová
49.3 km
Great and Small Dolnosokolská Cave
Caves

One of the publicly accessible caves in the Považský Inovec mountain range is the Great and Small Dolnosokolská Cave. These are two fissure caves in one created in the fo...

Hubina
49.5 km
Outlook tower on Marhát
Lookouts

The tourist lookout tower on the hill of Marhát was built in 2008, by municipalities associated in the organization called Microregion under Marhát - especially by the m...

Nitrianska Blatnica