The Zoological Garden in Spišská Nová Ves covers an area of 8 ha in the southeastern part of the town. It is the youngest large zoo compared to other zoos in Slovakia in ...
Kláštorisko is a tourist resort in the Slovak Paradise. There are ruins of a Carthusian monastery from the 13th century.
The strategic position of this space was noticed...
The Hipocentrum Riding Hall is located in Hôrka centre at Zemplínska Šírava. It is aimed at providing tourist services mainly in the field of riding.
It offers the follo...
The small village of Hnilčík, nestled in the arms of the beautiful Hnilecká Valley, once belonged to one of many villages in Slovakia, that dealt with mining in the South...
Spiš Castle is one of the largest castle complexes in Europe and is also our largest castle ruin. In 1993, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is curren...
The characteristic feature of the village of Telgárt is not only a charming alpine nature, but also a unique object called the Chmaroš Viaduct. It is a stone railway brid...
If you want to admire the Tatra flora at its best in one place and do not want to climb endless altitudes, you should visit the botanical garden in Tatranska Lomnica near...
Holumnica Castle ruins are located on a hill behind the village of Holumnica. The castle was probably built sometime at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Literatur...
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...
The ruins of Lipovce Castle are hidden in a dense forest on the ridge of Jazvečí Hill, which borders the village of Lipovce. The castle once served a guard function and h...
The construction of an alternative line to Slavošovce was started in 1941. The reason was the affiliation of the southern Slovak territories to Hungary after the Vienna A...
Our Slovak mountains - High Tatras - are visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. The main attractions are excellent hiking opportunities, skiing, as well...
Not far from the village of Magnezitovce, there is a magnificent technical monument - the Koprášský tunnel and viaduct. The Koprášský tunnel was built in 1941. The tunnel...
The church was built on a hill in the 13th century. Later it was fortified with stone wall and watchtower during the operation of John Jiskra of Brandýs. The church was t...
Many visitors to the Muránska plain National Park automatically associate the phrases "meadow full of groundhogs" or "groundhog meadow" with the location of Biele vody ne...
The third highest located castle in Slovakia is situated on the Cigánka Boulder on the outskirts of the untouched nature of the Muránska Plain.
What is today a castle ru...
Plaveč is a castle ruin on a gentle hill above the village of Plaveč. The castle was built at the end of the 13th century as a border fortress. However, the building burn...
Medieval military camp in Stara Ľubovňa is a natural museum that provides a detailed view of the life of soldiers in the Middle Ages, as well as the conditions in which t...
Kamenica Castle is a ruin of a castle above the village of Kamenica, lying northwest of the town of Sabinov, on a limestone cliff in the Čergov Mountains.
According to e...
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...
Hanigovsky Castle is situated above the village of Hanigovce. Now, it's just a ruin of the castle. The original wooden castle was built by nobleman Mikčo in the 13th cent...
The ruins of the Turniansky Castle are located on the karst hill above the village of Turňa nad Bodvou. The documents state the year 1357 as the year of building the cast...
Once you decide to explore the forests around the village of Rákoš, you will undoubtedly find the ruins of the castle with the same name. Rákoš Castle used to be a magnif...
Šariš Castle was a medieval power center of Šariš region. Its ruins are situated on a hill above the town of Veľký Šariš, northwest of Prešov. Archaeological research pro...
The village of Sirk was in the past an important locality of iron ore mining. That's why a blast furnace and a hammer were built here. The iron furnace was in operation f...
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 ...