Hiking in Jelšovce and surroundings

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

North of the famous wine-growing village of Topoľčianky, the ruins of the Hrušov castle have been standing for centuries. Its remnants of massive walls and towers rise up...

A small hill of Skalka rises above the village of Hubina. It is overgrown with a forest that flows smoothly into vast meadows full of various flowers and herbs. For the l...

Benát Hill is often referred to as the most beautiful and most visited volcanic peak of Pohronský Inovec. It overlooks the picturesque villages of Žitavany and Machulince...

Chynorany - the birthplace of the Slovak writer Valentín Beniak, but also the village, where the remainder of the originally contiguous floodplain forests of western Slov...

If you like undemanding hiking tours through the woods, where you can enjoy not only charming views of natural beauty, but also incredible views, a trip to the Bezovec Hi...

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...

The charming Pohronský Inovec mountain range is a tangle of attractive hiking trails that offer excellent yet unpretentious hiking. The highest point of this mountain is ...

With secrets emblazoned mountain range of Tribeč boasts of a bizarre rocky hill - Oselný vrch - in its northeastern part. The massive and steep rocky cliffs of this hill ...

Panská Javorina is the second highest peak on the mountain ridge of Považský Inovec. It is an excellent place if you want to relax for a while and enjoy the nature and u...

The Dobrotínske Rocks are part of the nature reserve of the same name, which was proclaimed in 1980 due to the protection of floristically varied xerothermic communities ...

The Hillfort of Krivín is a natural site of volcanic origin. Specifically, it consists of forested rock cliffs rising above the Hron River near the villages of Psiare and...

The Nature trail of Vojšín is built between Stará Huta in Nová Baňa and Malá Lehota. On a 12.5 km route you will be guided through the most attractive sections of this pa...

Malá and Veľká Pec (Small and Large Furnace) - two attractive tourist sites, as well as natural monuments, are located in the Dobrovodský Karst.

The best starting point ...

Bujakov Hill Nature Reserve is located on the border of villages of Veľká Lehota and Nová Baňa. It is a site that is a place of extraordinary occurrence of rare and pro...

Perhaps the most beautiful sightseeing spot in the Pohronský Inovec mountain range is the Sedlová skala (Saddle Rock). This massive mountain of volcanic origin rises abov...

Vojšín is the third highest peak of the Pohronský Inovec mountain range. It is located near the former free royal and mining town - Nová Baňa. Vojšín Hill is the result o...

On the wooded hill of Hrádok, which rises on the western edge of the Štiavnické Hills, a medieval castle of Bzenica once stood. The remains of a relatively large castle h...

The Greater Plešivec is proof that even the lower hills can offer magical wandering through the forest.

This highest peak of the Čachtice Carpathians is located above th...