\n \n\n Updated: June 10, 2020 |\n\n\nBy Claire \n\n| \n\n\nMore\n\n \n \n \n \n Jasovská cave (or Jasovská jaskyňa in Slovak) is located in the Slovak Karst, near the village Jasov, in the south-eastern part of the Slovak Republic. The cave has been known since time immemorial. There were found artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic […]
Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Kremnica is a historic city with a rich mining and mint tradition that stretches back over a thousand years. It is located in the central part of the Slovak Republic, in the Kremnica mountains at an altitude of 561 metres, surrounded by forested hills that once […]
Ochtinská Aragonite Cave is one of the rarest cave systems in the world, one of only three aragonite caves on the planet open to the public, located in the Slovak Karst region of central Slovakia, where delicate needle-like crystals of aragonite (a rare polymorph of calcium carbonate) create surreal, star-like formations on the cave walls […]
Gerlachovský štít is the highest peak in Slovakia and the entire High Tatras mountain range, soaring to 2,655 metres above sea level in a dramatic pyramid of granite that dominates the skyline of Central Europe’s most spectacular alpine massif. More than just a statistic, summiting Gerlach is one of the most rewarding mountaineering experiences in […]
Stratená is a small village in eastern Slovakia that serves as the perfect base for exploring one of Europe’s most beautiful national parks: the Slovak Paradise (Slovenský raj), a wonderland of deep forest gorges threaded with ladders, chains, and wooden footbridges over rushing crystal-clear streams, one of the most purely fun hiking experiences on the […]
Dunajec River Canyon is a gorge and famous tourist attraction on the border between Poland and Slovakia. Due to its beauty and uniqueness it is on the UNESCO World heritage list. The canyon separates the Małopolska Voivodship (Poland) and Prešov Region (Slovakia). It is a natural phenomenon where the Dunajec River breaks through the Pieniny […]
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Bardejov is one of Slovakia’s best-preserved medieval cities, a UNESCO World heritage jewel in the north-eastern Šariš region whose perfectly intact central square (Radničné námestie), ringed by 46 colourful burgher houses and dominated by the magnificent Gothic basilica of St. Egidius, is considered one of the finest medieval urban ensembles in Central Europe. Along with […]
Zelené pleso (Green Lake) is one of the most beautiful places in the Slovak High Tatras, a shimmering emerald tarn at 1,545 metres nestling beneath the dramatic northeast face of Malý Kežmarský štít and surrounded by some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in Central Europe. The lake is the focal point of the Dolina […]
Kmeťov vodopád (Kmeť’s Waterfall) is the highest waterfall in Slovakia, a spectacular 80-metre cascade in the remote Kôprova Valley (Kôprová dolina) of the High Tatras, plunging down a near-vertical granite wall in one of the Tatra National Park’s most pristine and less-visited valleys. Named after the Slovak botanist and ethnographer Andrej Kmeť, this waterfall is […]
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Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area, a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World heritage site as part of the “Ancient and Primeval […]
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