After a rich breakfast in the truck, we took a leisure walk through the open-air museum of Liptov Village in Pribylina. We have admired the wooden folk architecture of homes of higher social classes of this region in the past (entrance 6 EUR). It features buildings from the flooded area...
Sun waked up us in Jasná – the starting point of the cable car (22 EUR – return ticket) to Chopok (2024 m) – the third highest peak of the Low Tatras range (just after the neighboring Ďumbier and Štiavnica Peaks) in central Slovakia. We spent a quite long time in queues to get into...
The Demänovská Cave of Liberty is located in the northern part of the Low Tatras in Liptov region within Demänovská Valley. It is the most visited cave in Slovakia. The path with educational boards in the length of 400 meters leads to the entrance of the cave at an elevation height of 870...
We made a short stop at the magnificent church in Svaty Kriz. It is one of the largest wooden constructions in Central Europe. Its ground plan has the shape of a cross and is 43 meters long. This church was transported from one of the villages that are now flooded under the Liptovska Mara...
We made a short service stop in Ružomberok to visit the local information office. The city lies on the eastern foothills of the Veľká Fatra mountains, the north-western slopes of the Nízke Tatry Mountains. The fact that the city lies on the crossroads of an ancient trade route leading...
Finally, we have got a nice sunny summer day, which we spent in UNESCO listed picturesque village Vlkolínec (entrance 3 EUR – only if you want to visit the museum). It is a remarkably well preserved rural medieval settlement featuring wooden architecture typical of hillside and...
We have decided to overnight below Nová Hoľa peak in the famous ski resort Donovaly, It is located in the area where the Low Tatra and Veľká Fatra National Parks meet. We still had time to catch the 4 PM cable car going to Nová Hoľa Peak (1357 m). Then we took a relaxed hike around Zvolen...
We spent few lovely hours in Spania Dolina, this little picturesque village is situated 11 km north of Banska Bystrica, not far from Stare Hory, on the borderline of the Low Tatras and the Great Fatra, at an altitude of 728 m above sea level. It is an ancient copper mining village rich...
We got a sunny gap in bad weather during the visit to Banska Bystrica. The city lies in the Hron River valley, surrounded by mountains. It was an important mining center founded in the 13th century. There are some Gothic and 19th-century Renaissance-style buildings, including burghers’...
In rainy weather, we have arrived at a small village Hronsek with UNESCO listed Wooden articular Church. It is 8 meters high wooden structure built in the shape of a cross with arms 23 and 18 meters long. As there are many unusual motives from Scandinavian architecture, it is assumed that...