Beautiful Places in Slovakia

(Towns, villages, castles, palaces and cities)

Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovakia. Built in 9th century–18th century. Destroyed by fire in 1811. Rebuilt in 1956–1964. It is now the Slovak National Museum.

Old Town with Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Grassalkovich Palace, Bratislava. A beautiful Baroque building built in 1760 as a summer residence of Count Anton Grassalkovich. Today it is sometimes referred to as Slovakia’s White House as it is the official residence for the President of Slovakia.

The changing of the guard at Grassalkovich Palace in Bratislava, and the residence of the President of Slovakia.

The Main Square: Old Town Bratislava. Roland Fountain from 1572 is the oldest and most visited fountain in Bratislava, Slovakia. Old Town, Bratislava, Slovakia. The original tower (Michael's Gate) is seven stories high and built in 1753.

Bratislava’s opera house – known officially as the historical building of the Slovak National Theatre – is a Neo-Renaissance-style building opened in 1886 as the City Theatre, according to the design of Viennese architects F. Fellner and H. Helmer.

The Blue Church was built in 1908 in the Art Nouveau style in Bratislava - Slovakia.

The ruins of Devín Castle is one of the oldest castles in Slovakia. Medieval castle Devín (12th to 16th century) is national cultural monument. It stands on a hill - 212 m above the sea level. It was built on a place of Roman building and Great Moravian fortified settlement. In 864 it was know as Dowina. In 1809 the Napoleonic troops blew up the castle. Today, you can find an archeological museum here.

Unique decoration of log houses based on patterns used in traditional embroidery in village of Cicmany. The Reserve counts 136 houses. The first historical mention of the village dates back to 1272. 

St. Michael Chapel and Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Kosice, Slovakia. Built from 1378-1508, this is one of the oldest and the largest church in Slovakia.

Historic old town of Kosice, Slovakia.

Jakab Palace in Kosice city, Slovakia. It was built in 1899 in the neo-Gothic style.

Church Basilica of St. James (built 14th century) and Old Town Hall (built 15th century) in Levoča, Slovakia. (UNESCO World Heritage List since 2009)

Thurzo House in Levoča, Levoča District, Slovakia. It was built in the second half of the 16th century. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Orava Castle is a castle situated on a high rock above Orava river in the village of Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia. The castle was built in the 13th century and has a long and rich history. Many of scenes from the famous vampire horror film "Nosferatu" (1922) were shot in Orava Castle.

Halič Castle in Halič, Slovakia, was built by Žigmund Forgách in 1612. Since 1993 the castle was abandoned and left without an owner, it started to deteriorate, in 2005, the castle was privatized and after 10 years of reconstruction works, the national cultural monument – Renaissance-Baroque castle in Halič opened its gates in 2016.

Historic town houses and Neptune fountain in Presov, Slovakia.

The historical SNP square with Marians column, clock tower and Barbakan town castle in the centre of Banska Bystrica - Slovakia.

Trenčín Castle is a castle above the town of Trenčín in western Slovakia. This castle was dating from the 13th to the 15th century.

Skalica Culture House in Skalica, Slovakia. It was built in 1905.

View at the Old Town hall place with Executioner statue and Gothic Church of St Egidius (built 15th century) in Bardejov. Bardejov is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

This house is one of the rarest and most beautiful bourgeois houses in the Bardejov square. It is originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Renaissance between 1556 and 1778. The portal of the house is decorated with the town coat of arms belonging to the Czebner family and the year 1566. Bardejov Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in north-eastern Slovakia.

Topolcany town hall in the main square of Topolcany, Slovakia. The Topoľčany town hall was built in 1911 in the Art Nouveau style in a record six months.

Kalvária Banská Štiavnica in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. It was built in 1744 to 1751. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Baroque Green House Kammerhofská with 4 statues on the roof in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. It was built in 1791. The UNESCO World Heritage site of Banská Štiavnica is an historic gold and silver mining town from the 15th century in central Slovakia.

The Ruins of Spiš Castle, Slovakia. This Spiš Castle was built in the 12th century on the site of an earlier castle. It was the political, administrative, economic and cultural center of Szepes County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1993 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

View of Spišské Podhradie and Spiš Castle in the background, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Slovakia.

Komárom Town Centre in Komárno, Southern Slovakia near the Slovak-Hungarian border. There are 53% of ethnic Hungarians living in komárno.

Smolenice Castle was built in the 15th century, but it was destroyed during Rákóczi's War of Independence and the Napoleonic wars. In 1777, Count János Pálffy from Pezinok inherited Smolenice but did not reside in the castle due to its poor condition and lack of money for rebuilding it. This castle was only rebuilt in the 20th century.

Zvolen Castle, Slovakia, built in 1382 by King of Hungary Louis I, who built it like a gothic hunting castle. Later in 16th century was reconstructed by Italian masters to renaissance style.

Betliar Manor House in south-east Slovakia built in 15th century and subsequently partially rebuilt in 17th and 18th century. It has a garden with fountain and english park. It was built and used mostly as hunting mansion. It serves as museum since 1949.

The Old Town Hall with small 14 bells (left) in Zilina, Slovakia. The first mention of the Old Town Hall is from 1508. The bells ring every hour.

Bojnice Castle is a medieval castle in Bojnice, Slovakia. It is a Romanesque castle with some original Gothic and Renaissance elements built in the 12th century. The courtyard of Bojnice Castle has an underground cave. This is also the water source of the castle.

Colourful traditional wooden houses in mountain village Vlkolinec, on list UNESCO, Slovakia. The first mention of the village of Vlkolínec dates back to 1376.

The Wooden articular church of Hronsek (Slovakia) is a Renaissance church dating from 1726. Its interior is original: the paintings, the bell and the organ all date from the 18th century. There are 1,100 chairs in this church. Since 2008, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Historical wooden pedestrian bridge over river Danube and old watermill in Kolarovo, Slovakia, It is 86 metres long and 2.25 metres wide. Leading to the floating mill, the bridge built all from wood is today the longest bridge of its kind in Europe. It was built in the 1800s and rebuilt in 1920s.

The Greek Catholic Wooden church of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God from Mikulasova, located in Bardejov, Slovakia. It was built in 1730.

Grand Hotel Praha (Art Nouveau) in Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia. Hotel was built in 1905.

View of lake Štrbské Pleso with reflection of High Tatras on background from northern Slovakia. The High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) is the tallest range in the Carpathian Mountains. Gerlachovský štít (Gerlach Peak), at 2,654 m (8710 ft), is the highest peak in the High Tatras mountain range and the highest peak in Slovakia. Gerlachovský štít is tallest than the mountains in Poland, Czechia, Ukraine, Romania, Scandinavia, and British Isles and Turkey!

Lomnicky peak 2,634 m is the second highest peak of the High Tatras in Slovakia. At its top there is a cable car station, an observatory and a cafe.

A scenic view of the Lucansky waterfall located in Lucky, Slovakia. Slovakia has more than 200 waterfalls created by the cooperation of streams and rocks.

Dobšinská Ice Cave, Slovakia. One of the most famous ice caves in the world. You will be amazed by the part called Freezer, where you can find icicles and ice waterfalls. From 2000 it is included on the List of UNESCO Natural World Heritage. The annual temperature average in cave stays around 0°C the whole year. The age of the cave is estimated at approximately 250,000 years.

Domica Cave in Jasov, Slovakia. Domica is the best known and the longest cave of the Slovak Karst National Park. As a special experience the Domica cave offers to its visitors an attractive boat trip on its underground river. The particularity of the Domica cave is the abounding presence of bats. There are about 1500 bats of 16 different species. The Domica Cave is the most important finding-place of the Neolithic "bukovohorska" culture (4,000 years B.C.). Finding of spear spike from the Early Stone Age - Szeletien - from 35,000 years ago is unique. Since 1995, it has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

By Derrick T