Unique Slovakia

What are some of the unique Slovak tourist spots that you’d hardly be able to find elsewhere?

The smaller the country, the greater the number of its castles. It’s doubtful you’d find another country that has as many castles as Slovakia.

The picturesque wooden village of Čičmany at the foothills of the Strážov Hills is actually the first-ever folk architecture reservation in the world!

There are only four accessible aragonite caves on the planet. Slovakia is one of two European countries to have this unique natural phenomenon – ours is the Ochtinská Aragonite Cave.

Can you believe that some people in Slovakia still live in stone “caves?” In Brhlovce, these unique houses are carved into the rock.

If you hear somebody say that Slovakia is the heart and centre of Europe, it’s not a joke. It´s in a beautiful spot at Kremnické Bane in Central Slovakia.

Few people know that the Slanské Hills contain deposits of precious opal. This is a globally unique phenomenon, as nowhere else has opal been mined on such a scale.

Master Woodcarver Jozef Pekara spent more than 15 years creating the Bethlehem in Rajecká Lesná. It is a true rarity, since it’s the largest wooden mechanical nativity scene in Europe.

No other country has as many mineral springs relative to its size as Slovakia.

It is often said that true European wilderness disappeared centuries ago. Yet it can still be found in Slovakia! In the Poloniny National Park, on the border with Poland and Ukraine, lies an untouched wild forest known as the Wolf Mountains, with trees over a thousand years old.