In Slovakia you will find diversity
Slovakia is incredibly diverse taking into regard its compact size. Nature, people and especially historical development gradually brought a breakdown of the territory into regions, each acquiring a specific name. The best known regions include Liptov, Spiš or Orava; however, you can find unique untouched nature together with breath-taking traditions, specialities and culture also in the Gemer or Horehronie regions.
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Region Košice and its environs
The region of Košice and its environs is situated in the east of Slovakia. Its core is the L-shaped Košická kotlina basin. This fertile and densely populated basin is surrounded by mountain ranges, which offer excellent possibilities of hiking and recreation.More -
Region of Bratislava
The region of Bratislava is situated in the south-west of Slovakia and its southern part stretches along the Danube, follows the Slovak-Hungarian border while its western extreme traces the Morava river and simultaneously the Slovak-Austrian border.More -
Region of Horehronie
MoreThe beautiful landscape with typical villages around the upper reach of the Hron river lying almost in the heart of Slovakia was given the name Horehronie. The river Hron, which gave the name to the territory we are talking about, springs in the southern hillside of the majestic Kráľova hoľa Mt. -
Tatras and Northern Spiš
Tatranský región lying in the north of Slovakia is the most attractive tourist area of Slovakia. It consists of two subregions: Tatras and northern Spiš. The Tatras are a boundary mountain range divided into the High, Belianske and West Tatras.More -
Danubeland (Podunajsko)
The Danube region with its special landscape is situated in the south of Slovakia. The south-western and southern limits of the region follow the Slovak-Hungarian frontier running along the stream of the Danube. The lowland Podunajská nížina covers the prevailing part of this region.More -
Region of Central Považie
The beautiful scenery, cultural monuments of each city and small towns, scattered villages with their typical folklore and traditions, the vast number of cultural events organised during the year all attract tourist to take a visit to this picturesque part of Slovakia.More -
Region of Dolné Považie
The region of Dolné Považie (Lower part of the Váh Basin) has assumed the name of the Váh river flowing through the territory from north to south. Dolné Považie is among the earliest settled territories of Slovakia. Continuous historic settlement of the territory is testified to by numerous archaeological finds.More -
Region of Gemer and Malohont
The territory of Gemer lies in the south of central Slovakia. In the 19th century, the region of Malohont with the centre in Rimavská Sobota was annexed to that of Gemer.More -
Region of Liptov
The region of Liptov lies in the north of Slovakia and its north-eastern part borders on Poland. Its natural scenery is one of the most beautiful in Slovakia. The Veľká Fatra Mts., the ridge of the Chočské vrchy Mts. and the ridge of the West Tatras form the northern limit of the region.More -
Region of Lower Zemplín
The region adopted the name of the Zemplínsky hrad Castle built long before the Tartar invasion on the site of the former Old Slave fortified settlement on the bank of the river Bodrog north of the village Somotor. It was the oldest Castle in Zemplín.More -
Region of Nitra (Ponitrie)
Ponitrie is one of the regions of Slovakia interesting not only for its natural beauty, but also and above all for its cultural-historical heritage. Ponitrie has attracted our ancestors who left their traces all over the area.More -
Region of Orava
The region of Orava lies in the north-western part of Slovakia, on the border with the Poland. The border crossing in environs of the village Oravská Polhora is also the northernmost point of Slovakia. The axis of the region is the Orava river.More -
Region of Pohronie
The axis of the central part of Pohronie is, as its name suggests (Pohronie in English is “the land along the Hron), the Hron river. The landscape surrounding it experienced volcanic eruptions of enormous magnitude in the Tertiary Age. The stratovolcano of Štiavnica with diameter of base amounting to more than 50 km was one of the biggest in Europe.More -
Region of Poiplie
The region bears the name of the Ipeľ river, great part of which flows along the frontier between Slovakia and Hungary.More -
Region of Šariš
Šariš is situated in the northern part of eastern Slovakia. In the west and north-west it borders on the region of Spiš, in the west it stretches as far as the northern parts of region of Zemplín. Šariš is moderately mountainous and the depressions regularly alternate with mountain ranges.More -
Region of Southern Spiš
Spiš is the historical territory in the north of Slovakia. Spiš boasts of all basic natural attributes proper to the typical Carpathian landscape. It is arranged in varied mosaics while basins occupy the central position in this composition.More -
Region of Turiec
The region of Turiec spreads in the north-western part of Slovakia in the Turčianska kotlina basin surrounded by the mountain ranges of Malá and Veľká Fatra, Kremnické vrchy, and Žiar. The axis of the valley is the Turiec river.More -
Region of Upper Nitra
As the name suggests, this region lies next to the upper reach of the river Nitra, which connects the northern and southern parts of the region. The main communications run parallel to its stream. The region of Upper Nitra is known above all for its cultural-historical heritage.More -
Region of Upper Zemplín
MoreUpper Zemplín is the most eastern region of Slovakia. The region borders on Poland in the north and with Ukraine in the east. -
Region of Záhorie
The name Záhorie (Transmountain region) appeared for the first time in the 17th century and it is based in the Latin name Processus transmontanus, which referred to the area situated beyond the Malé Karpaty Mts. or the Little Carpathians.More -
Region of Žilina and environs
The unique natural setting and abundant historic and cultural monuments make the region very attractive. Mountains rich in forests cover most of its surface.More