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Best Places to Visit guide
Top 9 locations in Slovakia
byAsaf Lev-Ari
Live update: Updated May 11, 2022Copy link
Copy link1. Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
Asaf Lev-AriThe Ancient Beech Forests of Germany, represent examples of on-going post-glacial biological and ecological evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and are indispensable to understanding the spread of the beech (Fagus sylvatica) in the Northern Hemisphere across a variety of environments. The new inscription represents the addition of five forests totaling 4,391 hectares that are added to the 29,278 hectares of Slovakian and Ukranian beech forests inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2007. The tri-national property is now to be known as the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany (Slovakia, Ukraine, Germany).
2. Vlkolínec
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriVlkolínec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement of 45 buildings with the traditional features of a central European village. It is the region’s most complete group of these kinds of traditional log houses, often found in mountainous areas.
3. Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriThe Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The property presents good examples of a rich local tradition of religious architecture, marked by the meeting of Latin and Byzantine cultures. The edifices exhibit some typological variations in their floor plans, interior spaces and external appearance due to their respective religious practices. They bear testimony to the development of major architectural and artistic trends during the period of construction and to their interpretation and adaptation to a specific geographical and cultural context. Interiors are decorated with paintings on the walls and ceilings and other works of art that enrich the cultural significance of the properties.
4. Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriSpišský Hrad has one of the largest ensembles of 13th and 14th century military, political and religious buildings in eastern Europe, and its Romanesque and Gothic architecture has remained remarkably intact. The extended site features the addition of the historic town-centre of Levoča founded in the 13th and 14th centuries within fortifications. Most of the site has been preserved and it includes the 14th century church of St James with its ten alters of the 15th and 16th centuries, a remarkable collection of polychrome works in the Late Gothic style, including an 18.6 metre high alterpiece by completed around 1510 by Master Paul.
5. Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriThe variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they display an extremely rare combination of tropical and glacial climatic effects, they make it possible to study geological history over tens of millions of years.
6. Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriOver the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who contributed to its fame. The old medieval mining centre grew into a town with Renaissance palaces, 16th-century churches, elegant squares and castles. The urban centre blends into the surrounding landscape, which contains vital relics of the mining and metallurgical activities of the past.
7. Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriBardejov is a small but exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a fortified medieval town, which typifies the urbanisation in this region. Among other remarkable features, it also contains a small Jewish quarter around a fine 18th-century synagogue.
8. High Tatras National Park
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriRecommended this place!
9. Bratislava, Slovak Republic
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriRecommended this place!
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