Slovak Karst National Park

Eastern Slovakia

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Despite the landscape's drama, this 346-sq-km reserve of spruce-cloaked hills and limestone crags receives little attention from foreign visitors. Must-see views include Zádiel Gorge and the waterfalls of Háj; load up on information at Rožňava’s tourist centre.

Above ground a 500km network of cycling trails and hikes extends from the park. Underground, some 25km of caves — an estimated 1100 underground chambers in all – snake beneath Slovak Karst and its twin park across the Hungarian border, Aggtelek Karst.

The big daddy of the Slovak side (and open year-round) is the show-cave Domica near Dlhá Ves.

The park can be visited as a day trip from Košice.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Dobšinská Ice Cave

    Dobšinská Ice Cave

    28.12 MILES

    More than 110,000 cubic metres of ice are packed into the gleaming walls of this Unesco-listed ice cave, near the southern edge of Slovenský Raj National…

  • Domica Cave

    Domica Cave

    1.43 MILES

    Aflutter with bats, and with stalactites dripping from the cave mouth, Domica is more than just another eerie grotto. Open to visitors since 1932, this is…

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Nearby Eastern Slovakia attractions

1. Domica Cave

1.43 MILES

Aflutter with bats, and with stalactites dripping from the cave mouth, Domica is more than just another eerie grotto. Open to visitors since 1932, this is…

2. Dobšinská Ice Cave

28.12 MILES

More than 110,000 cubic metres of ice are packed into the gleaming walls of this Unesco-listed ice cave, near the southern edge of Slovenský Raj National…

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