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Donovaly
Donovaly is situated in the beatiful environment of the mountain range Velka Fatra in the 900 m above the sea level. It lies 25 km away from Banska Bystrica, 240 km from Bratislava and only 180 km from Budapest. There are ideal conditions for summer and winter activities there.
Activities at Donovaly
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Winter• 14 lifts• 2 chair lifts • a capacity of 12 900 skiers per hour • night skiing • cross-country ski trails • snowboarding area • snowrafting • dog sledding |
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Summer• a lot of touristic tracks• educational paths • recomended trips and tours • 4 cycle-tourist routes in the National Park of Velka Fatra • 12 cycle-tourist rounds • downhill race from Nova Hola • fantastic conditions in both summer and winter season • school of paragliding |
Interesting places to visit in the surroundings of Donovaly
Besenova spa (30 km, about 25 min driving) – open the whole year, the water temperature is about 36-40 °C, spa on the basis of hot springs of healing mineral water
Hrabovska reservoir (25 km) - reservoir with a possibility of fishery
Liptovska Mara dam (40 km) - bathing, water sports, sailing, surfing, fishery
Vlkolínec - a typical mountainous settlement, the only village in Slovakia that has not been disturbed by new development. In 1993 it has been included in the List of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, UNESCO.
Liptovské Revúce - rafting the Revuca river
Korytnica, Lúčky, Železnô - spas
Staré Hory - a mining and pilgrimage place, the Basilica Minor, the statue of the Virgin Mary of Studnicka.
Špania Dolina - a mining village, an ancient copper ore location, National Reservation of Folk Architecture, traditional lace making art.
Banská Bystrica - the town under the Urpin hill, the crossroad of slovak and foreign tourists, the place rich in historical monuments and cultural landmarks surrounded by beautiful mountains.
Dolný Harmanec - the dripstone Izbica cave opened to the public since 1950
Tajov - the place of mining and smelting industry, the village where we can find native houses of famous slovak writer and editor Jozef Gregor Tajovsky and Jozef Murgas, an inventor in the field of radiotelegraphy.