Guide to Slovakia

Small Hincovo pleso (Malé Hincovo pleso) is situated in a Mengusovská valley (Mengusovská dolina) in High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) mountains. It has a maximum depth of 6 meters and area 0,0222 km², it is located at an altitude of 1 923 m. a.s.l..

Municipal Local History Museum in Fiľakovo works in premises of local Reduta (Vigadó) since year 1994. The original exposure of the museum was opened in August 1994. Almost exactly twenty years after the vernissage new exhibition under the title "From Palm to World Famous Chanticleer" with the financial support of Ministry of Culture was opened. Castle Museum in Fiľakovo in years 2008 - ...

Museum of the Slovak National Uprising has made available a permanent Slovak National Exhibition Tragedy of Slovak Jews in State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim on May 8, 2002. The main aim of the permanent Slovak National Exhibition in Oswiecim is to give visitors historically objective view of genesis and course of the holocaust in Slovakia during the Second World War. The ...

The ZOO is located in city of Spišská Nová Ves on an area of 8 ha. There are 530 animals in ZOO. Among the most attractive are the animals registered in the so-called The Red Book of Endangered Animals, including the Tiger Ussurian. Other interesting animals are Bactrian camel, Bornean orangutan, Mandrill, Lama alpaca, Shetland pony, Jaguar, Capybara, Cougar and others. From domestic fauna ...

Batizov waterfalls (Batizovské vodopády) are located in the High Tatras in Batizov Valley (Batizovská dolina). These are cascading waterfalls created by Batizov stream (Batizovský potok). They are located at an altitude of 1870 m. about 200-300 m. under the Batizov Mountain Lake (Batizovske pleso), but outside the marked tourist trails (there is not allowed to go outside of the marked tourist ...

Roháčske lakes (Roháčske plesá) are located in the Western Tatras (Západné Tatry), in Roháče Mountains, in the Žilina Region (Žilinský kraj), in the Tvrdošín district. They are four lakes at an altitude of 1 562 - 1 719 m.a.s.l.., connected each other by Roháče stream (Roháčsky potok). They are located on a nature trail Roháčske lakes. Below the Roháčske lakes there is small lake called Opal ...