Eastern Slovakia

Eastern Slovakia is bounded by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, and Hungary to the south.

An Introduction to the Region of Eastern Slovakia

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Abov (Košice) This region corresponds to the city of Košice and its surroundings. The places worth visiting are the caves of Jasov, World Heritage Site, Valley Slovak Karst National Park

Gemer (Rožňava) Near the town of Rožnava, is the Slovak Karst National Park, which many caves are part of world natural legacy. From an architectural standpoint and the castles of Betliar and Krásnohorské Podhradie are worth stopping.

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Cities

|type=city Bardejov - GPS: 49.29216, 21.27580 - Bardejov — center of the Northern Saris region, well preserved town centre is in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

• Kežmarok - GPS: 49.13725, 20.43122 - Historic germanic city (Käsmark) known for its baroque church and castle at the feet of High Tatras
• Košice - GPS: 48.72132, 21.25683 - The main town with about 250 000 inhabitants. Metropolis of eastern Slovakia and the second largest city in the nation with the easternmost Gothic cathedral of the European continent and the oldest in Europe armories assigned to a city, a historic center with the complex of the Gothic Church, numerous churches, palaces and museums.
• Levoča - GPS: 49.02616, 20.58872

| image = A impeccably maintained downtown on the list of UNESCO World Heritage list

• Michalovce - GPS: 48.7557, 21.9184 The second largest city in The Kosice Region and the gateway to the Vihorlat Mountains and Zemplinska Sirava, Slovakia's largest artificial lake providing for many recreational opportunities.
• Poprad - GPS: 49.05486, 20.30128

| image = At the feet of Tatra National Park, it's the entrance to High Tatras

• Prešov - GPS: 48.99790, 21.24138 Good example of renaissance architecture in Slovakia, numerous churches and a nearby Solivar - one of the most interesting salt mine museums in Europe
• Spišská Nová Ves - GPS: 48.94336, 20.56898 - Entrance to Slovak Paradise National Park.
• Ždiar - GPS: 49.27072, 20.26540 A town in Tatras, with original folk traditions and ethnographic museum.

More Destinations

• Tatra National Park 49.180278, 19.919444 80683 Hiking in the summer is the main activity. Carpathian Mountains|Carpathian mountains are accessible by well marked trails or with mountain guides.
• Pieniny National Park 49.4, 20.416666
• Poloniny National Park lat=49.05, 22.43 One of the few places in Europe where flee wolves (Canis Lupus), brown bears, lynx and bisons live.
• Slovak Karst National Park - GPS: 48.6, 20.519444

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• Slovak Paradise National Park - GPS: 48.908333, 20.4

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• Slovak Tokaj vineyards - GPS: 48.42738, 21.69697 -

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