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National park in Slovakia
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Slovak Karst National Park (Slovenský kras) is in Eastern Slovakia. Known for its caves, together with the Aggtelek cave systems they make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst".
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Gombasec
Jasov
A small, approx. 45 minutes long, but unique cave. "Decorated" with aragonite formations—only 3 such caves were discovered so far in the world. Closed November-March.
Frozen all year long, this freely accessible cave is lowest altitude ice cave in Europe. Going outside the designated path is prohibited. The cave lies up a small flat hill in a picturesque nature that is worth seeing on itself.
One of the most recognizable buildings in the area. The castle was damaged by fire in 2012, and remains closed for public.
Castle ruins on one of the hills of the mountain range.
An exhibition about the life and culture of the Hungarian nobility in the 18th and 19th century. Nice park and small waterfall.
Jasov
Series of about 10 small waterfalls. Can be combined with visit to a small, partly gypsy, village: Hačava.
Zádiel valley
3-km long karst canyon, only 10 m wide and 300 m high in some places.
Slavošovce tunnel
An unfinished 2.5-km long train tunnel (be sure to have a good headlamp!), accessible by general public, connects Slavošovce and Magnezitovice. The northern entrance is easily accessible, the southern has layers of stream sediments and thus you may get very dirty trying to cross it (or even get stuck in 1-m deep mud at times). Different happenings take place here at times.
Interesting especially for speleologists, there are around 250 known caves, usually 20-30m long - but some up to hundreds meters long.
A budget guesthouse, with a cozy pub downstairs and a terrace useful esp. during summer. The place is by no means luxurious, but it's clean, is equipped for families (kitchen, 2 bathrooms, social room with games, internet) and the owner is very helpful.
Towns and villages can be accessed by bus or train from Košice and Rožňava.
Read in the guideWhile the hills are not too high (600–800 m), the hiking can be demanding—especially in terms of orientation. There are not too many water sources or villages around, and the signage is not ideal.
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Košice · Regional · KSC
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