Horná Lehota, zOO & Botanical Gardens

Hrádok Arboretum is located in the cadastral area of Liptovský Hrádok at an altitude of 650 m directly in the northern part of the city surrounded by housing estates. Despite its small size, the Hrádek Arboretum is currently unique in Europe. It is the highest situated arboretum in Central Europe and contains the fourth largest dendrological collections in Slovakia. The arboretum contains unique taxa from our and world dendroflora, which are listed in the Red Books of several states, and which...

In addition to the outdoor Babyland playground, part of the Vila Betula Resort is an animal farm, where children can meet horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, llamas, ostriches - emus, turkeys, geese, ducks or even chickens. In addition to thousands of farm animals, children will also see pigeons, bunnies, peacocks and pheasants in aviaries. There are also cats and dogs here. Children can also feed these animals with food, which will be provided at the reception of the resort. You can try riding a horse...

Arboretum Borova Hora (Pine Mountain) is situated about 3 km north of the centre of town Zvolen. It is located on the south-western spurs of Zvolen Upland. It was established in 1965 when it have been started planting. First fenced area had an area of 28.38 hectares. This was gradually expanded and today it is 47.84 hectares. The area includes experimental spaces with a total area of 8.97 hectares, which were founded in addressing research tasks in the school forest company of Technical University...

The Renaissance mansion in Turčianska Štiavnička was built in the second half of the 16th century, modified in the Baroque-Classicist style. At the beginning of the 1990s, extensive reconstruction began, but it has not yet been completed. At present, the manor house is not accessible to the public and is gradually deteriorating. The mansion also includes an extensive English park with a winter garden, lakes and rare trees. The park, which continuously grows into the surrounding forests, keeps...