Horná Mariková, walking into the nature

Kostolecká Gorge is located near the town of Považská Bystrica in the Súľov Mountains near the northern edge of the Strážovské Hills. This strait, lined with rock walls, was created by water erosion by the Manínský brook into the limestone bar. Under the rock walls a large area of triangular shape was created, filled with talus cones on the top with a large rock overhang, the walls of which are formed by streaked limestones. The rock, which forms the left side of the gorge, is called...

The lookout tower on the Špicák hill near Strečno stands at an altitude of 620 m above sea level. It was built in the fall of 2017. The lookout tower with a height of over 8 meters is made entirely of wood. From the lookout tower you will have a panoramic view of the Žilina Basin, the ridge of the Little Fatra, part of the Kysucká Highlands and the Strážovské hills. The uniqueness of the lookout tower is that you can see 4 surrounding castles - Strečno, Old Castle, Budatín Castle and Lietavský...

The lookout tower on the Bobovec hill in Stará Bystrica was built in 2011 and opened on 27 August 2011. It offers you a beautiful view of Radôstka, Klubina, Nová and Stará Bystrica, as well as Malá Fatra. The lookout tower is brick, so visitors who are afraid of swaying wooden lookout towers do not have to worry. At the lookout tower there is a fireplace and a shelter with seating as well as information boards. The lookout tower and its surroundings are landscaped, upstairs there are brick...