Kapušany, walking into the nature

Botanical Garden of Pavol J. Safarik University in Kosice is located in the north-western part of the Kosice Basin in site Bankov. It was founded in 1950 and now covers an area of 30 ha. The garden features a greenhouses warm exposure on an area of 3500 m2 with tropical and subtropical vegetation, and an area of 4 ha with exposure of decorative flora. This exposure (2 ha) includes also Ecologicall educational area. The forest part of the botanical garden which consists of forest units of native...

Sivá Brada is a travertine mound located near the town of Spišské Podhradie to the west. At its top, a mineral spring springs, creating a small lake with a diameter of 3 m, in the middle of which a continuously bubbling mineral water springs. Other mineral springs spring up in the area. Small cascades are formed from the draining water and thus troughs of small streams are created here. The travertine mound has been growing for about 10,000 years with such slow mineral deposition. In 1675, a baroque...