Počúvadlo, zOO & Botanical Gardens

Small forest ZOO at Lake Počúvadlian is located directly at the Topky Hotel on the shore of the lake. You can find it in the forest park. It offers a pleasant recreation especially for families with small children under 10 years, but is also suitable for all ages. In the area live forest and pets. You will see deer, wild boar, sheep, goats, sheep, asses, horses, ponies, hares, chickens, ducks, geese. You can even carry your children on donkeys and ponies. In addition to animals on the farm, children will also enjoy tractors and excavators to climb. The Počúvadlo area is freely accessible...

Forest Arboretum Kysihýbel near Banská Štiavnica was founded in the early twentieth century, on account of research on introduction and cultivation of exotic forest trees. Arboretum area is divided into four parts. It is located at an altitude of 530-563 meters, and its total area is 7.78 hectares. A t the beginning 282 trees of temperate zones of the northern hemisphere were planted in the arboretum. Currently, there are around 260 species of trees. The area of arboretum includes the International...

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 arboretum Mlyňany is an always green park - a botanical garden in the neighbourhood of Zlaté Moravce, in the cadaster of villages Tesárske Mlyňany and Vieska nad Žitavou. It keeps the biggest collection of wood species in Slovakia. The arboretum was established in the year 1892 by the Ugrian lord Dr.Štefan Ambrózy-Migazzi. After the wedding with Antonia Migazzi he got a manor in Mlyňany, later he purchased woods in Vieska nad Žitavou, he made a castle and a tower to be built here. As...