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Bojnice Castle
A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
15 km · about 25 min drive
Trenčín Region, Slovakia · Europe
Handlová is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Cigeľ, 15km from Bojnice Castle.
Handlová is a town located in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. With a population of 15,694, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Handlová sits in Slovakia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Bratislava time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Handlová to your route.
Handlová (; German: Krickerhau, Hungarian: Nyitrabánya, before 1913 Handlova) is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in the middle of Slovakia. It is made up of the three parts Handlová, Nová Lehota and Morovno.
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Handlová is located in Trenčín Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 48.7276 latitude, 18.7601 longitude.
Handlová has a population of approximately 15,694 people, making it a town in Slovakia.
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castle
A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
15 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A steep copper-mining village at 728 m above Banská Bystrica, mined since the Bronze Age, its miners' houses stacked around a square with a 162-step covered wooden staircase climbing to the 13th-century church.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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A UNESCO-listed historic mining town with Renaissance palaces, open-air mining museums, and scenic artificial lakes called tajchy.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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The world's first folk-architecture reserve: a mountain village of dark log houses painted with white geometric patterns, a tradition some 200 years old that inspired Slovakia's Olympic team designs.
31 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
A 960 m mountain resort saddle on Route 59 between Banska Bystrica and Ruzomberok, threading between the Low Tatras and Great Fatra with a flowing climb popular among Slovak drivers.
38 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A dramatic 14th-century ruin perched on a limestone crag directly above the Vah river gorge, towering over the busy Zilina–Martin road in one of Slovakia's most photographed roadside views.
50 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A remarkably well-preserved UNESCO village of traditional log houses representing a complete example of a medieval central European settlement.
51 km · about 60 min drive
castle
Large castle on a rock above the Vah valley in western Slovakia, with a Roman inscription of 179 AD carved below it.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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