Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia · Europe
Kremnica works well as a base: 20 minutes from Handlová, 58km from Demänovská Ice Cave.
Kremnica is a town located in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. With a population of 4,783, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kremnica 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 Kremnica to your route.
Kremnica (; German: Kremnitz, Hungarian: Körmöcbánya) is a town in central Slovakia. It has around 5,300 inhabitants. The well-preserved medieval town built above important gold mines is the site of the oldest still-working mint in the world.
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Kremnica is located in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 48.7052 latitude, 18.9183 longitude.
Kremnica has a population of approximately 4,783 people, making it a town in Slovakia.
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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
castle
A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
26 km · about 30 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.
27 km · about 30 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
A remarkably well-preserved UNESCO village of traditional log houses representing a complete example of a medieval central European settlement.
46 km · about 55 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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
A spectacular cave system in the Low Tatras featuring permanent ice formations, frozen waterfalls, and underground lakes.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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