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Strecno 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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
Žilina Region, Slovakia · Europe
Petrovice is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Bytča, 26km from Strecno Castle.
Petrovice is a town located in Žilina Region, Slovakia. With a population of 1,620, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Petrovice 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 Petrovice to your route.
Petrovice (Hungarian: Trencsénpéteri) is a village and municipality in Bytča District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
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Petrovice is located in Žilina Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 49.2579 latitude, 18.5235 longitude.
Petrovice has a population of approximately 1,620 people, making it a town in Slovakia.
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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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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A 1,018 m saddle in the Beskids crowned by Dušan Jurkovič's fairy-tale timber buildings Libušín and Maměnka (1898), a masterwork of folk Art Nouveau. A ridge walk leads to the pagan god statue of Radegast and the Radhošť chapel.
32 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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Large castle on a rock above the Vah valley in western Slovakia, with a Roman inscription of 179 AD carved below it.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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