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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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Trenčín Region, Slovakia · Europe
Považská Bystrica is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Púchov, 33km from Strecno Castle.
Považská Bystrica is a town located in Trenčín Region, Slovakia. With a population of 37,483, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Považská Bystrica 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 Považská Bystrica to your route.
Považská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpɔʋaʂskaː ˈbistritsa] ; German: Waagbistritz; Hungarian: Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh Region.
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Považská Bystrica is located in Trenčín Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 49.1215 latitude, 18.4217 longitude.
Považská Bystrica has a population of approximately 37,483 people, making it a town in Slovakia.
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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.
20 km · about 25 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
40 km · about 45 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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