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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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Žilina Region, Slovakia · Europe
Rajec is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Rajecké Teplice, 19km from Strecno Castle.
Rajec is a town located in Žilina Region, Slovakia. With a population of 5,818, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Rajec 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 Rajec to your route.
Rajec (; Hungarian: Rajec; German: Rajetz) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia.
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Rajec is located in Žilina Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 49.0890 latitude, 18.6401 longitude.
Rajec has a population of approximately 5,818 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.
17 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
castle
A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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A remarkably well-preserved UNESCO village of traditional log houses representing a complete example of a medieval central European settlement.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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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.
48 km · about 55 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.
49 km · about 55 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.
49 km · about 55 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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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