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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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Žilina Region, Slovakia · Europe
Raková sits on the route: 5 minutes from Čadca, 31km from Strecno Castle.
Raková is a town located in Žilina Region, Slovakia. With a population of 5,626, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Raková 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 Raková to your route.
Raková (Hungarian: Trencsénrákó) is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
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Raková is located in Žilina Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 49.4448 latitude, 18.7379 longitude.
Raková has a population of approximately 5,626 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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A dramatic cliff-top castle perched high above the Orava River, famously used as a filming location for the 1922 movie Nosferatu.
49 km · about 55 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.
57 km · about 65 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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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