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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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Žilina Region, Slovakia · Europe
Stará Bystrica is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nová Bystrica, 20km from Strecno Castle.
Stará Bystrica is a town located in Žilina Region, Slovakia. With a population of 2,740, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Stará 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 Stará Bystrica to your route.
Stará Bystrica (Hungarian: Óbeszterce) is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of Northern Slovakia. It is the home to one of the world's youngest astronomical clocks, completed in 2009.
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Stará Bystrica is located in Žilina Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 49.3474 latitude, 18.9491 longitude.
Stará Bystrica has a population of approximately 2,740 people, making it a town in Slovakia.
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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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A dramatic cliff-top castle perched high above the Orava River, famously used as a filming location for the 1922 movie Nosferatu.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A remarkably well-preserved UNESCO village of traditional log houses representing a complete example of a medieval central European settlement.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
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
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.
54 km · about 60 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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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