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A UNESCO-listed historic mining town with Renaissance palaces, open-air mining museums, and scenic artificial lakes called tajchy.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia · Europe
Žarnovica is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Abraham, 35km from Bojnice Castle.
Žarnovica is a town located in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. With a population of 5,699, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Žarnovica 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 Žarnovica to your route.
Žarnovica (; German: Scharnowitz; Hungarian: Zsarnóca) is a town and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia. The town is situated in the Hron river valley. It has a population of around 6,000 people.
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Žarnovica is located in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 48.4812 latitude, 18.7157 longitude.
Žarnovica has a population of approximately 5,699 people, making it a town in Slovakia.
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A UNESCO-listed historic mining town with Renaissance palaces, open-air mining museums, and scenic artificial lakes called tajchy.
13 km · about 25 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
landmark
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
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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.
55 km · about 65 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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