Sustainable Tourism in Slovakia

Ground Squirrel in Muránska Planina, Slovakia. Ground Squirrel in Muránska Planina, Slovakia. (source: Unsplash - Marek Levák)

Slovakia has been regonised as a destination with untapped potential for sustainable tourism. Discover the opportunities for sustainable and responsible travelling in Slovakia in The Slovak Spectator's stories focusing on many different areas of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, sustainable lodging and more.

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Živá voda Modrá, a Czech tourist attraction near the Slovak border.

Dive into nature: Walk through a glass tunnel beneath the pond near Slovakia

Said to be the largest freshwater tunnel in Europe.

Though the Upper Nitra region is not traditionally known as a sheep-breeding powerhouse, a local farm has consistently ranked among Slovakia's elite cheese producers for several years.

This farm is Slovakia’s cheese champion and another hidden gem

Farma pod Vtáčnikom is a popular tourist attraction in its region.

Jana Wurstová
Muránska Planina National Park is working on a new event: winter night sky observations in the mountains.

Buses took them to a meadow in the mountains at night. What they saw was fascinating

Muránska Planina could become another dark sky park in Slovakia.

Marcela Ballová
Five houses were named after the varieties of wine.

New attraction in eastern Slovakia: Treetop houses connected with rope bridges

The houses are built on four-metre-high steel columns and connected by rope bridges. They also have a central terrace.

A yellow-marked trail that leads from Hrčava, Czechia, to the triple point (Trojmedzie/Trojmedzí/Trójstyk).
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Near the highest motorway bridge in central Europe, taste delicious cheese and look for a boundary stone in a ditch

Explore a place with three different names – Trojmedzie, Trojmezí, Trójstyk – where three nations regularly meet.

The Družba fountain prepares for re-launch.

Bratislava's biggest fountain to work again after 16 years

Reconstruction is part of refurbishment of entire square.

The Liszt Garden in Bratislava
The splendid view from the Jelenia Hora hill with ruins of the Plavecký castle in the distance.

Blog: Jelenia Hora resembles Croatian karst mountains

The hike up to Jelenia Hora hill in the Small Carpathians is one of the shorter and less demanding ones.

One of wooden pens for collection of used Christmas trees installed across Bratisalva is on Primaciálne Square.

Christmas trees get a second chance in Bratislava

The trees will be transferred into bookshelves after Christmas is over.

Burčiak and wine are teh main articles on offer during grape harvest festivities.

Grape harvest festivities back in full swing after two pandemic years

Where to go to taste burčiak, slightly fermented grape juice.

A restored firepit for barbecuing food at American Square, under Kamzík hill.

Bratislava restores 10 official spots for grilling in forest parks

They are located in the the hills and meadows above the capital.

The Koch Garden is open to the public after years of neglect.

Exquisite garden in Bratislava’s Old Town opens to the public

The Koch Garden, the only one of its kind in Slovakia, awaits full renovation.

The large-leaved linden in the park near the Calvary in Bratislava.

Wise trees tell their stories

Ancient trees receive expert maintenance. The hidden treasures of historic gardens supporting green tourism.

Weekend of Open Parks and Gardens is a popular event in Slovakia.

Vertical, musical, or by bike. Gardens across Slovakia open to the public again

The message of this year's Weekend of Open Parks and Gardens is how the climate crisis changes the way we should look at parks.

New way to relax at Bratislava's popular Železná Studnička

Cozy wooden stairs take visitors down to the water.

The municipal vineyard in the area of Stredný Šínwegh in Bratislava’s Rača is just looking for its tenant.

Do you want to grow grapes? Bratislava offers municipal vineyards for rent

The city has so far leased out three vineyards in Rača.

Community gardens have become popular in Bratislava.

Bratislava offers new places to get your hands dirty

The shared plots of land provide space for people to grow fresh veggies, fruit or flowers.

The Good market is a popular street festival in Bratislava.

Bratislava's Good Market offers a programme for Ukrainians

The spring edition of the community festival will take place this Saturday.

Tourists are on a trip to Tomášovský Výhľad in Slovak Paradise National Park on April 18, 2021. The Tatras are seen in the background.

Košice Region will build a car camping spot in Slovak Paradise

The national park welcomes the new project in the Čingov tourist area.

The Danube

Bratislava Danube Park to tap potential of sustainable tourism

Study proposes measures to better protect the river, and to make it more accessible.

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