Bytča District: Hotels and accommodation
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The Javorníky Mountains border the area around Bytča to the west and offer recreational opportunities all year round. These include educational trails, cycling routes, cross-country ski trails and ski facilities. For your stay in Bytča District, you can find suitable accommodation specifically for your needs.
Winter and landscape
The Beskydsko-Javornícka cross-country ski trail runs through the Javorníky Mountains at elevations ranging from 685 to 1,050 m. Its main route is 50 km long. In addition, the Váh around Bytča is used for rafting with rafts and boats.
The Súľov Rocks are located about 10 km from Bytča. They are a national nature reserve within the Strážov Mountains Protected Landscape Area. At the beginning of the educational trail through the rocky landscape, there is a paid car park on the main road. An educational trail in Bytča-Hrabové ends at a lookout tower. From the lookout tower above Bytča, there are views of the Strážov Mountains, the Súľov Rocks, the Javorníky Mountains and Bytča. Travertine occurs at Hlbocký Waterfall.
Routes and history
The ruins of Súľov Castle date from the 15th century. They consist of an upper and lower castle connected by a tunnel carved into the rock. From Súľov-Hradná, Súľov Castle can be reached on foot via the red-marked hiking route or the green-marked educational trail through the Súľov Rocks. Admission is free.
Hričov Castle was built between 1254 and 1265. The 3.3 km-long route to the castle begins in Hričovské Podhradie and has an elevation difference of 228 m. The Kysucká cycling route begins in Kotešová at the junction with the Váh cycling route and initially runs through Veľké Rovné to the Semeteš saddle.
Culture and history
Bytčiansky kaštieľ, also known as Bytčiansky zámok, is a national cultural monument in the centre of Bytča near the Petrovička watercourse. A fortified water castle already stood on the site of today’s Bytčiansky kaštieľ in the 13th century; a new castle complex was built there between 1571 and 1574. The exterior of the Sobášny palác is entirely decorated using the sgraffito technique.
The synagogue in Bytča acquired its present Neo-Romanesque form through the activities of the Jewish religious community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It occasionally serves cultural purposes. The Múzeum drotárie is a reconstruction of one of the oldest buildings in the centre of Veľké Rovné, carried out on the basis of a surviving historical photograph; it is open on weekdays by prior arrangement.
Remains of a cave bear and traces of human settlement from the Stone Age were found in Šarkania diera.
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