Košice-Okolie District: Hotels and accommodations

In Košice-Okolie District, Jasov Cave is part of the Caves of the Slovak and Aggtelek Karst, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site. At the same time, it is one of the most significant caves in Slovak Karst National Park.

If you would like to book a hotel, you can select Košice-Okolie District as your destination.

Nature and landscape

Kysacká Cave is a 72-meter-long natural monument with stalactites, stalagmites and flowstone waterfalls. It also serves as an important wintering site for seven bat species.

The Zádielska Tiesňava educational trail is located in Slovak Karst National Park and in the Zádielska Tiesňava National Nature Reserve. Along the educational trail, visitors learn about the local flora and fauna, karst phenomena and the use of the plateau.

Rankovské skaly are protected volcanic rock formations in the Slanské vrchy Mountains. A marked green hiking trail begins in Herľany and leads through forested terrain to the summit.

Herľany in Košice-Okolie District is known for the Herliansky Geyser, considered the only cold geyser in Europe. It was activated by a 404.5-meter-deep borehole and produces low-temperature water. It currently erupts at intervals of 34 to 36 hours; each eruption lasts 25 minutes.

Jánošíkova bašta is a limestone rock formation above the Hornád Valley. From there, views extend over the Hornád Valley, Humenec Nature Reserve, the Slanské vrchy Mountains and the castle hill with the ruins of Kysacký hrad Castle. Jánošíkova bašta is also a popular climbing area, accessible from the municipality of Kysak via a red-marked hiking trail. Kysacký hrad Castle was probably built at the end of the 13th century; the first references date from 1300.

Culture and history

Jasov Premonstratensian Monastery is a Baroque complex consisting of the Church of St. John the Baptist, the Premonstratensian monastery and a French monastery garden. The Premonstratensian monastery complex in Jasov is one of Slovakia’s national cultural monuments.

Visitors can tour Jasov Premonstratensian Monastery on guided tours of the church, former archive, library, halls, hunting salon, garden, convent and current exhibitions.

The Hámor in Medzev is a historic forge powered by running water and managed and made accessible by the Slovak Technical Museum as a living technical monument. The energy of the flowing water powered forging hammers, bellows and air blowers for the furnaces there.

Turniansky hrad Castle was founded by the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries at the latest and is now freely accessible to the public. Two important hiking trails lead to it: one begins in Háj and follows the yellow-marked trail, while the other begins in Turňa nad Bodvou and partly follows the blue-marked trail.

Hiking and trails

The Hornád–Milič educational trail connects the municipalities of Trstené pri Hornáde, Ždaňa, Skároš, Nižná Myšľa and Vyšná Myšľa and is almost 61 kilometers long. It consists of several circular routes; a digital hiking map with GPS navigation is also available.

Wellness and wine

Kúpele Štós has a complex of water and steam baths with herbal, eucalyptus and Finnish saunas, a vitality shower, water pathway, hydromassage pool and tepidarium.

The grounds of Kúpele Štós include a forest park with more than 200 species of rare trees and flowers, an artificial stream and cascades with a fountain.

The Máté Laczkó Szepsiho Wine Museum in Moldava nad Bodvou presents wine production, the wine route and historic cellars.

More destinations

The Hall of Battle Glory in Dargov offers a virtual tour. Groups of more than ten people can visit it by prior arrangement.

The Medzev Observatory and Planetarium offers presentations and explanations in the planetarium. When weather conditions are suitable, observing the sky outdoors is also possible; there is also a permanent meteorite exhibition.

The Nižná Myšľa archaeological open-air museum consists of two settlements and a burial site located 200 meters from them, with more than 900 graves.

For further geographical selection, you can also open the destination pages for Bukovec and Vyšný Klátov.

To the higher-level travel overview: Košice Region.

More travel destinations

More places within the same destination:

Košice, Gelnica District, Spišská Nová Ves District, Rožňava.