The Banská Štiavnica Region
Banská Štiavnica is more thanhistoric centre. In the villages of the Supervolcano Štiavnica, there are tajchs (historic mining reservoirs), old mine workings, little Romanesque churches, folk architecture and thermal springs – and you can enjoy them in peace, away from the crowds.
Villages of the region
Discover the villages around Štiavnica
Baďan and KlastavaTradície a zachovalá ľudová architektúra
Banská BeláBohatá história a najstarší tajch v regióne
BelujDedina ako klenotnica s tradíciou hrnčiarstva
IlijaMalebná obec pod Sitnom s legendárnym kostolom sv. Egídia
KozelníkHistorická križovatka na trase Štiavnickej Anče
MočiarTicho uprostred prírody s krásnymi výhľadmi
PočúvadloNajmenšia obec pod Sitnom s tradíciou a prírodnými krásami
PodhoriePôvabná dedina s ľudovou architektúrou
PrenčovBohaté tradície a pamätná izba Andreja Kmeťa
Štiavnické BaneBanícka história a unikátny vodohospodársky systém
VyhneObec s termálnymi prameňmi a tradíciou pivovarníctva
VysokáMalebná dedinka s nádhernými výhľadmi
Attractions
Experiences in the region
The village’s most striking landmark is its historic 19th-century bell tower, built of timber
This tajch (a historic mining reservoir) in Štiavnické Bane is still one of the
The Evangelical church stands in the middle of the mining settlement. It acquired its
Once a bastion forming part of the anti-Ottoman fortifications, today it houses an exhibition
He was already making things out of wood at the age of 6, and
The deeper the miners dug, the more groundwater had to be pumped out. To
Ranč Bôra in the village of Podhorie offers hiking with a difference – on
This Roman Catholic church is the oldest of the seven churches in Hodruša-Hámre. From
This Classicist building with a sacristy dates from 1804 and was financed by the