Košice Region, Slovakia · Europe
Dobšiná works well as a base: 25 minutes from Telgárt, 8km from Dobšinská Ice Cave.
Dobšiná is in Košice Region, Slovakia, with about 5,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Telgárt, about 14 km away.
Dobšiná (; German: Dobschau; Hungarian: Dobsina; Latin: Dobsinium) is a small town in the Slovak Ore Mountains along the Slaná River. For 500 years it was a small but prosperous mining village populated by ethnic Germans within the Kingdom of Hungary; today it is a Slovak town of 6,000 most well known for its IceRead more
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Within an hour or so of Dobšiná: Dobšinská Ice Cave (8 km), Slovak Paradise National Park (13 km), Chmarošský Viaduct (13 km), Sucha Bela Gorge (15 km).
The nearest famous roads are Cesta Slobody (Freedom Road), Certovica Pass and Droga pod Reglami, Zakopane.
Dobšiná is in Košice Region, Slovakia, about 14 km from Telgárt.
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natural wonder
One of the world's great ice caves, UNESCO-listed, with ice up to 26.5 m thick filling a mountain cavern in the Slovak Paradise: a frozen underground floor you walk across even in high summer. Short forest walk up from the road.
8 km · about 15 min drive
national park
An adventure-filled national park laced with narrow gorges, waterfalls, and thrilling iron ladder and chain hiking routes.
13 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
A nine-arched stone railway viaduct of 1931 curving across a meadow above Telgárt, where the line loops over itself to gain height: Slovakia's most photographed piece of railway engineering, at its best in morning mist or under snow.
13 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
A thrilling Slovak Paradise canyon ascended via metal ladders and bridges beside cascading water.
15 km · about 30 min drive
castle
One of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, a dramatic UNESCO-listed ruin sprawling across a hilltop above the Spiš region.
35 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
The scenic Route 537 traverses the foot of the High Tatras from Podbanske to Tatranska Kotlina, stringing together mountain resorts with near-constant views of Slovakia's highest peaks.
37 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
A stunning glacial mountain lake in the High Tatras surrounded by alpine peaks, serving as a popular hiking and ski resort hub.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
A vast UNESCO karst cave system of dripstone halls and underground concerts on the Slovak border.
40 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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