Košice Region, Slovakia · Europe
Košice sits on the route: 15 minutes from Kavečany, 41km from Boldogkő Castle.
Košice is in Košice Region, Slovakia, with about 230,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kavečany, about 8 km away.
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary and Ukraine. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava.
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and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, it belongs to the Košice-Prešov agglomeration, and is home to the Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theatres. In 2013, Košice was the European Capital of Culture, together with Marseille, France. Košice is an important industrial centre of Slovakia, and the U. S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has extensive railway connections and an international airport.
The city has a preserved historical centre which is the largest among Slovak towns. There are heritage protected buildings in Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Art Nouveau styles with Slovakia's largest church: the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth. The long main street, rimmed with aristocratic palaces, Catholic churches, and townsfolk's houses, is a thriving pedestrian zone with boutiques, cafés, and restaurants. The city is known as the first settlement in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.
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Within an hour or so of Košice: Boldogkő Castle (41 km), Spiš Castle (48 km).
The nearest famous roads are Cesta Slobody (Freedom Road), Dunajec Gorge Road (Czorsztyn–Sromowce) and Bieszczady Loop Road.
Košice is in Košice Region, Slovakia, about 8 km from Kavečany.
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castle
A 13th-century fortress straddling a narrow basalt ridge above the Zemplén wine villages, with walkways along the crag and views over the Hernád valley: one of Hungary's most dramatically sited yet least-visited castles.
41 km · about 50 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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