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Čičmany
The world's first folk-architecture reserve: a mountain village of dark log houses painted with white geometric patterns, a tradition some 200 years old that inspired Slovakia's Olympic team designs.
20 km · about 25 min drive
EuropeSlovakiaTrenčín Region
Považská Bystrica
Trenčín Region, Slovakia · Europe
About Považská Bystrica
Považská Bystrica is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Púchov, 33km from Strecno Castle.
Považská Bystrica is in Trenčín Region, Slovakia, with about 37,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Púchov, about 7 km away.
Považská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpɔʋaʂskaː ˈbistritsa] ; German: Waagbistritz; Hungarian: Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh Region.
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What is there to see near Považská Bystrica?
Within an hour or so of Považská Bystrica: Čičmany (20 km), Strecno Castle (33 km), Trencin Castle (37 km), Bojnice Castle (40 km).
Are there any good drives near Považská Bystrica?
The nearest famous roads are Donovaly Pass, Certovica Pass and Droga pod Reglami, Zakopane.
Where is Považská Bystrica?
Považská Bystrica is in Trenčín Region, Slovakia, about 7 km from Púchov.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 37,483
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Slovakia
- Region
- Trenčín Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Bratislava
- Coordinates
- 49.1215, 18.4217
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Považská Bystrica
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Strecno Castle
A dramatic 14th-century ruin perched on a limestone crag directly above the Vah river gorge, towering over the busy Zilina–Martin road in one of Slovakia's most photographed roadside views.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Trencin Castle
Large castle on a rock above the Vah valley in western Slovakia, with a Roman inscription of 179 AD carved below it.
37 km · about 45 min drive
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Bojnice Castle
A romantic neo-Gothic chateau of fairytale spires above a spa town, Slovakia's most-visited castle.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Pustevny
A 1,018 m saddle in the Beskids crowned by Dušan Jurkovič's fairy-tale timber buildings Libušín and Maměnka (1898), a masterwork of folk Art Nouveau. A ridge walk leads to the pagan god statue of Radegast and the Radhošť chapel.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 64 kmDonovaly PassA 960 m mountain resort saddle on Route 59 between Banska Bystrica and Ruzomberok, threading between the Low Tatras and Great Fatra with a flowing climb popular among Slovak drivers.
Driving in Slovakia
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.55/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €12 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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