natural wonder
Aggtelek (Baradla Cave)
A vast UNESCO karst cave system of dripstone halls and underground concerts on the Slovak border.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Rožňava
Košice Region, Slovakia · Europe
About Rožňava
Rožňava is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Krásnohorské Podhradie, 21km from Aggtelek (Baradla Cave).
Rožňava is in Košice Region, Slovakia, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Krásnohorské Podhradie, about 5 km away.
Rožňava (; Hungarian: Rozsnyó, German: Rosenau, Latin: Rosnavia) is a town in Slovakia, approximately 71 kilometres (44 miles) by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182.
The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer region. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attraction with aRead more
beautiful historic town centre. The town is an episcopal seat. It has above all food, textile and remnants of mining industries.
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What is there to see near Rožňava?
Within an hour or so of Rožňava: Aggtelek (Baradla Cave) (21 km), Dobšinská Ice Cave (30 km), Slovak Paradise National Park (33 km), Chmarošský Viaduct (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Rožňava?
The nearest famous roads are Cesta Slobody (Freedom Road), Certovica Pass and Droga pod Reglami, Zakopane.
Where is Rožňava?
Rožňava is in Košice Region, Slovakia, about 5 km from Krásnohorské Podhradie.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,122
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Slovakia
- Region
- Košice Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Bratislava
- Coordinates
- 48.6601, 20.5376
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Rožňava
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Dobšinská Ice Cave
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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Slovak Paradise National Park
An adventure-filled national park laced with narrow gorges, waterfalls, and thrilling iron ladder and chain hiking routes.
33 km · about 40 min drive
photogenic
Chmarošský Viaduct
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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
waterfall
Sucha Bela Gorge
A thrilling Slovak Paradise canyon ascended via metal ladders and bridges beside cascading water.
35 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Spiš Castle
One of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, a dramatic UNESCO-listed ruin sprawling across a hilltop above the Spiš region.
41 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
St Elisabeth Cathedral, Kosice
Largest church in Slovakia and the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe, standing on the main axis of Kosice old town.
53 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
Cesta Slobody (Freedom 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Rožňava
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 58 kmCesta Slobody (Freedom 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.
- 64 kmLomnicky stitSecond-highest peak in the High Tatras at 2634 metres, reached by cable car from Tatranska Lomnica and topped by an observatory.
- 65 kmCertovica PassThe 'Devil's Pass' carries Route 72 over the spine of the Low Tatras at 1,238 m: the highest paved road pass in Slovakia, with hairpin descents on both flanks and big ridge-top views.
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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