Museum of Liptov Village in Pribylina is the most attractive landmark of the Liptov region in Slovakia since 1991. It was built together with the construction of water reservoir Liptovská Mara, in order to save the most valuable movable and immovable monuments.

Museum displays the typical  folk architecture. The impetus behind the establishing of the museum was the extensive flooding caused by the construction of the Liptovská Mara dam.

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The Western Tatras (Západné Tatry) are mountains in the Tatras, part of the Carpathian Mountains, located on the Polish-Slovak borders. The mountains border the High Tatras in the east. In Slovakia, they are partially located in the traditional regions of Liptov and Orava.

The highest peak is Bystrá at 2,248 meters in Slovakia. Other notable mountains include Jakubiná (2,194 m) Baranec (2,184 m), Baníkov (2,178 m), Tri kopy (2,136.3 m), Plačlivé (2,125.1 m) and Ostrý Roháč (2,087.5 m) in Slovakia; 3 that border Poland and Slovakia: Vysoký vrch (Polish: Starorobociański Wierch; 2,176 m), Kasprowy Wierch (Slovak: Kasprov vrch; 1,987 m) and Volovec (Wołowiec; 2,064 m); and Giewont (1,894 m), in Poland.

Štúrovo is above all a spa resort. The recreation complex VADAŠ THERMAL*** is well known even abroad. Thanks to its 10 000 person capacity, refurbished swimming pools of variable size, sheltered swimming pool, rebuilt buffets and sporting facilities it provides ideal conditions for relaxation to all fans of sun and water. In the swimming complex you can find 7 external and 2 sheltered swimming pools, including a massage pool, external all-year sitting pool and a unique swimming pool with artificial waves, the only one in Slovakia, a Lagoon of 3800 m2.
Pools are supplied with thermal water from the depth of 130 m with a temperature of 39 °C.

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The Upper Liptov villages Štrba, Važec and Východná have been for a long time characteristic for their distinctive material and spiritual culture formed by the peasant and shepherd life and by the hard conditions typical for the mountain country stretching below the High Tatra mountains.

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On 28 June 2009, Levoča was added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List.

The Čertovica pass divides the range into two parts. The highest peaks of the Low Tatras are located in its western part. Ďumbier is the highest mountain at 2,042 m AMSL. Its neighbour Chopok (2,024 m) is accessible by a chairlift, and it is the most visited place in the Low Tatras. Other peaks in the western part include Dereše (2,004 m) and Chabenec (1,955 m). The highest peak in the eastern part is Kráľova hoľa (1,946 m). The best viewpoints in western part are Veľká Chochuľa, Salatín, Chabenec, Skalka, Chopok, Ďumbier, Siná, Poludnica and Baba.

Several karst areas are situated in limestone and dolomite formations at the southern and northern edges of the main ridge, which is composed of granite and gneiss. Among many discovered caves, Bystrianska Cave (Bystrianska jaskyňa), Cave of Dead Bats (Jaskyňa mŕtvych netopierov), Demänovská jaskyňa Slobody, Demänová Ice Cave (Demänovská ľadová jaskyňa), and Važecká Cave (Važecká jaskyňa) are open to the public. The biggest canyon is Hučiaky under Salatín in Ludrová valley near Ružomberok (7 caves – not open for public), suitable for canyoning. The highest waterfall is under Brankov near Ružomberok – Podsuchá (55 m high), reachable by green marked footpath from Podsuchá (20 min). The biggest tarn is Vrbické pleso in the Demänovská dolina Valley.

The mountains are densely forested and their rich fauna includes bear, wolf, and lynx. The alpine meadows are the habitat of chamois.

It was built by blocking the Ondava river course at the village of Veľká Domaša. The villages of Dobrá nad Ondavou, Trepec, Kelča, Valkov, and Petejovce and their environs were flooded. The construction began in 1962 and was completed in 1967. The lake’s water surface, which is 14 km (9 miles) long, 4 km (2.5 miles) wide and between 18 and 32.5 m (59 to 106 ft) deep, covers an area of 1,510 hectares (3,731 acres).

Domaša is spread over the area of the districts of Vranov nad Topľou and Stropkov at the average altitude of 156 m (507 ft). With an agreeable climate and an average temperature of 23 °C (73 °F) it guarantees pleasant swimming in clean water from June to mid-September.

The heart of the round-the-year water park is hidden in the source of 60. 7°C thermal water, springing from the depth of over 2, 500m. Some pools are filled with water containing part of sea-waters which used to cover the area of the Liptovská kotlina hollow as early as 40 million years ago. The mineral waters of Tatralandia are beneficial to motion and respiratory organs and are also suitable for mental and physical relaxation.