Family holidays with children in Slovakia - attractions and entertainment

In Slovakia, there are plenty of places for children's entertainment. Water parks and amusement parks take on active children, while calmer ones have a good time in interesting museums, learning many new things. In Prešov, you will find Safari Park occupying almost five hundred square meters. Sounds of the jungle and green areas fascinate and take you to the world of wild exotic nature. Safe slides, bowling, laser games and the opportunity to relax over a cup of coffee or tea make the park ideal in terms of entertainment for children and recreation for adults.

Popular Aquapark Tatralandia, where it's warm all year round, is located in Liptovský Mikuláš. It offers children and parents a large number of water slides, artificial waves, indoor massage pools, and outdoor pools filled with hot thermal waters. This is a great place to relax as a family. Liptovský Mikuláš also has "Tatrapolis - the world of miniatures". It is an amusement park for children whose name speaks for itself. Metal miniatures of the famous buildings from around the world, such as the Tower of Pisa and Big Ben, are amazing in their accuracy. The park has a large rotating globe and a blacksmith shop where you can observe the work of the master. Besides that, the park offers a carousel, a mirror maze, a cafe, and a gift shop.

Anyone who visits Slovakia with children must visit the village of Habakuky in Donovaly, the place where Slovak folklore lives. Small houses, as if brought to our world from fairy tales, create an amazing atmosphere of magic. This small village is built based on the tales of the prominent 19th-century Slovak writer Pavol Dobšinsky. Next to the pond is an egg-shell castle, there is also an amphitheater where all kinds of performances are often held. Here you can see the Iron Mountain and the House of Lobster the Prophet, as well as meet many fairy tale characters. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Active children need to splash out their energy, and there is no better place for this than Dino Adventure & Rope Park in Terchova. Based among pine trees, the park offers lots of rides for children and adults, as well as a rope park for climbers, large dinosaur models, some of which can move, and a recreation area. The park is open from May to October. Lanoland Koliba Rope Park in Bratislava is equipped with climbing walls, rope swings and ladders, and zipline. The difficulty of the obstacles ranges from easy, suitable for small children, to high, for adults with experience.

In the city of Bojnice, tourists are welcome in Mysterium Entertainment Center where visitors in groups of 3-6 people become participants in an exciting escape-room game. There are two scenarios to choose from: "The Alchemist" and "Blue Roses". One hour is given for solving puzzles, finding keys, and finally opening the room. To win, participants of this event must unite the team and use a collective logical thinking. Fans of optical illusions will love Multium Mirror Gallery in the capital. In six small rooms, amazing effects like the illusion of endlessness are created with the help of mirrors and light. To visit the gallery, one need to register in advance.

Bibiana - International House of Art for Children is located in Bratislava. It has no permanent collection, but unique interactive exhibitions with musical and theatrical performances, a puppet theater where children are encouraged to create on their own or a drawing zone are constantly organized. Children who like cars and mechanisms should not ignore the Museum of Transport where they can observe the evolution of Slovak cars and trains. Bicycles, trucks, and cars presented in the collection were produced in the period from the 20's to the 70's of the 20th century.

In Bojnice you'll find amazing Museum of Prehistory, the uniqueness of which lies in the fact that it is a cave keeping figures of ancient people illuminated with torches at night. This is the place were archaeologists found Neanderthal prehistoric man site. The museum tells about different aspects of life in primitive times, clearly illustrating all the figures of people and animals. Banská Štiavnice has Mining Museum opened in the 60’s, which will be of great interest to older children. This is an open-air collection containing the most interesting artifacts in mineralogy, ethnology, archeology, and other related fields.