List of tourism regions of Slovakia
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Division until 2004

The districts (okresy) completely or partly included in the regions are indicated in brackets:
  • Bratislava
    Bratislava
    Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

     and surroundings (Bratislava, Malacky, Pezinok, Senec)
  • Záhorie
    Záhorie
    Záhorie is a region in western Slovakia bordered by the Little Carpathians in the east and the Morava River in the west. Although not an administrative region in its own right, it is one of the 21 official tourism regions in Slovakia...

     (Malacky, Myjava, Senica, Skalica)
  • Podunajsko [ Danube
    Danube
    The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

     River region ] (Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Šaľa)
  • Považie [ Váh
    Váh
    The Váh is the longest river in entire Slovakia. A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 km long, including its Čierny Váh branch...

     region ] (Hlohovec, Nové Mesto n/Váhom, Piešťany, Trenčín, Trnava)
  • Horné Považie Upper Váh region
    Upper Váh region
    Upper Váh region is the tourism region in the north-west of Slovakia, because of its beautiful countryside it is one of the most visited regions in Slovakia...

     (Bytča, Ilava, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Žilina)
  • Ponitrie [ Nitra
    Nitra
    Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center...

     River region ] (Bánovce nad Bebravou, Nitra, Partizánske, Prievidza, Šaľa, Topoľčany, Zlaté Moravce)
  • Kysuce
    Kysuce
    Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east and the Czech Republic in the west. It consists of two districts, Čadca and Kysucké Nové Mesto. The region is surrounded by the numerous mountain...

     (Čadca, Kysucké Nové Mesto)
  • Orava
    Orava (region)
    Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia and partially also in southern Poland . It encompasses the territory of the former Árva county.-History:...

     (Dolný Kubín, Námestovo, Tvrdošín)
  • Turiec
    Turiec
    Turóc , , /comitatus Thurociensis) is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary...

     (Martin, Turčianske Teplice)
  • Horehronie
    Horehronie
    Horehronie is a tourism and geographic region of Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica and Brezno districts and encompasses the upper Hron River valley and the surrounding Low Tatra mountain ranges...

     [ Upper Hron
    Hron
    Hron is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra mountains through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom...

     River region] (Banská Bystrica
    Banská Bystrica
    Banská Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. With 81,281 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia...

    , Brezno)
  • Pohronie [ Hron River region] (Banská Štiavnica
    Banská Štiavnica
    Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of more than 10,000. It is a completely preserved medieval town...

    , Levice, Zlaté Moravce, Žarnovica, Žiar n/Hronom)
  • Podpoľanie [ Territory below the Poľana
    Polana
    Polana may refer to the following places in Poland:*Polana, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Polana, Bieszczady County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship *Polana, Opole Voivodeship...

     Mountains ] (Detva, Krupina, Zvolen)
  • Novohrad (Levice, Lučenec, Poltár, Veľký Krtíš)
  • Gemer
    Gemer
    Gemer is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the 19th century, and in the beginning of the 20th century, it was united with the Kishont region to form Gömör-Kishont county . Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and northern Hungary...

     (Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava)
  • Liptov
    Liptov
    Liptó is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Slovakia.-Geography:...

     (Liptovský Mikuláš, Ružomberok)
  • Tatras (Kežmarok
    Kežmarok
    Kežmarok is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia , on the Poprad River.-History:...

    , Poprad
    Poprad
    Poprad is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia with a population of approximately 55,000.The Poprad-Tatry Airport is...

    )
  • Spiš
    Spiš
    Spiš is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland. Spiš is an informal designation of the territory , but it is also the name of one the 21 official tourism regions of Slovakia...

     (Gelnica, Levoča, Spišská Nová Ves)
  • Zamagurie
    Zamagurie
    Zamagurie is an area in the north of the Spiš region, between the Spišská Magura in the south, Dunajec river in the north and Białka river in the west...

     [ Territory behind the Spišská Magura Mountains ] (Stará Ľubovňa
    Stará Lubovna
    Stará Ľubovňa is a town with approximately 16,000 inhabitants in northeastern Slovakia. The town consists of the districts Podsadek and Stará Ľubovňa.-Geography:...

    )
  • Šariš
    Šariš
    For the beer brand see Šariš .Šariš is the traditional name of a region situated in northeastern Slovakia. It encompasses the territory of the former Sáros county.-History:...

     (Bardejov, Prešov, Sabinov, Stropkov, Svidník)
  • Košice
    Košice
    Košice is a 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 surroundings (Košice, Košice-okolie)
  • Horný Zemplín
    Zemplín
    Zemplén is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently situated in eastern Slovakia under the name of Zemplín...

     [ Upper Zemplin] (Humenné, Medzilaborce, Snina, Vranov n/Topľou)
  • Dolný Zemplín [ Lower Zemplin] (Michalovce, Sobrance, Trebišov)

Division from 2004

  • Bratislava
  • Záhorie
  • Podunajsko
  • Dolné Považie [ Lower Váh River region]
  • Stredné Považie [ Middle Váh River region ]
  • Severné Považie [ Northern Váh River region ]
  • Nitriansko [ Nitra region ]
  • Horná Nitra [ Upper region ]
  • Orava
  • Turiec
  • Horehronie
  • Pohronie
  • Ipeľsko [ Ipeľ
    Ipel
    Ipeľ or Ipoly is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains...

    River region ]
  • Gemer
  • Liptov
  • Tatras
  • Spiš
  • Košice
  • Šariš
  • Horný Zemplín
  • Dolný Zemplín
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