Vlkanová: Holiday apartment between cycle paths and history

Vlkanová combines historical traces with marked paths, cycling routes and the Hron River. Among the town’s preserved cultural monuments is a reconstructed Renaissance manor house from the 17th century, in which loopholes have been preserved.

Culture and history

The Vlkanová manor house originally served as a watch post during the Ottoman incursions. The historian and literary critic Alexander Matuška was born in the same building. Another special feature of the town is the small branch church, which was built by the local community itself. It has a single-nave interior with a massive portal in a fully glazed entrance wall. Thus, in Vlkanová, a secular building with a military past, a figure from literary history and independently created ecclesiastical architecture stand side by side.

Nature and paths

The Barborská cesta connects Vlkanová with longer hiking stages. The eighth stage leads from Zvolen to Vlkanová and is 23.5 km long. The ninth stage begins at Fort Geronimo in Vlkanová and follows marked hiking trails towards Banská Bystrica, including via Kozlinec and to the Vartovka observatory. The stage from Vlkanová to Banská Bystrica is described as easy to moderately challenging.

In the vicinity of Vlkanová lies the Badínsky prales educational trail, which is listed for Badín and Vlkanová. It is 1 km long, takes about one hour, includes two stations and is considered easy. The Badínsky prales national nature reserve in Badín is also located in the vicinity of Vlkanová. The 30.03-hectare reserve protects original climax forest communities of the beech zone in the Kremnica Mountains and includes all three basic developmental phases of European primeval forests. To protect the reserve, entry is permitted only as part of excursions attended by employees of the Poľana Protected Landscape Area administration.

Cycling and water on the Hron

For shorter and flat bike rides, the FAMILY TRAIL between Banská Bystrica and Zvolen is connected to Vlkanová. It reaches the town via the blue cycle route No. 2565 and a forest path along the railway line. The 21-km-long FAMILY TRAIL runs on flat terrain and is suitable for families with children as well as recreational and Sunday cyclists.

The Geronimo water sports camp is located at the entrance to Vlkanová, where cyclists are just as welcome as water sports enthusiasts. Fort Geronimo in Vlkanová is a camp on the Hron River for canoeists and other river travelers, offering drinks and food by the river. This connects cycling and river routes with a camp on the Hron at this location.

The Vlkanová–Hronsek cycle route begins in the center of Vlkanová and runs mostly on an unpaved surface. Another route is BB–Môlča–Vlkanová–BB. It leads through the Mičinské lúky and below Kozlinec through the area, descending to Vlkanová through the Peťovská Valley.

Transport connections

Vlkanová is connected to the rest of Slovakia by a class III road leading to a class I road at the junction near Badín, as well as by the electrified Zvolen–Banská Bystrica railway line.

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