Horná Mariková – Holiday Apartment between the Open-Air Museum and the Javorníky Mountains

In the Modlatín district of Horná Mariková, there is an open-air museum with an exhibition on traditional living in the Mariková Valley. The exhibition is housed in a wooden building consisting of three sections.

Culture

The exhibition at the Modlatín open-air museum is accessible free of charge by prior arrangement with the responsible staff member at the Horná Mariková Municipal Office. By arrangement, a guided tour with an ethnologist from the Regional History Museum in Považská Bystrica is also possible. The Roman Catholic Church dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk is also located in Modlatín. Its original structure dates from 1765; in 1925–1926, the church was extended with a new section of the nave and a side annex.

Ráztoka is home to the only wooden church in the district. It was built in 1948–1949. Horná Mariková's well-known cultural representatives also include the Žrnovanka folklore ensemble. The Marikovské folklórne slávnosti folklore festival has been held in Horná Mariková since 1991.

The settlements also preserve traces of the original architectural style: original log houses have survived there and are gradually being converted into holiday cottages and holiday homes.

Nature

The Marikovský potok, also called Marikovka, flows through Horná Mariková. The municipality's cadastral area also contains the Javorníky–Družba educational trail, which focuses on natural history and local history.

A prominent point in the trail network is Orgoňova Kyčera. The viewing platform of the observation tower there is seven metres above the ground. Orgoňova Kyčera can be reached from the centre of Horná Mariková: via a route directly from the renovated “Rezort Mravec” hotel or through the Modlatín Valley and the Máčkovci settlement. It is also situated on a blue-marked hiking trail leading from the main ridge of the Javorníky Mountains via the Malý Javorník elevation towards Považská Bystrica.

From the observation tower, the view includes Manínska tiesňava, the Súľovské skaly, Žilina and the Low Tatras.

Cycling and Fishing

Cycling route 8316 from Horná Mariková to Máčkovci is intended for recreational mountain biking. The easy, 1.8-kilometre route runs along asphalt and paved paths. It begins in Horná Mariková near the retirement home, at a junction with the blue cycling route 2307.

The Horná Mariková–Bahno route is also 1.8 kilometres long, easy and designed as an asphalt recreational cycling route. It begins at a junction with the blue cycling route 2307 in Horná Mariková. The Rybník Horná Mariková pond is stocked with trout, carp and grass carp and is available for fishing.

Winter

The SKI Ráztoka ski area has three lifts measuring 1,000, 720 and 250 metres in length. Ski mountaineering is possible on the Čertov–Horná Mariková–Portáš route.

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Further Places

Further place pages: Považská Bystrica, Vrchteplá, Stupné, Sádočné, Pružina, Udiča, Domaniža, Kostolec.

To the higher-level travel overview: Považská Bystrica District.