The Jelenie jamy educational trail in Piešťany District is 12.5 kilometres long, takes approximately four hours to complete and has six stations. Jelenie jamy is a self-guided educational hiking trail that can be walked year-round and has a moderate level of difficulty.
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment can choose Piešťany District as their destination.
Nature
Sĺňava is a reservoir covering approximately 480 hectares in the wider vicinity of Piešťany; it was created on the Váh in the 1960s. Sĺňava was designated a protected area in 1980 to protect waterfowl.
The stations along the Jelenie jamy educational trail present natural and historical features of the adjacent part of the Považský Inovec mountain range. The Šterusy–Rebro–Sprosná–Orlie skaly educational trail also focuses on natural science and cultural history.
The Čerenec Nature Reserve protects rare forest-steppe plant and animal communities on Mesozoic limestone and has the richest occurrence of the large-flowered pasque flower in the Little Carpathians.
Things to do
The Malá Vrbina educational trail runs along a paved path and is accessible to people with disabilities. Kolookruh Sĺňava is a paved recreational and educational circular route around the Sĺňava reservoir, suitable for cycling, walking and inline skating.
The Kúpalisko EVA thermal bathing complex is located on Spa Island. The spa park on Spa Island is part of Piešťany’s protected heritage zone.
Culture and history
The leaning bell tower of Vrbové is presented as a sight and is one reason why Vrbové is called the “Slovak Pisa”. The Vrbové synagogue was built in the Moorish style in 1882–1883.
Dom umenia Piešťany has been a national cultural monument since 2022. It is one of the most important co-organisers of the international Piešťany Festival, which has taken place annually during the summer months since 1955. During the season, Dom umenia Piešťany hosts concerts; the Rieger-Kloss organ in Dom umenia Piešťany is regularly used for organ concerts.
An ethnographic exhibition includes traditional costumes from Piešťany and Krakovany, as well as embroidery and textiles typical of the region. Tradičné umelecké remeslá is an annual event in Piešťany that presents folk art, traditional techniques and cultural heritage.
Kostolec preserves the foundations of a partially reconstructed Great Moravian manor house and a pre-Romanesque rotunda.
Kaštieľ Chtelnica is registered as a national cultural monument and has a park with a pond. The regional museum in Kaštieľ Chtelnica presents the history of Chtelnica and its surroundings in the fields of history, palaeontology and speleology. Kaštieľ Chtelnica is a château in the wider regional vicinity of Piešťany District.
Surroundings
Kaštieľ Moravany is a château in the immediate vicinity of Piešťany District. Zlatý Vrch is a mountain in the immediate vicinity of Piešťany District.
Kaštieľ Horné Trhovište is a château in the vicinity of Piešťany District. Zřícenina Tematín is a castle ruin in the vicinity of Piešťany District. The mountains Holý Vrch, Marhat and Chrabov are also located in the surrounding area.
