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bulletare typical of small houses of cottage style spread around and situated in beatiful nature scenery creating silent enchanting environment, ideal for vacation and relexation. This village is situated in the cntre of slovakia on the border of National Park of Nízke Tatry (Low Tatras) that is really suitable location e.g. for trips around the near area in every season. It means that you can also visit spa, caves, cultural and historical sightseeing. The above sea level of Donovaly is 1000 m and the locality offers many sports activities as entertainement events during all the year. Active persons can take part in courses of paragliding or pass touristic traces on mountain bikes. Touristic life in this village culminates in the winter because of its stable snow condotions that belong to the most attractive ski centers in Slovakia. Ski terrains provide great conditions for skiers of all categories , from the beginners to the devotees of adrenaline hills.

bulletThe dominant of this locality is three-chair-lift following to the Nová Hoľa (1360 m), its length is 1325 m and capacity of transported persons is 1305 per hour. Except the chair –lift, there is 14 ski-lift on hand with capacity of 10.050 transported persons per hour. Nowadays, there are 10 down-hills treated. Preparedness of ski –traces provideded by the team of educated workers using very efficient machines Kassbohrer.
bulletArtificial snowing is standard on down-hills Nova Hoľa and Záhradište that provide great condotions also for hale skiers and admirers of touristic skiers.
bulletDonovaly offers possibility for runner skiing with tracks of 50 km. Schooling of climbing, ski alpinism, guiding for alpine tourism is provided in the winter in cooperation with Mountain Rescue Service.
bulletEnjoyment of the sojourn is also given by SKI service with complete ski rental and ski school.
bulletWinter season in Donovaly usually begins on first of December and finishes in the end of April. Ideal conditions for spring skiing are in March when there is beautiful view of snowy and dazzled nature. Recreational sojourns in Donovaly have its spell during all the year. The offer of facilities will assume any individual or families.

bulletThe non-detachable part of winter season in Donovaly are the races of dog-team.
bulletLeisure time and entertainment
bulletmarked touristic traces
bulletsauna, solarium, swimming pool, fitness center, table tennis
bullettrips to cultural and historical monuments
bulletdiscos, restaurants, chalets
bulletfireplaces, playgrounds
bulletin winter: horse-team, dog-team
bullethills for sledging
bulletcultural and historical monuments in Zvolen, Ružomberok, Banská Bystrica
bulletTrips:
bullet Tatralandia (50 km)- thermal swimming pool open all the year near Liptovský Mikuláš
bulletZvolen (50 km)- is situated in the center of Pohronie on the confluence of rivers Hron and Slatina. The first written refernce about Zvolen comes from the period of the reign of Bela III, freedom of the city were re-enforced by Belo IV.
bulletBanská Bystrica (30 km)- lies in the nice valley of the river Hron, surrounded by Low Tatras, Veľká Fatra, Kremnické Vrchy. Banská Bystrica is very important touristic center offering many possibilities for summer and winter recreations.
bulletKováčová (45 km)- foothills village spreads under the ledges of the mountain chain of Kremnica in the northwest from Zvolen in the altitude of 290 m. Spa Kováčová belong to the most known in Slovakia.
bulletSliač (40 km)- spa towns between Banská Bystrica and Zvolen
bullet Pustý hrad (50 km)- the ruins of the oldest castles from the Middle Age in Slovakia, hidden in the woody east of Štiavnické Vrchy above the confluence of the rivers Hron and Slatina, 2 km in the southwest from Zvolen. Originally, there were 2 castles, one upper and older from the twelth and thirteenth century and low from the beginnig of the fourteenth century.
bulletKorytnica (7 km)- spa, springs of mineral water
bulletVlkolínec (20 km)- the reservation of folk architecture in Slovakia, world cultural heritage UNESCO
bulletBešeňová (30 km)- thermal swimming pool
bullet Kalište (5 km)- monument for the victims of second world war- fired town, touristic palth follows here.
bulletŠachtičky- 11 km cyclotouristic track – educational path
bullettouristic trips to Kozí chrbát, Prašivá, Krížna, Špania dolina
bullettrip to near shed (cca 1 km)
bulletpossibility of paragliding, on the Nová Hoľa
bulletpossibility of fishing in the basin Motyčky (7 km), trouts, you can buy license for fishing on that place
bulletthere are also good condotions for cyclotouristic, tourism, crop of forest fruit, mushrooms.

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