Ilija
Banská Štiavnica District · Banská Bystrica Region · Slovakia
Photos: Jan Starec, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Jan Starec, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ilija is a village in Slovakia.
Elevation: about 550 m above sea level. Population: 354 (2025). Mountains nearby: Slovak Central Mountains.
Here and nearby on the site: 1 trail, 1 peak, 1 mountain hut or shelter.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
Trails nearby
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HardTwo-dayMarkedVlčia jama DubovéElevation profile422–801 m22.6 kmascent 1 201 m≈ 8 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
ModerateOne-dayMarkedPočúvadlianske jazero loopElevation profile682–770 m13.8 kmascent 120 m≈ 3.5 h walking1.3 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedBanská Štiavnica, Križovatka Sedlo KrížnaElevation profile516–707 m7.3 kmascent 215 m≈ 2.5 h walking1.6 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayMarkedAndrej Kmeť TrailElevation profile231–1 009 m39.6 kmascent 1 214 m≈ 12.5 h walking2 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedBátovce, square Tatárska lúkaElevation profile221–911 m22.3 kmascent 752 m≈ 7 h walking2.5 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayMarkedRudná magistrála: Veľký Inovec KadakElevation profile196–1 458 m195.4 kmascent 6 404 m2.6 km from the centrePeaks nearby
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What to visit
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MuseumOpen-Air Mining Museum, Banská ŠtiavnicaBanská Štiavnica3.6 km from the centreThe Open-Air Mining Museum (Banské múzeum v prírode) in Banská Štiavnica is the oldest and thematically broadest mining exhibition in Slovakia.
LakePočúvadlo — historic mining lake below SitnoBanská Štiavnica3.7 km from the centrePočúvadlo (Počúvadlianske jazero) is the largest of the Štiavnica tajchs — historic artificial ponds built by the miners of Banská Štiavnica to drive the machinery of...
LakeThe Štiavnica tajchy – historic mining lakes of Banská ŠtiavnicaŠtiavnické Bane4 km from the centreThe Štiavnica tajchy are a system of historic artificial lakes in the Štiavnica Mountains (Štiavnické vrchy) around the mining town of Banská Štiavnica in central...
MuseumNew Castle in Banská ŠtiavnicaBanská Štiavnica4 km from the centreThe New Castle (Nový zámok) is a white six-storey Renaissance bastion on Frauenberg hill above the historic centre of Banská Štiavnica.
Craft beer & breweriesERB brewery in Banská Štiavnica: brewery tour and tastingBanská Štiavnica4.4 km from the centreBanská Štiavnica is an old mining town in the caldera of an extinct volcano and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Crafts & workshopsDo dielne, Počúvadlo: woodcarving courses near Banská ŠtiavnicaPočúvadlo7.6 km from the centreHere, in the quiet among the hills, works the small workshop Do dielne (“To the workshop”). Its owner Dušan Budinský ran a hairdresser’s in Bratislava for eight years,...Craft nearby
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Water parks & thermal poolsSklené Teplice: Parenica cave steam bath and thermal bathsSklené Teplice12 km from the centreSklené Teplice is a small spa in a wooded valley of the Štiavnické vrchy hills, a few kilometres from the Hron valley and about 8 km from Banská Štiavnica.
Water parks & thermal poolsVodný raj thermal pools in VyhneVyhne13 km from the centreVodný raj Vyhne ("Water Paradise") is a public pool complex with thermal water in the village of Vyhne, in a quiet wooded valley of the Štiavnické vrchy hills near the...
Water parks & thermal poolsKováčová: thermal spa and Holidaypark aquapark near ZvolenKováčová26 km from the centreKováčová is a spa village on the south-western edge of the Zvolen Basin, 4 km west of Zvolen at the foot of the Kremnica Mountains; the village centre lies at 303 m.Spas and thermal pools nearby
Water parks & thermal poolsSklené Teplice: Parenica cave steam bath and thermal bathsSklené Teplice12 km from the centreSklené Teplice is a small spa in a wooded valley of the Štiavnické vrchy hills, a few kilometres from the Hron valley and about 8 km from Banská Štiavnica.Water parks & thermal poolsVodný raj thermal pools in VyhneVyhne13 km from the centreVodný raj Vyhne ("Water Paradise") is a public pool complex with thermal water in the village of Vyhne, in a quiet wooded valley of the Štiavnické vrchy hills near the...Water parks & thermal poolsKováčová: thermal spa and Holidaypark aquapark near ZvolenKováčová26 km from the centreKováčová is a spa village on the south-western edge of the Zvolen Basin, 4 km west of Zvolen at the foot of the Kremnica Mountains; the village centre lies at 303 m.Huts, shelters and springs nearby
497 mSpringSpring below Trnákov vrch (north slope), 497 mŠtiavnica Mountains · SlovakiaNot verifiedOn a trail
503 mSpringSpring below Trnákov vrch (north slope), 503 mŠtiavnica Mountains · SlovakiaNot verified160 m from a trail
Getting there from Ukraine
Border crossings
- Uzhhorod – Vyšné Nemecké — road, 24/7
- Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa — road, 24/7 For cars and buses; pedestrians not confirmed by the Ukrainian border service, lorries up to 3.5 t.
- Mali Selmentsi – Veľké Slemence (pedestrian) — pedestrian, 09:00–21:00 Kyiv time Pedestrians and cyclists only; inconvenient for the Tatras without onward transport.
- Chop – Čierna nad Tisou (rail) — rail, 24/7
By car
From Uzhhorod to Brezno ≈274 km, ≈3 h 50 min without queues: Uzhhorod – Vyšné Nemecké → I/19 to Košice → D1 via Prešov and Poprad to the exit near Liptovský Hrádok → I/18 and I/72 over the Čertovica Pass to Brezno. To Banská Bystrica ≈322 km, ≈4 h 30 min: D1 to Ružomberok, then I/59 via Donovaly. From Lviv: to Brezno via Uzhok and Ubľa ≈498 km (≈7 h 45 min) or through Poland ≈554 km (≈7 h 05 min); to Banská Bystrica through Poland (Kraków – Chyżne – Trstená – Dolný Kubín – Ružomberok) ≈535 km, ≈7 h 15 min. The D1 requires an e-vignette (eznamka.sk).
Checked 23.10.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
