Mníšek nad Popradom
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Mníšek nad Popradom is a village in Slovakia.
Elevation: about 439 m above sea level. Population: 589 (2025). Mountains nearby: Sądecki Beskids.
Here and nearby on the site: 2 trails.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
Trails nearby
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EasyOne-dayMarkedMníšek nad Popradom SulínkaElevation profile382–431 m12.6 kmascent 84 m≈ 3.5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedOsly Mníšek nad Popradom, KačeElevation profile400–859 m10.2 kmascent 133 m≈ 3 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
ModerateOne-dayMarkedOsly Eliášovka, state borderElevation profile747–1 026 m11.1 kmascent 424 m≈ 3.5 h walking5.5 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedKotník, transmitter Sulínka, mineral springElevation profile416–883 m25.3 kmascent 452 m≈ 7 h walking7.6 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedLitmanová JaworkiElevation profile662–849 m3.1 kmascent 187 m≈ 1 h walking8 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedHliniská Sedlo MarmonElevation profile755–824 m2.2 kmascent 18 m≈ 30 min walking8.8 km from the centreWhat to visit
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MuseumĽubovňa Open-Air Museum below the castleStará Ľubovňa11 km from the centreThe open-air museum below Ľubovňa Castle (Ľubovniansky skanzen) opened in 1985 on the meadows beneath the castle hill in Stará Ľubovňa.
CastleĽubovňa CastleStará Ľubovňa11 km from the centreĽubovňa Castle (Ľubovniansky hrad) stands on a 548 m limestone hill above the town of Stará Ľubovňa and the left bank of the Poprad.
RiverPoprad RiverStará Ľubovňa12 km from the centreThe Poprad is a river of Slovakia and Poland and a right-bank tributary of the Dunajec. It is about 174 km long: 113 km flow through Slovakia, 31 km form the border...
Craft producersSpišská Pálenica, Stará Ľubovňa: distillery tour and Spiš borovičkaStará Ľubovňa13 km from the centreSpiš boasts perhaps the oldest history of distilling in Europe: at the hillfort of Myšia Hôrka near Spišský Štvrtok, part of a distillation vessel from around 1500 BC...
Craft producersNestville Distillery, Hniezdne — Home of the First Slovak WhiskyHniezdne14 km from the centreThis tradition is the basis for BGV, a company founded in 2001, which built the Nestville Distillery here.
MuseumČervený Kláštor — Carthusian monastery in the PieninyČervený Kláštor22 km from the centreA monastery of “silent” monks on the Dunajec Červený Kláštor (“Red Monastery”) is a village and former monastery on the Slovak bank of the Dunajec, right opposite the...Craft nearby
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Craft producersCastle Distillery below Ľubovňa Castle: fruit spirits and tastingsStará Ľubovňa11 km from the centreStará Ľubovňa is a town in northern Spiš, overlooked by Ľubovňa Castle. For more than three and a half centuries Ľubovňa was one of the Spiš towns pledged to the...
Water parks & thermal poolsVyšné Ružbachy Spa: Izabela Mountain Pools and Indoor Thermal PoolVyšné Ružbachy17 km from the centreVyšné Ružbachy is one of Slovakia’s oldest spas. It lies on the south-eastern slope of the Spišská Magura at about 617 m, surrounded by coniferous forest that merges...
Ethno tours & guidesGoral raftsmen of Červený Kláštor: wooden-raft trip on the DunajecČervený Kláštor22 km from the centreBetween Červený Kláštor and Lesnica the Dunajec cuts a deep, winding gorge through the limestone Pieniny, and here the river becomes the border between Slovakia and...Spas and thermal pools nearby
Huts, shelters and springs nearby
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 Lviv ≈382 km, ≈5 h 15 min without queues: M-10 → Krakovets – Korczowa → A4 to Brzesko → DK75 to Nowy Sącz → DK87 via Piwniczna-Zdrój to the internal Schengen crossing Piwniczna – Mníšek nad Popradom → I/68 to Stará Ľubovňa (≈304 km, ≈3 h 50 min from the Ukrainian border). From Uzhhorod ≈183 km, ≈3 h: Vyšné Nemecké → I/19 to Košice → D1 to Prešov → I/68 via Sabinov and Lipany to Stará Ľubovňa. Via Uzhok and Ubľa ≈408 km, ≈6 h 55 min. The D1 requires an e-vignette (eznamka.sk).
Checked 23.10.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
