Plavnica
Stará Ľubovňa District · Prešov Region · Slovakia
Plavnica is a village in Slovakia.
Elevation: about 515 m above sea level. Population: 1,651 (2025). Mountains nearby: Western Carpathians.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
Trails nearby
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ModerateOne-dayMarkedStará Ľubovňa Orlovská MaguraElevation profile519–830 m14.4 kmascent 221 m≈ 4 h walking3.3 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedĽubovnianske kúpele ÚbočElevation profile557–726 m7.7 kmascent 152 m≈ 2 h walking4 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedOrlov Kurčínska MaguraElevation profile484–894 m6.7 kmascent 475 m≈ 2.5 h walking5.1 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedHliniská Sedlo MarmonElevation profile755–824 m2.2 kmascent 18 m≈ 30 min walking6.4 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedĎurková LipanyElevation profile384–826 m19.2 kmascent 570 m≈ 6 h walking7.3 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedKotník, transmitter Sulínka, mineral springElevation profile416–883 m25.3 kmascent 452 m≈ 7 h walking7.4 km from the centrePeaks nearby
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PeakČierna hora (Levoča Mountains)Jakubanyaltitude 1 289 m15 km from the centreČierna hora is a 1289.4 m summit, the highest point of the Slovak Levoča Mountains (Levočské vrchy) – a flysch range of the Podhôľno-magurská region in eastern...
PeakMinčol (Čergov)Kyjovaltitude 1 157 m16 km from the centreMinčol (Hungarian Mincsol) is the highest summit of the Čergov mountains in eastern Slovakia, 1157 m high.
PeakIhla (Levoča Hills)Ihľanyaltitude 1 283 m16 km from the centreIhla (Slovak for "needle"; German Nadel) is a 1283 m summit in the Levoča Hills (Levočské vrchy) in eastern Slovakia, the third highest in the range.What to visit
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Craft producersSpišská Pálenica, Stará Ľubovňa: distillery tour and Spiš borovičkaStará Ľubovňa6.6 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...
RiverPoprad RiverStará Ľubovňa6.9 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...
CastleĽubovňa CastleStará Ľubovňa7.4 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.
Craft producersCastle Distillery below Ľubovňa Castle: fruit spirits and tastingsStará Ľubovňa7.6 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...
MuseumĽubovňa Open-Air Museum below the castleStará Ľubovňa7.8 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.
Mountain meadowThe meadow of Čergov's Minčol, the highest peak of the Čergov mountainsKyjovaltitude 1 157 m16 km from the centreČergov's Minčol (Minčol, 1,157 m) is the highest summit of the Čergov mountains in eastern Slovakia, where the districts of Bardejov, Sabinov and Stará Ľubovňa of the...Craft nearby
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Craft producersNestville Distillery, Hniezdne — Home of the First Slovak WhiskyHniezdne11 km from the centreThis tradition is the basis for BGV, a company founded in 2001, which built the Nestville Distillery here.
Cheese dairies & pasturesFarma Kamenica — Family Sheep Farm and Cheese Dairy in ŠarišKamenica15 km from the centreKamenica is a village in northern Šariš, in the valley of the Kameničanka stream, at about 483 m above sea level.
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...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.
