Vyšné Ružbachy
Stará Ľubovňa District · Prešov Region · Slovakia
Photos: Ing. Mgr. Jozef Kotulič, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Lubosb, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Lubosb, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Vyšné Ružbachy is a village in Slovakia.
Elevation: about 623 m above sea level. Population: 1,465 (2025). Mountains nearby: Spiš Magura.
Here and nearby on the site: 2 trails, 1 spa or thermal pool.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
Trails nearby
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HardMulti-dayMarkedPieninská cestaElevation profile428–1 085 m33 kmascent 1 002 m≈ 10.5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedVyšné Ružbachy, spa JaworkiElevation profile565–1 000 m20.2 kmascent 762 m≈ 6.5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayMarkedVyšné Ružbachy, spa Strednica, ski areaElevation profile637–1 198 m34.1 kmascent 1 105 m≈ 10.5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedVyšné Ružbachy, spa Sovia PoľanaElevation profile637–897 m3.2 kmascent 265 m≈ 1.5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayMarkedZbojnícka lúka Nižné Ružbachy, ChurchElevation profile549–1 206 m39.5 kmascent 779 m≈ 11.5 h walking2.5 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedForbasy, station Lúka pod Špicou (blue trail)Elevation profile539–857 m6.7 kmascent 23 m≈ 1.5 h walking3 km from the centrePeaks nearby
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PeakČierna hora (Levoča Mountains)Jakubanyaltitude 1 289 m13 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...
PeakBujačí vrchKežmarské Žľabyaltitude 1 947 m23 km from the centreBujačí vrch (Polish Bujaczy Wierch, German Stirnberg) is a 1,947 m summit on the main ridge of the Belianske Tatras in Slovakia and the last high mountain at the...What to visit
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Water parks & thermal poolsVyšné Ružbachy Spa: Izabela Mountain Pools and Indoor Thermal PoolVyšné Ružbachyunder 1 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...
Craft producersNestville Distillery, Hniezdne — Home of the First Slovak WhiskyHniezdne5.5 km from the centreThis tradition is the basis for BGV, a company founded in 2001, which built the Nestville Distillery here.
MuseumĽubovňa Open-Air Museum below the castleStará Ľubovňa9.6 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 Ľubovňa9.8 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.
NatureBelianska CaveKežmarské Žľaby20 km from the centreBelianska Cave (Belianska jaskyňa) is the only show cave in the High Tatras and one of the most visited in Slovakia.
CastleKežmarok CastleKežmarok21 km from the centreKežmarok Castle (Kežmarský hrad) stands in Kežmarok on Castle Square (Hradné námestie). According to the Kežmarok Museum it is the only fully preserved castle in the...Craft nearby
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Craft producersSpišská Pálenica, Stará Ľubovňa: distillery tour and Spiš borovičkaStará Ľubovňa9.6 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...
Craft producersCastle Distillery below Ľubovňa Castle: fruit spirits and tastingsStará Ľubovňa9.6 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...
Ethno tours & guidesGoral raftsmen of Červený Kláštor: wooden-raft trip on the DunajecČervený Kláštor15 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
Water parks & thermal poolsVyšné Ružbachy Spa: Izabela Mountain Pools and Indoor Thermal PoolVyšné Ružbachyunder 1 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...
Water parks & thermal poolsThermal Park VrbovVrbov27 km from the centreThermal Park Vrbov is one of the best-known thermal baths in the Spiš region, on the southern edge of the village of Vrbov, about 6 km (as the crow flies) from...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.
