Leisure
The spa offers many cultural events, mainly in summer when a small amphitheater right next to a colonnade si a place of everyday concerts of classical music;
International music summer offers performances of famous music ensembles and interprets. There are several bars, cafes and restaurants. If you want to taste some of the traditional Slovak dishes, you should visit restaurant "Restauracia ludovych jedal".
Culture and sights of interest
The Spa regularly organises variety of exhibitions of pottery, sculpture, photography, paintings, flowers, etc. Thematic exhibitions aimed at various elements of local people's history are displayed in the ethnographical museum. The Saris Museum's outdoor folk architecture collection ("Skanzen") shows traditional way of living including whole set of timber buildings representing traditional village of the Notrth-East Slovakia's region. Some 6 km away lays a historical town of Bardejov which is inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. Bardejov is a small but exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a fortified medieval town, which typifies the urbanisation in this region. Among other remarkable features, it also contains a small Jewish quarter around a fine 18th-century synagogue. The fortified town provides exceptionally well preserved evidence of the economic and social structure of trading towns in medieval Central Europe. The plan, buildings, and fortifications of Bardejov illustrate the urban complex that developed in Central Europe in the Middle Ages at major points along the great trade routes of the period. The real gem is a central square with picturesque gothic church and early rennaisance townhall which now houses the collections of historical section of Saris Museum named "Bardejov - the free royal town". If you are a fine-arts lover, then the Museum of Icons is a must. A bit longer walk will lead you to the ruin of medieval castle of Zborov. The broader surrounding is famous for preserved medieval wooden churches some more than 500 years old. The nearest are in Hervartov, Krive, Trocany, Lukov, Fric(ka, Jedlinka, Mikulasova and Kozany. All lay within at most 20 km distance.
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