page_title: Slovak Paradise National Park
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Slovak Paradise National Park / Tourism
context_page_description: Slovak Paradise National Park is one of the nine national parks in Slovakia, situated in East Slovakia. The National Park protects the area of the Slovak Paradise mountain range, which is located in the north of the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains.
  The National Park covers an area of 197.63 km², and the buffer zone around the park covers an area of 130.11 km²; 327.74 km² together. Eleven national nature reserves and eight nature reserves are situated in the park. The park offers about 300 km of hiking trails, often equipped with ladders, chains and bridges. The Slovak Paradise contains about 350 caves, but only Dobšiná Ice Cave, which is since 2000 a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is open to the public. The headquarters of the park are located in Spišská Nová Ves.
context_section_description: The best known tourist centres and resorts are Čingov and Podlesok in the north, Dedinky in the south and the only tourist centre located inside the National Park, Kláštorisko, with ruins of the Carthusian monastery. The most visited places in the park are Dobšiná Ice Cave and the Suchá Belá Gorge.
  The park offers about 300 km of hiking trails and several bike trails. One of the most visited routes is "Prielom Hornádu".
  In the northern part of the Slovak Paradise two main tourist centres of this region are situated: Čingov and Podlesok. They are connected by a 15 km long marked route, leading through the canyon along the Hornád river.
caption: Dedinky tourist resort and Palcmanská Maša reservoir
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