Countryside

Vápnik (formerly known as Šikloš) is a significant landscape area - it is 274 m high and is the biggest travertine-silt in the Danube lowland. It is an important palaeontology site. On the top there is a monument of the local battles  during the World War II which serves as a lookout tower.

 

The massif Kalvária is an interesting place with ruins of a holy shrine where it is a nice view on Štiavnica hills.
 

The Levice fishponds at the creek Perec are a preserved area occupying about 92 hectares. This significant avifauna area was shaping from 1950 to 1956 as a system of artificial fishponds.
 

The Horša valley national reserve is the biggest preserved area inLevice region, with an area of 326 hectares. The valley is canyon-like,with 20-30 m high cliffs forming tower rocks and frames.
 

The surrounding of Levice is rich in thermal springs, which are the most visited places by people wishing relax. The nearest one is the recreation area Margita-Ilona, situated 5 km from Levice with good swimming, sporting and camping conditions. Accommodation is possible in bungalows or own caravans and tents.
17 km from Levice there is Santovka with carbon streams and warm water sources of 28 degrees Celsius springing, known already in the 16th century. A factory producing mineral water was built here in 1945. The mineral water has healing effects especially on digestive and respire systems. The swimming pools in the recreation area are full of mineral water all summer long.
Thermal spas in Dudince (about 20 km from Levice) and Podhájska (30 km) are visited all year long by home and foreign visitors.

 

The settlements made in stone and rock in Brhlovce have been since 1983 a national reserve of rustic architecture and also an exhibit of Tekov Museum, which obtained the international price "Europa Nostra 93", given by the European Committee for countries and small cities. Some of them are settled even today.

 

The water mill in Bohunice is an exhibit of Tekov Museum where visitors can see how millers craft was made in the past.

 

The  27 hectares wide water reservoir Lipovina in Bátovce is an attractive place for people interested in water sports (swimming, windsurfing, diving) but also for other people wanting to relax, camp or fish. Interesting is the Gothic Church from the 14th century.

 

In Nový Tekov in the 19th century there was established a well-known stud farm, for livery of race horses by the Shoeller family. Nový Tekov offers accommodation in the area with possibilities of horseback riding, water sports and fishing in the nearby lake as well as hunting in the woods.