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Bystrianska Cave

Situated on the southern side of the Low Tatras close to the tourism centres Tále and Mýto pod Ďumbierom. The cave have an abyss character with dominating flowstone curtains hanging on calcite crusts. Some parts of the Bystrianska Cave are used for speleotherapy since 1971.

Location and access to cave

Cave location

The cave is located in the ponor zone of the Bystrá-Valaská Karst in the Bystrá foothills of the Horehronské podolie, on the southern edge of the Bystrá village, nearby the recreational resort Tále and on the southern slope of the Low Tatras. Cave entrance is at 565 m elevation above the sea, on the foot of the NW slope of the Chodorov Hill (748 m).

Access to cave

The cave is located on the southern edge of the Bystrá village, between Podbrezová and Mýto pod Ďumbierom. Cave entrance is about 120 m distant from the parking place with minimum vertical difference.

The closest stop of public transport:

  • Bystrá, cave (bus)

Car access to Bystrá village:

  • from Poprad, Liptovský Mikuláš via Liptovský Hrádok, Čertovica direction Podbrezová – 75 km (Poprad), 50 km (Liptovský Mikuláš)
  • from Banská Bystrica via Podbrezová direction Tále – 40 km
  • from Brezno via Valaská direction Tále – 12 km

Cave access map

Access to the cave