With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Banska Bystrica, 30 miles away, has to offer. Among your first stops here should be Golf and Country Club Hron, Museum of the Slovak National Uprising and The Clock Tower. Don’t miss Vysoke Tatry either! Just 30 miles away, Lomnicky Peak, Strbske Pleso and Tatra National Park Slovakia are non-negotiable stops here.