With some terrific road trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to experience all that Banska Stiavnica, 20 miles away, has to offer. Trinity Square, Slovak Mining Museum - Jozef Kollar Gallery and Church of Ascenssion of the Virgin alone make the drive out worthwhile. The locals will also likely point you in the direction of Nitra, 20 miles away. If you can only find time for one attraction here, make sure it’s Nitra Castle. (But we’d also highly recommend Slovak Agricultural Open-Air Museum and Pribinovo Namestie.)