The north-east Prešov Region is Slovakia's most physically spectacular, but poor and sparsely settled as well. It borders on Poland and Ukraine, and contains five national parks. Less than half of the inhabitants of the region live in urban settings.
The main rivers in the region are the Poprad, which flows north through Kežmarok into Poland, and the Topľa, which flows south from the Polish border through Bardejov and Vranov nad Topľou to eventually join the Bodrog into Hungary.
The region is perhaps the richest in terms of manmade lakes, with the Zemplínska šírava resort near Michalovce, the Veľká Domaša reservoir between Vranov and Svidník, and the Starina reservoir in the beautiful Bukovské vrchy (Bukovské hills) north of Stakčín.
Getting there
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