# Things to see in Košice (Slovakia): 73 places and when to go

> Košice is a city in Slovakia with around 237,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 73 places in and around it, mainly Nature (17), Mountains (17), History (15). The best known are Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, Košice Zoo and Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Košice. The best time to come is May to October; also possible: November to April. In June there are 15 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 05. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kosice/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Slovakia · 48.7304, 21.25
- **Population:** About 237,000
- **Places:** 73 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/naturaleza/) (17) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/montana/) (17) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/historia/) (15) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/espiritual/) (11) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/museos/) (8) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/senderismo/) (8)
- **Best time:** May to October.
- **Also possible:** November to April.
- **Nearest airport:** KSC Košice, 7.5 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Folkmarská skala, at 915 m.

## What to see in Košice

The places in and around Košice, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Cathedral of St. Elizabeth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/saint-elisabeth-cathedral/): Cathedral in Košice, Slovakia · 1.3 km
- [Košice Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/zoologicka-zahrada-kosice/): ZOO in Košice, Slovakia · 7.3 km
- [Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/chram-narodenia-presvatej-bohorodicky/): Greek Catholic church building in Košice, Slovakia · 1.1 km
- [New Orthodox Synagogue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/nova-ortodoxna-synagoga/): Synagogue in Košice, Slovakia · 1.4 km
- [East Slovak Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/east-slovakian-museum-kosice/): Museum in Košice, Slovakia · 427 m
- [St Michael Chapel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/saint-michael-chapel/): Church · 1.3 km
- [Nagy-Milic](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/nagy-milic-velky-milic/): Mountain shared by Hungary and Slovakia · 23 km
- [St. Urban Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/st-urban-tower/): Bell tower of the St. Elizabeth Cathedral · 1.2 km
- [Slovak Technical Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/slovenske-technicke-muzeum/): Museum in Košice, Slovakia · 811 m
- [Church of the Holy Trinity, Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kostol-najsvatejsej-trojice/): Church in Košice, Slovakia · 1.1 km
- [St Anthony of Padua Church, Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kostol-sv-antona-paduanskeho/): Church building in Košice, Slovakia · 868 m
- [Plague Chapel of St. Rosalie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/morova-kaplnka-sv-rozalie/): One-nave chapel in Košice, eastern Slovakia · 1.3 km
- [Košice Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kosicky-hrad/): Castle · 3.7 km
- [Andrássy Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/andrasiho-palac/): Castle · 934 m
- [Archaeological Museum in Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/archeologicke-muzeum/): Museum in Košice, Slovakia · 1.5 km
- [Archbishop's Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/arcibiskupsky-palac/): Palace in Košice, Slovakia · 1.3 km
- [Calvinist Church at Hrnčiarska Street](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kalvinsky-kostol/): Church building in Košice, Slovakia · 1.1 km
- [Abaúj Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/abauj-var/): Archaeological site · 23 km
- [Jahodná](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/jahodna/): Mountain in Slovakia · 10 km
- [Jakabov palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/jakabov-palac/): Building in Košice, Slovakia · 1.3 km
- [The Queen of Peace Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kostol-kralovnej-pokoja/): Roman Catholic church and national cultural monument in Košice, Juh borough, Košice IV district, Slovakia · 2.3 km
- [Church of Christ the King](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kostol-krista-krala/): Roman Catholic church in Košice, Slovakia · 626 m
- [Church of the Our Lady of Sorrows, Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kostol-sedembolestnej-panny-marie/): Roman Catholic church and national cultural monument in Košice, Košice I district, Slovakia · 1.2 km
- [prison of Mikluš](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/miklusova-vaznica/): Former Košice prison, Slovakia · 1.1 km

And the other 49, by what you come to do:

- **Museums and art**: [Museum of Aviation](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/muzeum-letectva/), [Vojtech Löffler Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/muzeum-vojtecha-lofflera/), [Rodosto House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/rodosto/), [Banícke múzeum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/banicke-muzeum/)
- **History**: [Pongrác-Forgáč Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/pongracovsko-forgacovsky-palac/), [Košice citadel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/ruiny-citadela/), [Gelnica](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/gelnica/), [Bukovecký hrad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/bukovecky-hrad/), [Lászlótanya](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/laszlotanya/), [Elemír Halász-Hradil](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/elemir-halasz-hradil/), [Michail Illarionovič Kutuzov](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/michail-illarionovic-kutuzov/), [Rokokový kaštieľ Šaca](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/rokokovy-kastiel-saca/), [Urban Fortification of Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/town-gate/), [Viktor Myskovszky](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/viktor-myskovszky/)
- **Mountains**: [Lajoška](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/lajoska/)
- **With kids**: [Planetárium pri Slovenskom technickom múzeu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/planetarium-pri-slovenskom-technickom-muzeu/), [DinoPark Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/dinopark/), [Planetárium a hvezdáreň](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/planetarium-a-hvezdaren/), [Steam Factory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/steam-factory/), [ZOO DOM](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/zoo-dom/)
- **Nature**: [Folkmarská skala](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/folkmarska-skala/), [Hradová](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/hradova/), [Humenec](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/humenec/), [Velky Milic](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/velky-milic/), [Vysoký vrch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/vysoky-vrch/), [Bralo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/bralo/), [Červený Hrunec](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/cerveny-grunik/), [Dalná](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/dialna/), [Dobrák](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/dobrak/), [Hrbek](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/hrbok/), [Lipovec / Hársas-hegy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/lipovec-harsas-hegy/), [Ortás](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/ortas/), [Szurok-hegy](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/szurok-hegy/), [Viničná](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/vinicna/), [Železný Vrch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/zelezny-vrch/)
- **Hiking**: [Camino de Santiago en Eslovaquia: Etapa Košice – Chata Lajoška](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/camino-de-santiago-en-eslovaquia-etapa-kosice-chata-lajoska/), [Cesta svätej Alžbety](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/cesta-svatej-alzbety/), [K, OKT 27. (Nagy-nyugodó (Sátoraljaújhely) – Hollóháza)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/k-okt-27-nagy-nyugodo-satoraljaujhely-hollohaza/), [K, OKT (Makkoshotyka – Hollóháza)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/k-okt-makkoshotyka-hollohaza/), [The Way of St. Elizabeth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/the-way-of-st-elizabeth/), [Via Carpatica Vulcanica](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/via-carpatica-vulcanica/)
- **Hot springs**: [Golden Royal Spa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/golden-royal-spa/)
- **Food and drink**: [Golem](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/golem/), [Herrenwald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/herrenwald/), [Pivovar Hostinec](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/pivovar-hostinec/), [Pivovarský dvor Corvus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/pivovarsky-dvor-corvus/), [Red Nose Pub](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/red-nose-pub/), [Sudové víno](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/sudove-vino/)
- **Architecture**: [Károlyi Lookout Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/karolyi-lookout-tower/)

## When to go to Košice

The best time to visit Košice is **May to October**; also possible: November to April. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 29 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 55 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 34 |
| April | Possible | 13 h 27 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 02 |
| June | Best time | 15 h 55 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 33 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 10 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 20 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 31 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 54 |
| December | Possible | 8 h 05 |

In June there are 15 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 05. In May, 73 of the 73 places are at their best.

When to go to Slovakia in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Košice

The nearest main airport is Košice International Airport (KSC, Košice), 7.5 km as the crow flies. How to get around Slovakia (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=48.7304%2C21.25)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=48.7304%2C21.25)

## Other towns nearby

- [Košický Klečenov](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/kosicky-klecenov/): 12 places · 21 km
- [Jasov](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/jasov/): 20 places · 21 km
- [Prešov](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/presov/): 55 places · 30 km
- [Bystré](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/bystre/): 15 places · 38 km
- [Spišské Podhradie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/spisske-podhradie/): 37 places · 48 km
- [Bara](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/bara/): 31 places · 48 km

And all of Slovakia, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Košice?

The best known: [Cathedral of St. Elizabeth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/saint-elisabeth-cathedral/), [Košice Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/zoologicka-zahrada-kosice/), [Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Košice](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/chram-narodenia-presvatej-bohorodicky/), [New Orthodox Synagogue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/nova-ortodoxna-synagoga/), [East Slovak Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/eslovaquia/east-slovakian-museum-kosice/). In all, 73 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Košice?

May to October; also possible: November to April. In June there are 15 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 05.

### How do you get to Košice?

The nearest main airport is Košice International Airport (KSC), 7.5 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=48.7304%2C21.25) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Košice as the destination and these 73 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).