Hotels in Veľká Paka: Church, KÉP DOMB and cycling routes

Veľká Paka is located in the Podunajská nížina, in the central part of Žitný ostrov, on its old Quaternary core. Landscapes, sacred buildings and archaeological evidence stand alongside destinations in the immediate vicinity and the wider regional area.

Landscape

The cadastral area of Veľká Paka is a deforested plain. The subsurface consists of young Tertiary clays and sands over a thick layer of Danube deposits. Locally, windblown sands occur on the surface in the form of dunes.

Culture

The present-day Church of Saint Ladislaus is at the centre of the local architectural history. It was built in 1678 on older foundations and remodelled into its present form in 1936–1937. The building has a single nave and a presbytery with a straight-ended termination.

The original presbytery now serves as a side chapel. Its altar is Neoclassical and bears a painting of Saint Ladislaus from the second half of the 18th century. The historic buildings also include the parish house in Veľká Paka. It has an L-shaped floor plan and probably dates from the early 19th century.

Smaller monuments also point to the history of the surrounding area. The Božie muky image shrine between Čukárska Paka and Kvetoslavov is already shown on a military map from 1763. The Prícestný kamenný kríž stone wayside cross was erected in 1883 in honour of the parish priest József Pergő, restored in 2023 and blessed on 28 March 2024.

KÉP DOMB is an archaeological focal point. The burial mound dates from the older Iron Age and belongs to the Kalenderberg culture of the 8th to 5th centuries BC. In 2017, KÉP DOMB was declared a National Cultural Monument. It is also one of the few surviving prehistoric burial mounds above ground level in the lowland areas of Slovakia.

The surroundings of Veľká Paka include Pálfiovský kaštieľ, a castle, Svätý Anton, a monastery, and Eberhard, a castle. The wider regional area also includes Čeklís, a castle, Ostrov, an island, Új-sziget, an island, Kamzikov Vrch, a mountain, and Veľká Baňa, a mountain.

Cycling

Two marked cycling routes associated with Veľká Paka are mentioned for cyclists. The marked Veľká Paka–Oľdza cycling route via Mierovo is 7.3 kilometres long. The also-marked Holice–Oľdza cycling route passes through Veľká Paka.

A pond in Veľká Paka is used for recreation and cultural events.

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You can also view other places: Trstín, Trnava.

To the higher-level travel overview: Tyrnau.