Malé Karpaty (Small Carpathian Mountains) - Slovakia

Extent: 820 square kilometres.

This mountain range is located in west part of Slovakia and divide - similarly as fortification - Záhorská plainland from  Danube plainland. The complex belongs to Fatra-Tatra area, which forms a part of West Carpathian Mountains. It is divided into four next parts, such as: Devínské, Pezinské, Brezovské and Čachtické.

Highest peak: Záruby (768 m).

Surface: afforested, including beech-wood and oak forests.

Climatic area: rather warm, in higher localities moderately warm area.

The territory was declared as Preserved Countryside Area in 1976.

In the previous photogallerywe hopped on our bikes and admired beauties of nature and interesting places in the towns of Wolfsthal and Hainburg. Today we will show you the second half of the bike trail, there is the Danube Auen National Park and within bike trails of various types. Also we will visit a part of royal history at Schloss Hof, and we will not forget to walk across Bikebridge of Liberty, to see places like Castle Devin until we reach Petrzalka via the Old Town's promenade.

Text and photo: Oskár Mažgút

Překlad: Stanislava Waniová