{"id":2065,"date":"2020-05-01T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/historia\/hrad-saris\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:41:45","slug":"hrad-saris","status":"publish","type":"historia","link":"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/historia\/hrad-saris\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160ari\u0161 Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hrad-saris-nbsp-najznamejsi-hrad-v-regione\">\u0160ari\u0161 Castle - the most famous castle in the region<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160ari\u0161 Castle (Ve\u013ek\u00fd \u0160ari\u0161, Pre\u0161ov Region) is one of the largest castle complexes in Slovakia and one of the most important landmarks of the \u0160ari\u0161 region. It is situated on a hill above the town of Ve\u013ek\u00fd \u0160ari\u0161 and offers a unique combination of history, views and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-z-historie\">From history<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160ari\u0161 Castle was built on the initiative of the King of Hungary in a strategically important position dominating the vast territory of \u0160ari\u0161. Its location meant not only military control of the surrounding area, but above all control over important regional and trade communications to Spi\u0161 and Poland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"h-v-priebehu-storoci-sa-stal-majetkom-viacerych-vyznamnych-slachtickych-rodov-a-zohral-dolezitu-ulohu-aj-pocas-protitureckych-bojov\">Over the centuries, it became the property of several important noble families and played an important role during the anti-Turkish battles. During its history, the castle was visited by several Hungarian kings, including B\u00e9la IV and Matthias Corvinus. Later, it gradually lost its importance and began to decay after a gunpowder explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sucasnost-hradu\">The present of the castle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The castle is currently being slowly restored and is open daily throughout the year. It offers a permanent guided tour service with the Donjon Tower dominating the restored tower. In good weather and visibility, visitors can enjoy views of three neighbouring landscapes, more than 6 castle ruins in the surroundings and the High Tatras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160ari\u0161 Castle offers panoramic views of the wide surroundings of \u0160ari\u0161, a tour of the extensive castle grounds with an authentic atmosphere, a number of events throughout the year (medieval days, craft workshops, thematic events) and experiential activities for families, schools and tourists. It is connected to the Archaeopark in the castle's substructure, which brings the life of our ancestors closer to life and thus completes the idea of life in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The great advantage of the castle is its excellent accessibility - it is located just a few minutes from the regional city of Pre\u0161ov or Ko\u0161ice with parking in the castle and a pleasant hiking trail to the castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0160ari\u0161 Castle is very accessible:<\/strong><br>- on foot (yellow hiking trail - approx. 1 hour)<br>- also suitable for cyclists (asphalt access road)<br>- by car to the car park under the castle + on foot<br><strong>Access options:<\/strong><br>- from the public transport stop \u201eVe\u013ek\u00fd \u0160ari\u0161\u201c<br>- from the railway station Ve\u013ek\u00fd \u0160ari\u0161<br>- from Pre\u0161ov (S\u00eddlisko III - cycle route)<br>- from the car park under the castle<br>The access road is also a nature trail within a national nature reserve with 5th level of protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0160ari\u0161 Castle is a part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarisskahradnacesta.sk\/\">\u0160ari\u0161 Castle Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you find yourself in the \u0160ari\u0161 Region, you can also visit other castles - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/solnohrad\/\">Saltworks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/hrad-sebes\/\">Shebes Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/kapusiansky-hrad\/\">Kapu\u0161ian Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/lipovsky-hrad\/\">Lipov Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/hrad-zborov\/\">Zborov Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/hrad-plavec\/\">Plave\u010d Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/kategoria-aktivity\/historia\/hrady\/hrad-kysak\/\">Kysak Castle<\/a><\/strong> <strong>and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4341,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"kategoria-poi":[105,106,172,102,107],"lokalita":[28],"sezona-poi":[],"trvanie-vyletu":[],"class_list":["post-2065","historia","type-historia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategoria-poi-historia","kategoria-poi-hrady","kategoria-poi-prehliadky-so-sprievodcom","kategoria-poi-prirodne-krasy","kategoria-poi-turistika","lokalita-presov-a-okolie"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hrad \u0160ari\u0161 - OOCR \u0160ari\u0161<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regionsaris.sk\/en\/historia\/hrad-saris\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hrad \u0160ari\u0161\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hrad \u0160ari\u0161&nbsp; 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