TOP 15 children's attractions in Košice for adventurous families

Head to the forest areas of Košice and relax surrounded by urban nature - the Kavečany district is a popular location with several children's attractions. Start your holiday in Košice in a unit on the list - Košice Zoo is the largest zoo in Slovakia, spread over an admirable 288 hectares.

It's open all year round and you can spend a whole day with the kids in the tangle of its many paths and trails. Discover enclosures of tropical animals and species from all over the world - Košice Zoo has an impressive number of up to 1,500 animals and almost 300 species. Have you seen the adorable red panda, pink pelican, Yemeni chameleon or golden-cheeked gibbon?

The Košice Zoo awaits you with a variety of events throughout the year, including the unique July and August Night at the Zoo. On the Košice Zoo website you will also find detailed information about the commented animal feedings by species - watch how common seals, brown bears or one-tailed penguins behave when they see their favourite delicacies! After exploring the garden, treat yourself to classic Slovak dishes such as fried cheese with chips and bryndzové halušky at the Gazdovský dvor Daktari restaurant or the Bufet Surikata.

Ticket prices: from €3.50/child; from €7/adult.

It is possible to combine the ticket with DinoPark Košice.

In the extensive area of the Košice Zoo you will also find a unique DinoPark Košice with replicas of Mesozoic lizards that are sure to impress you and your children. This is currently the only dino park in Slovakia that enjoys great popularity thanks to its more than 80 life-size sounding static and robotic dinosaur models.

Get up close and personal with the T-Rex, Triceratops, Plateosaurus and the latest walking robotic Stegosaurus! A technological unique in Slovakia only from July 2025 attracts new adventurers - enjoy the Stegosaurus, the 3D cinema and the DinoHurican attraction, where you can experience a prehistoric breeze! At the end, enjoy a DinoTattoo and a bite to eat at the DinoGrill.

Ticket price: €4/child; €8.50/adult; €23/family.

It is possible to combine the ticket with admission to the Košice Zoo.

Climb the stairs of the only observation tower in Košice, situated next to the ruins of the medieval Košice Castle. The Hradová lookout tower has stood here on the eponymous Hradová Hill since 1987 and in its modern form it rises out of the Kavečany forests overlooking the beautiful historic centre with an altitude of 466 metres above sea level. Take your binoculars and see the details of the houses, historic churches and the shape of dozens of streets from a bird's eye view.

Ticket price: €0.50/child; €1.50/adult.

The Hradová Lookout Tower can be reached by bus line No. 29, by private transport or also by a hiking trail with a yellow marker from the Čermeľ resort in a pleasant hour. There is also a summer buffet near the bus stop in the warmer months. Combine a visit to the tower with a tour of the remains Košice Castleunder which the famous Battle of Rozhanovce took place in the past. A triangular bastion and a round tower have been preserved from the castle.

Today you will find an entertainment area where attractive events with historical themes are regularly organised, such as the Castle Feast with period gastronomy. For families interested in learning about history up close, we recommend a number of shorter and easy hiking trails with the titles Animals in the Forest, Man and the Forest, Forest Trees, From the History of Košice Castle.

Entrance is free.

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Welcome to the beautiful forest thickets of the Čermelská valley, where for 90 years you can ride on the rails Košice Children's Railway. Did you know that the then Pioneer Railway was built in 1955-1956 as the first recreational railway in the former Czechoslovakia?

The line is currently 3.9 km long with a unique gauge of 1000 mm and its rolling stock and engine locomotive are both movable national cultural monuments. Enjoy a train ride from Cermel to Alpinka and back several times during the day with the exact timetable directly on the website.

The ride lasts about 25 minutes and from the train windows you can watch how the Košice forest is changing right before your eyes or spy on the forest wildlife! If you come here for a weekend ride, you can take a ride on the steam locomotives U36.003 Katka or U29.101 Krutwig. Also worth a look is the delightful smaller stage coach for smaller groups of up to ten people.

Ticket prices: from €5/child; from €7/adult; from €20/family.

After the train ride, enjoy the resort's wide range of adventure attractions with the children Alpinka Košice! In this forest centre of fun, knowledge and sport, you will enjoy a family day out like a dream - jump up and down on the inflatable Giraffe Castle and the inflatable bouncy castle. Together with your parents, you'll experience super tubing, or even sliding on wheels or fantastic 3D maze.

There is also a ping pong table, a trampoline for the little ones and live animals. There is also a great restaurant on site with a tasty daily and permanent menu. Your children will appreciate the chicken stroganoff or the strips and chips from the children's menu. There is also Golf Alpinka for those who would like to practice their aim on nine holes; you can also sign up for the Green Card Course or Kids Camp. The golf centre also has a restaurant, a hire shop and possible club memberships.

One of the greatest privileges of the Alpinka complex is the rope park Tarzania with an amazing 32 obstacles at a height of 4 to 10 metres above the ground! Almost 180 metres of ropes will be enjoyed by children and adults on both the blue and red routes, and for the littlest Tarzanians there is also a children's route with a height of up to 150 cm in 30 minutes with a length of 89 metres. No worries, you are safely belayed throughout the climb and parents will help children at low altitude.

Price: 6 €/children's route, from 9 €/main route.

All the children's attractions worthy of your attention can also be found in our Košice Children's Passport - an illustrated city guide for children, which you can order online absolutely free of charge at www.kosickydetskypas.sk.

To make sure you don't miss out on the natural attractions, a family holiday in Košice is not without a visit to the Urban Forest (did you know that it is the second largest urban forest in Central Europe?) with its nature and sports entertainment centre Jahodná. Although this place is mainly known for its winter sports and ski season, you will certainly have fun here in summer as well.

Start with a pleasant hike from the Bankov recreation area along the red trail marker of the Trail of the Heroes of the SNP. The ten-kilometre-long trail with easy terrain is suitable for those who love longer walks or a quiet forest bike ride on the flat. In this area you will also find the legendary Košice singletracks - so don't hesitate to rent bikes in the city and conquer obstacles and curves of different levels.

In the family resort Jahodná near Košice, you must play the popular padel with the kids or a fresh addition to the list of family attractions in Košice, Disc Golf Jahodná! If you haven't heard of this discipline yet, now is the time to come and try it right here - you will find a new course with 19 holes and 19 baskets with three types of circuits.

If you don't already own your own discs for the game, you'll find both a rental and a shop on site. The three basic drive types are driver, mid-range and putter, ranging from long to short distance/accuracy. Spend active time in the Kosice countryside with the kids and practice together with local visitors. At Jahodna, after a hearty sporting performance, reward yourself in the local restaurant with a tempting menu, tea room and cottage.

Price: 5 €/hour, rental 1 €/disc

If you are on a trip in Košice and the weather didn't work out this time, don't despair! In the historic city centre you will find dozens of ways to have fun even when it rains.

Reserve at least one day for the magical escape rooms, where you and the whole family can work out all the kinks in your brain. TheRooms are located at different addresses, but still in the immediate vicinity of the Košice Korz. They interactively present world-famous stories from the silver screen and cult books in a playful way.

Find yourself in the imaginary realm of magic and spells of Harry Potter, on the pirate ship of Pirates of the Caribbean, solve the mysteries of mysterious detectives with Sherlock Holmes, or lose track of time in the alternate reality of the world of Pandora from the blockbuster Avatar. But not for long - you'll have 70 minutes to solve logic puzzles and brain teasers!

Price for 3 or more players: €25/person; children under 7 free, children 8-14 discount €7.

If you're wondering where to take the kids for the weekend, head straight to the heart of the city's action and look for the Science and Technology Centre Steelpark - Science Park. Are your kids eager for technological knowledge and physical and chemical experiments too? Learn with them in a playful way on several floors of the attractive and interactive Steelpark in the popular Kasárne/Kulturpark complex. What's waiting for you and how to spend your time here effectively (even when it's raining)?

Be sure to book a few hours to visit this attraction and its many fun elements for children's entertainment - for example, the interactive sandpit on the ground floor and the vertical climbing frame, which you can use to climb up to the first floor under your own power, will both be of interest to you! Upstairs there is also a magnetic pendulum, which illustrates the principle of the thermomagnetic motor and shows how heat energy is converted into motion; or even a biometric device for recording the electrical activity of the brain, the electroencephalogram. To make matters worse, the Science and Technology Centre regularly organises fun workshops - come here at the weekend or during the holidays for a good dose of knowledge! Look out for tea, coffee, homemade cake or a croissant for a reward in the glass-enclosed Papa Café.

Tickets: €2/child under 5; €4/adult; €7/9/family.

Where to go with children in Košice when it's raining outside? Jump around with them in the Košice Jump Arenawhich can be reached by car or public transport. Practice flips and flips in the air on the 29 trampolines, move around in the foam pit and on the inclined trampoline and jump from the two towers into the airbag or the High Performance trampoline.

This attraction is suitable for all little acrobats and budding athletes with a desire to explore their flexibility and push their limits. Experience weightlessness and land in a soft foam pit that is sure to tempt many parents to childhood acrobatic stunts. In the Jump Arena, you'll also learn how to walk on the wall with a bounce off the trampoline, otherwise known as wall walking.

Price: 10,90 €/hour

Children's discoveries and adventures in Košice for the whole family are far from the end of this list - click on the section Children's adventures or web Košice Children's Passport and plan your trip and holiday in Košice from the comfort of your own home.