First of all, the location is perfect for hiking slovensky raj. Just around the corner there is the beautiful hiking trail "sucha Bela". On the campsite you are allowed to make a campfire, that is quite nice because the temperature can drop in the evening. The toilets and the showers on the other hand were not clean and stink. It was horrible to go to the toilet.
Newish toilet blocks, big site, wood available for campfires, local shop - perfect location for walking/climbing the gorges, Sucha Bela is an absolute must if you enjoy wild geology and don't mind vertical ladders!"
We stayed at Ranč Podlesok for a weekend visit to the famous Slovak Paradise National Park, and this facility was amazing. The location is a short walk to the start of the Suchá Belá trail with its ladders, bridges, and chain hiking aids as you climb up through a gorge next to beautiful waterfalls. We ate two meals at the main floor restaurant, and the food was delicious and quite reasonably priced. There is a whiteboard with a marker to sign up for your breakfast time and to pre-order your breakfast menu choices, which was a neat idea. We were served our piping hot breakfasts soon after we came downstairs in the morning. Our rooms were perfect - very clean everywhere, comfortable beds, with beautiful views, and modern bathrooms. There were many families with children, and there were lots of fun things for them to do: sand volleyball, badminton, soccer, a zip-line, a merry-go-round, a sort of bowling apparatus, a playground, and on the terrace next to the restaurant, a trampoline (with surrounding safety net), a fooseball table, and ping-pong. The adults could sit on the elevated terrace overlooking all the play areas to keep an eye on the kids playing in the areas below. Everything about the place was terrific, but the very best part was the staff. Each and every person who worked there was very pleasant, friendly, helpful, and eager to please. Everyone spoke great English too, which was nice for us. We asked if we could find them on TripAdvisor, and when they said no, we decided to add a review for this fabulous establishment. We would highly recommend it to anyone! The cost was reasonable too - 17EU per person per night, and I suppose children were a reduced rate. Check out this penzión and restaurant if you go hiking in Slovak Paradise!
The camp has a lot of space inside and wonderful Slovensky Raj behind doors. Several wooden cottages, two separated bathroom and WCs, a shop and couple restaurants around. Good to be here in May, when the summer season starts. Later in the summer it was said it is crowded place and for the best trip ever - to Sucha Bela there are waiting times on the way up about 40 minutes befor ladders.
This is the perfect to stay to explore Slovensky Raj it is right where you start the hikes from Podelsok. It was such good value for money, beautiful grass and tree surroundings, with campfires allowed, very helpful staff, WIFI in the reception and you could leave your car there while exploring the forest all day till the evening.
The problem we had was that thieves came in the middle of the night we had things stolen from one of our tents the other was sliced with a knife in attempt to steal all while we were sleeping inside so if you stay here in a tent DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE TENT unless it is in your sleeping bag. The staff were really helpful and said this is only a common problem before and after peak periods - we were there 2 nights ago (end of April). So besides this the place is absolutely fantastic but be warned.
