Svätý Anton brings together a manor house and park, sacred buildings, and traces of local history. There is also a marked cycling route leading to Sitno. If you are looking for a hotel in Svätý Anton, these features may help you choose your destination: should your stay focus mainly on cultural heritage, or include a cycling trip as well?
Manor House and Landscape Park
The manor house in Svätý Anton was built in 1744 on the site of an older castle. The castle had been built for Andrej Koháry, the chief county official of Hont County and an imperial general. The manor house and adjacent park have been national cultural monuments since 1985 and are open to the public. The park offers a focus of its own for a visit: its landscaped Baroque section features green terraces, flower beds, shrubs, valuable trees, artificial ponds and a grotto.
Beyond the landscaped park lies a freely laid-out woodland park. This transition brings together two distinct forms of landscape design, rather than reducing the park to a collection of individual garden features. The manor house and park thus form a shared cultural heritage visit; the building’s architecture and the sequence of park areas each provide a different focus. If you are particularly interested in the grounds, you can take both aspects into account when planning your visit.
Church, Chapel and Art
The sacred buildings also give a visit to the village a clear architectural focus. The single-nave Church of Saint Anthony the Hermit was built in 1755. Inside are a wooden Madonna and a panel painting of the Nativity, attributed to Master MS. The Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk was built between 1755 and 1758 in the Baroque style. Its distinctive details include a decorative Rococo grille and the Koháry family coat of arms.
The church and chapel can be explored through their contrasting features: the church stands out for its single-nave structure and two works of art, while the chapel is notable for its Baroque architecture, Rococo grille and family coat of arms. Their similar dates of origin connect them historically without diminishing their individual characteristics. In the museum, the Poľovnícka expozícia (Hunting Exhibition) adds to the picture of local cultural heritage with animal dioramas, a hunting room, hunting weapons, and displays on falconry and fishing.
Local History and Landscape
Since before the mid-14th century, Mýtnica served as a toll and relay station. Since its conversion in the 1950s, it has been used for cultural and social events. The Dni sv. Huberta provide a specific event date from recent history: these nationwide Slovak hunting celebrations were held for two days on the manor house’s historic grounds in September 2026, for their 34th edition. This is a past event date, not information about future event dates.
The museum in Svätý Anton lies in the heart of the Štiavnické vrchy, on the boundary between the Sitnianska vrchovina to the west and Skalka to the east. This geographical description refers to the museum. It adds a landscape perspective to the historic sights without implying that the entire village has the same location.
Cycling to Sitno
As an alternative activity, a marked cycling route leads from Svätý Anton to Sitno, the highest peak in the Štiavnické vrchy, along existing paved roads. The route has a stated total elevation gain of 573 metres. This offers a concrete cycling option to set alongside a cultural itinerary centred on the manor house, park and buildings. No travel time or difficulty rating is provided; check the route conditions before setting out. When planning your trip, you can weigh up whether to focus your stay on the cultural sites or include the ride towards Sitno as well.
Discover more destinations: Banský Studenec, Banska Bela, Dekýš, Štiavnické Bane, Vysoká, Kozelník, Banska Stiavnica, Ilija.
For the regional travel overview: Okres Banská Štiavnica.
