--- title: "Makov: what to see and where to walk | zPusteven.cz" description: "Discover Makov in Kysuce: the source of the Kysuca, Brest u Papají, Kasárne and the Greguše settlement. Places, walks and the way across Bumbálka." url: "https://zpusteven.cz/en/makov" lang: "en" --- # Makov A village without a village green - put together from mountain settlements on the kopanice that joined up in 1895. How to get here [The source of the Kysuca](https://zpusteven.cz/en/pramen-kysuce) [The Partisan](https://zpusteven.cz/partisan-memorial-makov) [The Greguše settlement](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-greguse) [Chapel on Kršlisko](https://zpusteven.cz/chapel-on-krslisko) [Brest u Papají](https://zpusteven.cz/en/brest-u-papaji) [The Kasárne settlement](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne) [Veľký Javorník](https://zpusteven.cz/en/velky-javornik) - **Altitude:** 633 m a.s.l. - **Population:** about 1,650 - **Places on this site in the village:** 7 - **Border:** the Bumbálka crossing Walks ## Selected walks from Makov ### [A circuit of the kopanice settlements: Kršlisko - Greguše - Brest u Papají](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse) 11,1 km · 3 h 35 min blue → red The shortest of them and the only circuit: from the chapel above Kršlisko across the ridge to the bell tower at Gregušovci and down to the elm. ### Sections - [Makov, Kopanice - Papaje → Chapel on Kršlisko 2 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse/kopanice/krslisko) - [Chapel on Kršlisko → The U Lovásov saddle 2 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse/krslisko/u-lovasov-sedlo) - [The U Lovásov saddle → The Nad Zápačou junction 1 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse/u-lovasov-sedlo/nad-zapacou) - [The Nad Zápačou junction → U Gregušov 1 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse/nad-zapacou/u-gregusov) - [U Gregušov → Brest u Papají 5,5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse/u-gregusov/brest) [In detail](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/okruh-krslisko-greguse) ### [Melocík - Greguše - Kasárne](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne) 12,1 km · 3 h 55 min red → blue → red The ridge of the high Javorníky from Melocík through Greguše to Kasárne - a cross-country ski trail in winter. ### Sections - [Melocík → U Gregušov 4,5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne/melocik/u-gregusov) - [U Gregušov → The Nad Zápačou junction 0,5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne/u-gregusov/nad-zapacou) - [The Nad Zápačou junction → The Čierna voda saddle 3,5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne/nad-zapacou/sedlo-cierna-voda) - [The Čierna voda saddle → Kasárne 3 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne/sedlo-cierna-voda/kasarne) [In detail](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne) ### [Javorníky ridge route: Bumbálka - Kasárne - Stratenec](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec) 17,8 km · 5 h 57 min red (E3) A whole day along the border ridge: Bumbálka, the Tripoint, the Partisan memorial, the source of the Kysuca, Kasárne and Stratenec. ### Sections - [The Bumbálka saddle → The Tripoint 0,5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/bumbalka/trojmezi) - [The Tripoint → The Partisan memorial 2 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/trojmezi/partyzan) - [The Partisan memorial → Sedlo pod Lemešnou 5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/partyzan/sedlo-pod-lemesnou) - [Sedlo pod Lemešnou → Kasárne 5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/sedlo-pod-lemesnou/kasarne) - [Kasárne → Veľký Javorník 3 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/kasarne/velky-javornik) - [Veľký Javorník → The Gežov saddle 0,5 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/velky-javornik/sedlo-gezov) - [The Gežov saddle → Stratenec 2 km](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec/sedlo-gezov/ztracenec) [In detail](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/hrebenovka-bumbalka-stratenec) Routes through Makov The village's story ## A village by the border that came out of seven villages joined together 1720–1895 ### The kopanice settlements that became a village At the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries the settlement of Vysoká - Makov began to take shape in the mountains above the Kysuca valley; it is first recorded in **1720**. Settlement went the kopanice way: a family cleared a piece of hillside, built a cottage on it and farmed around it. Scattered settlements grew up in this way. The village as we know it today is the result of an administrative decision: in **1895** Makov was established by joining parts of seven villages. It still consists of four territorial parts - Potok, Čierne, Kopanice and Trojačka - and of scattered mountain settlements such as [the Greguše settlement](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-greguse) with its bell tower. According to the village chronicle the village takes its name from the **makovec** - the name given to the highest summit of the Kysuce territory that the settlers farmed on. A kopanice settlement above Makov. [The Greguše settlement →](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-greguse) The border ### Bumbálka: a line you can cross without stopping The road up the valley leads to the **Bumbálka** saddle - the border crossing that links the village with the Czech side of the Beskids. The crossing as such ceased to exist when Slovakia joined the Schengen area in 2007. The border then follows the main ridge of the Javorníky almost as far as [Veľký Javorník](https://zpusteven.cz/en/velky-javornik) - about half a kilometre short of the summit it turns away from it, so the highest mountain of the range stays wholly on the Slovak side. Long before that the portáši patrolled here - border guards who walked the ridge. Their routes are still called the portáš paths. The [Kasárne](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne) settlement recalls them, as does the page on [the graves of the portáši](https://zpusteven.cz/en/portasske-hroby) on the Czech side. In September 1944 the 1st Czechoslovak Jan Žižka Partisan Brigade fought its way across the border here into Moravia - just under two kilometres from Bumbálka the [Partisan](https://zpusteven.cz/partisan-memorial-makov) memorial still recalls it. The ridge above Makov, where the patrols went. [The Kasárne settlement →](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne) Water ### The river that named the region begins here Above the U Jaši settlement, in the Hričovec nature reserve, [the Kysuca rises](https://zpusteven.cz/en/pramen-kysuce) - the river the whole region is named after. Makov therefore lies on a watershed: a few kilometres away, on the other side of the ridge, [the Bečva](https://zpusteven.cz/en/pramen-becvy) rises and heads the opposite way - into the Morava. The outflow of the Kysuca under its shingled roof. [The source of the Kysuca →](https://zpusteven.cz/en/pramen-kysuce) Visit ## Getting here Makov lies at the head of the Kysuca valley, a few kilometres below the border with Czechia. From the Czech side you come over the Bumbálka saddle, from the Slovak side up the Kysuca valley from Bytča and Žilina. ### How to get here One road runs through Makov up the Kysuca valley - it goes over the Bumbálka saddle to the Czech side and down to Bytča and Žilina. #### By car Over the Bumbálka saddle ##### From the Czech side From Rožnov pod Radhoštěm through Horní Bečva to the **Bumbálka** saddle and on down into Makov. The road carries on up the Kysuca valley to Bytča and Žilina. [Navigate to Makov](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Makov%2C%20Slovensko) ##### From the Slovak side From Žilina and Bytča you drive up the Kysuca to its head - Makov is the last village in the valley. #### By public transport Check the connection ##### By bus Makov and its settlements are served by regional buses; the central stop is **Makov, centrum**. This is a journey to the head of a valley, and across a border as well - so always check your service in a timetable search. [Find a connection (CP.sk)](https://cp.sk/vlakbusmhd/spojenie/) · [SAD Žilina timetables](https://www.sadza.sk/cestovne-poriadky-regionalna-doprava/) #### On foot From Bumbálka to the centre ##### Down from the saddle A waymarked walking route leads from the Bumbálka saddle down to the centre of Makov - so you can come up to the ridge by bus and walk down into the village. ##### Along the ridge The Beskydsko-javornícka magistrála links Makov with the Javorníky ridge; the waymarks also climb from here to [the source of the Kysuca](https://zpusteven.cz/en/pramen-kysuce) and to [Kasárne](https://zpusteven.cz/en/osada-kasarne). The popular stretch from Melocík through the Greguše settlement to Kasárne has a description of its own - [the Melocík - Greguše - Kasárne route](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking/melocik-greguse-kasarne). --- Source: [Makov: what to see and where to walk | zPusteven.cz](https://zpusteven.cz/en/makov) - zPusteven.cz. When citing, please link to the page.