An autumn stay in a cottage in Terchová: hiking, nature and evenings by the fire

In autumn you spend more time indoors in the mountains than in summer. The days are shorter, the evenings longer, and after a hike everyone is glad to warm up. That is why, on an autumn trip, where you stay matters more than how many kilometres you walk.

A house for the whole group

Chata Ranto has 170 m², three bedrooms, a separate apartment and three bathrooms. In total there are 14 beds and two sofa beds, room for 16 people. The house is rented as a whole, so you will not meet other guests and the shared spaces are yours alone. A smaller group of up to four can take the apartment on its own, with its own entrance.

The fireplace and long evenings

The heart of the house is the living room with its stone fireplace. Firewood is included, so you can light it every evening without counting logs. Next to the fireplace is a dining table that seats the whole group, and beyond it sofas with a TV. In autumn this is where the next day gets planned.

Three kitchens for cooking together

Two kitchens are in the house and the third is outside under the pavilion by the grill. In autumn most cooking happens indoors, but on a dry day it is worth lighting the grill even in October. With sixteen people, the difference between one kitchen and three is very noticeable.

Covered terraces and the garden

The house comes with about a thousand square metres of fenced grounds and roughly a hundred square metres of covered terraces. The covered upstairs terrace has table tennis and table football, and the garden a trampoline and a volleyball court. Wet jackets and boots have somewhere to go after a hike, instead of ending up in the bedrooms.

Hikes minutes away by car

Nižné Kamence is the lower end of Terchová, two kilometres from the village centre. The car park for Jánošíkove diery in Biely Potok is ten minutes by car, and Štefanová and the cable car at Chata Vrátna are under twenty. The cycle path to Žilina starts right behind the fence and bicycles are free for guests. We have listed the routes worth doing in autumn in our autumn hikes, and what to do when it rains in What to do in Terchová when it rains.

What an autumn stay costs

The price is for the whole property per night, not per person, and falls with the length of your stay:

• the house without the apartment (10 beds and 2 sofa beds): €235 per night for 2 to 5 nights, €205 for 6 to 9 nights, €185 from 10 nights,
• the whole house with the apartment (16 beds): €315, €285 or €265 per night,
• the apartment on its own (4 beds): €109, €89 or €79 per night.

The price includes firewood, water and sewage, bed linen, towels, Wi-Fi and parking. Electricity is charged separately by actual consumption. The minimum stay is two nights.

How to book

Send us your dates and group size through the form on the website or call +421 948 503 736. We usually confirm availability the same day. For October weekends it is worth getting in touch early.