| Summary: | The paper deals with some issues concerning geotourism and the environmental problems of the Hornád river valley(E. Slovakia). The data given below were obtained within the „RECENT“, „Caring after my river Hornád“ projects as well as fromthe Watershed management company (PBaH) databank. The paper gives some basic data on the river valley, and of the maincontaminating agents. Then their significance from the point of view of environmental quality of the studied region and its impacton geotourism is analysed. The impact of water quality on trekking, water sports and fishing are considered, together with the aestheticproblems posed by waste dumping.
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