The article is devoted to the evaluation of the landscape potential for recreation and tourism. Natural conditions influencing the development of recreation and tourism were generally analyzed, and then, this knowledge was applied to a specific territory – Microregion Minčol in Slovakia. The methodology of work is based on the selection of criteria needed to assess the landscape potential for recreation and tourism. Area of microregion was then divided using a square grid. In each square, individual criteria point values were counted. On this basis, the area of microregion was divided into five degrees of suitability for recreation and tourism.

Keywords: the landscape potential for recreation and tourism, natural condition, landscape evaluation, landscape potential, microregion Minčol