Michalovce is the most important administrative center of lower Zemplín area. The park at the local manor house hides pre-Romanesque rotunda foundations. The remains of the castle from the water 13 century were incorporated into baroque-classicist manor house. Zemplínske Museum resides here at the present. Near Michalovce is located one of the main centers of vacation in Slovakia - Zemplínska Šírava reservoir.