Trip # 1 to the oldest cottage in the High Tatras

Probably the most visited and one of the most popular routes in the High Tatras. Of course, we are talking about visiting Rainer’s lodge. The hike can be divided into two parts: route A (Stary Smokovec – Hrebienok) and route B (Hrebienok – Rainer cottage). (more…)

Rainer’s lodge

Rainer’s lodge

Rainerova útulňa | Hotel SLOVAN*** Tatranská Lomnica

It is certainly the oldest and probably also the smallest lodge in the High Tatras. Specifically because of its size and because you cannot spend the night there, it is often called a “refuge”. It saw the light of day in 1863 and the initiator of its creation was the legendary tenant of Stary Smokovec – Johan Georg Rainer.(more…)

Popradske Pleso

POPRADSKE PLESO

It is a tourist quite famous and popular lake located at an altitude of 1 494 m. n. m .. It is the fifth largest lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras (6.88 ha). Is among the more than 80 lakes that are located in the High Tatras. Directly on the route of the highway from the Tatra Strbske Pleso (more…)