Hotel Poprad

The Tatra Mountains are the natural border between Poland and Slovakia, and there has always been this question whose part is more beautiful. The secret is as follows: they are too different to compare. The Polish part is full of people, noise, activities, shops and festivals. The Slovakian part is quiet, peaceful and almost virgin-like, despite its well-developed infrastructure. It's simply because it's much bigger and ...

Medzi Delavou a Hnilcom je to snad este krajsie. Rieka Hnilec, cyklocesta, luky a jednokolajka. Sem tam okolo nas prebehne jednovagonka. Je naozaj prijemne, mame stastie na pocasie. Dufajme, ze nam to takto vydrzi, dnes malo povodne cely den prsat .

Hnilec ma velmi prekvapil. Cakal som doslova nejaku cigansku dedinu no aj ked tu zjavne ziju, je tu cisto, klud. Atmosferu umocnuje krasne pocasie, je prijemne teplo. Spravili sme si tu malu prestavku a ...

Prvy Hamor, Stredny Hamor, Zadny Hamor - Delava. Krasny usek, ciste a upravene chalupy, zije to tu chaluparmi. Delava je mala osada, par domov. Vidime tabulku potraviny, no miestny nam oznamuje, ze su davno zrusene. Cesta z Nalepkova az sem je asflatova, popri zeleznici. Miestami prechadza do strkovej. Ticho, slnko, este ranny opar. Za Dolnou Delavou je stary cintorin, s celkom peknou atmosferou - ak sa to tak da o cintorine povedat.

... just 10 km away. It has a huge thermal swimming pool with jacuzzi but, nonetheless, it still has the atmosphere of a small hamlet nestled at the foot of the mountains.

So as not to come out too biased, let me describe briefly the biggest drawback of Bukowina Tatrzańska, which is its location. It is situated on the hills, and thus no street is horizontal. If you want to go anywhere, you should ...

... sense to walk round the castle and in so doing, found the main entrance open. Unluckily we unwittingly walked the long way round but at least this meant we could appreciate the full scale of what is apparently one of Europe's largest castles. Great views from the ramparts and surviving tower. Unfortuntely the museum there was closed so the significance of the most of the ruins was lost on us plus we didn't get to see the section on torture instruments which ...

... The drive out to Levoca was very pleasant, passing dry rolling hills which bared an uncanny resemblance to those in the midlands of Tasmania. I had read that Levoca was one of the best preserved medieval towns in the former Czechoslovakia, and as we decided against visiting the popular Bohemian town of Cesky Krumlov, I didn't want to miss it. By the time we arrived the sun was shining, and Ania and I were both impressed as we passed over the crest of a ...

Poprad, the third largest town of the eastern Slovakia (and the tenth Slovak largest town) is approximately situated on the 49° north latitude and the 20° east longitude. The Poprad Town is located in the broad steady, highly situated valley on both sides of the Poprad River. The cadastre has an irregular radial shape, with the area of 63,05 km2. In the northern part of the town, the massif of the High and Belianské Tatras is spreaded, in the eastern part, it is the Levoča ...

Czechoslovakia (bless you) sneezed in 1993 and out popped the Czech Republic and Slovakia. An interesting fact about Slovakia is that it produces more hockey pucks than any other country in the world. We saw ads featuring Miroslav Satan everywhere. We went to Slovakia to trek in the High Tatras Mountains, the highest in Eastern Europe. To get to the High Tatras, we stopped in Poprad, a transportation hub that didn't have much attraction. We stayed ...

... J. I mean, with our own legs, we had climbed from 1500 to 2000 metres by ourselves. After the pass, we had to walk another two hours. Although the view into the valley remained marvellous during a long time, I didn't enjoy it that much. It's like cycling, in the Tour de France, when the cyclists have to climb the Alpe d'Huez, and directly after that the stage leads 100 km through flat terrain: the climax is in the middle. I was very happy to reach the mountain hotel where ...

... a meal. Then, around 21:00, I went to the airport to pick up my travel companions J. and A. Their plane had a delay of almost one hour, but for the rest everything went as scheduled. To celebrate their arrival, we drunk a bottle of Stein beer, a local brand of beer. Slovak beer (pivo) has two great properties: it tastes great and it is ridiculously cheap. If you are planning to have a nonalcoholic holiday, Slovakia is not a good choice. Beer is so cheap ...