High Tatras

The High Tatras is an area of natural beauty in northern Slovakia, which boasts the smallest high mountain range in the world. Slovakia's most popular tourist region, the High Tatras is a veritable paradise for hikers in the summer season and for winter sports enthusiasts during the ski season.

In 1949, the High Tatras became the first Slovak National Park ( TANAP). The characteristic peaks of the High Tatras, such as Gerlachovský Peak, Kriván, Rysy and Lomnický Peak, were formed by glacier activity almost 2 million years ago.

Visitors to the High Tatras have a wide choice of accommodation and restaurants in the many villages that are dotted throughout the mountain range. It is possible to visit the likes of Strbske Pleso (with it's beautiful mountain lake), Stary Smokovec (the largest settlement in the Tatras) and Tatranska Lomnica (with it's cable car up to Lomnisky Stit - the second highest peak in the mountain range) by travelling on an electric railway.

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