JOURNEY THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE HIGH TATRAS REGION – TATRANSKÁ JAVORINA – SPECIAL

Discover the history, monuments, and interesting facts about the most famous Tatra settlements during a cultural – tourist tour in JULY with a professional tourist guide lasting approximately 2 hours. ENTRY TO THE JOURNEY IS FREE.

What you can learn:

Each Tatra settlement is unique, and you will find something in each that isn't in the other. For example, from Tatranská Kotliny you will reach the only accessible cave in the Tatras, the Belianska Cave. In addition, you will also find an old quarry that today serves as a climbing wall, the peak of Pálenica, where lime used to be burnt. Thanks to the re-discovery of Belianska Cave, another settlement emerged, Tatranské Matliare. Today, the once inconspicuous part of the town of Vysoké Tatry hosted famous personalities like Franz Kafka, Fraňo Kráľ, Emil Zátopek, and Ludvík Svoboda. There was also a military garrison that took care of border security and helped to build, for example, Votrubova Chata. Jiří Wolker was treated in Tatranská Polianka, and you can still enjoy a pleasant environment at Wolker's ponds today. This settlement is key if you want to go to the highest peak in Slovakia – Gerlach. Dr. Michal Guhr, the founder of the sanatorium you can still visit today, was not only a great doctor but also a promoter of winter sports in former Hungary. Few know that thanks to him, Polianka was the first settlement with ski jumps.

Which settlement is the oldest, where Maša Haľamová lived, when was Ľudovít Štúr first at Kriváň, where were the Ice Hockey World Championships, why do Smokovce have the sun in their coat of arms, how did the name Smokovec come about, where was the first swimming pool built in the Tatras, where all mineral springs emerge in the Tatras, which mountain lodge is the oldest, where is Mrs. Čenková's cottage, and many other interesting facts about Tatra settlements that you may not even have known.

WHEN AND WHERE DO WE MEET?

HISTORY OF TATRANSKÁ LOMNICA

Meeting time and place: 10:30 AM I train station main entrance

Date: 04.07.2026

HISTORY OF LOWER AND UPPER SMOKOVEC

Meeting time and place: 10:10 AM I wooden church in Lower Smokovec

Date: 05.07.2026

HISTORY OF NOVÁ POLIANKA, TATRANSKÉ ZRUBY – SPECIAL

Meeting time and place: 10:00 AM I train station Nová Polianka

The journey will start in the settlement of Nová Polianka, then we will transfer by tram (or private car) to Tatranské Zruby, where the tour will continue.

Date: 11.07.2026

HISTORY OF VYŠNÉ HÁGY

Meeting time and place: 10:30 AM I train station

Date: 18.07.2026

HISTORY OF TATRANSKÁ JAVORINA – SPECIAL

Meeting time and place: 11:00 AM I bus stop Javorová dolina

Date: 19.07.2026

HISTORY OF NOVÝ SMOKOVEC

Meeting time and place: 10:10 AM I White Evangelical Church

The tour begins inside the church with an introductory speech by the local priest Mr. Pavol Kušnír. We will then also visit the family tomb of the Szontagh family and the journey will conclude with a tour of the settlement's exterior.

Date: 25.07.2026

HISTORY OF ŠTRBSKÉ PLESO

Meeting time and place: 10:00 AM I train station at Štrbské Pleso – staircase by the platforms

Date: 26.07.2026

In case of interest from larger groups – over 20 people, please notify the number of participants to the guide at +421 949 202 493 or at ivafigova@gmail.com.

"Implemented with financial support from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Slovak Republic"