TRAVELING THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE VYSOKÉ TATRY REGION – TATRANSKÁ POLIANKA

Discover the history, monuments, and attractions of the most famous Tatra settlements during a cultural – tourist tour in JUNE with a professional tour guide, which lasts approximately 2 hours. ENTRY TO THE TOUR IS FREE.

What you can learn:

Each Tatra settlement is unique, and in each, you will find something that is not in the others. For example, from Tatranská Kotliny, you can reach the only accessible cave in the Tatras, the Belianska Cave. Additionally, you will find a former quarry here, which today serves as a climbing wall, the peak Pálenica, where lime was once burned. Thanks to the rediscovery of the Belianska Cave, another settlement was created, Tatranské Matliare. Today, this inconspicuous part of the town of Vysoké Tatry once hosted famous personalities such as Franz Kafka, Fraňo Kráľ, Emil Zátopek, and Ludvík Svoboda. There was also a military garrison here that took care of border security and helped build, for example, the Votrubova hut. Jiří Wolker was treated in Tatranská Polianka, and you can still enjoy the pleasant surroundings of Wolker's lakes today. This settlement is key if you want to go to the highest peak of Slovakia – Gerlach. Dr. Michal Guhr, the founder of the sanatorium that you can visit today, was not only a great doctor but also a promoter of winter sports in former Hungary. Few people know that thanks to him, Polianka was the first settlement with ski jumps.

Which settlement is the oldest, where did Maša Haľamová live, when was Ľudovít Štúr first on Kriváň, where were the World Championships in ice hockey, why do Smokovce have the sun in their coat of arms, how did the name Smokovec come about, where was the first pool built in the Tatras, where do mineral springs bubble up throughout the Tatras, which mountain hut is the oldest, where is Mrs. Čenková's cottage located, and many other interesting facts about Tatra settlements that you may not have known.

WHEN AND WHERE DO WE MEET?

FOR THE HISTORY OF TATRANSKÁ KOTLINA

Meeting time and place: 10:30 AM I bus stop Čarda

Date: 06.06.2026

FOR THE HISTORY OF TATRANSKÁ LOMNICA

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

Date: 07.06.2026

FOR THE HISTORY OF TATRANSKÉ MATLIARY

Meeting time and place: 10:30 AM I bus stop by Cesta Slobody

Date: 13.06.2026

FOR THE HISTORY OF OLD SMOKOVEC

Meeting time and place: 10:10 AM I Tatra information office

Ending at the Museum of Tatra Cinematography and Photography with a short retro film about the Tatras.

Date: 14.06.2026

FOR THE HISTORY OF TATRANSKÁ POLIANKA

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

Date: 27.06.2026

FOR THE HISTORY OF ŠTRBSKÉ PLESO

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

Date: 28.06.2026

In case of interest from larger groups – over 20 persons, please inform the guide of the number of persons at phone number +421 949 202 493 or at ivafigova@gmail.com.

“Implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Slovak Republic”