A plan for a route with a daily programme.

The highest mountain in Slovakia corrugated during the Alpine movement consists of three parts: The west Tatras, the High Tatras and Belianske Tatry. The main comb has got an arc shape. The highest peaks ( the highest of them - Gerlachovský štít 2,655m ) are in the south. The glacial lakes make the colourful contrast with sharp, rough and tumble marks of the mountain massif. The largest and the deepest one is Veľké Hincovo Pleso at the end of the Mengusovská dolina valley at the height 1946. Different geologic limestone basement of Belianske Tatry conditioned absolutely different surface of the mountain. The mountain has kept well developed karst phenomena, the most famous is the Belianska Jaskyňa cave ( in the northern part of Kobylí Vrch) - accessible the whole year through. At the end of 19-th century hunting and tourist settlements came into being, especially on the southern slopes of the Tatras which were later changed into medical baths, many of them still work.

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Západné Tatry • Habovka ( A village mentioned for the first time in 1593. Because of the infertile land inhabitants produced broad cloth and shingle. ) • Zuberec ( An important tourist centre, a starting point for the trips to Roháče, one part of the West Tatras. The original wooden houses are still preserved here. There is the Museum of Orava's village approximately 4km far from the town/ village, with the typical Orava's objects characteristic for life of peasants, shepherds, craftsmen and esquires. ) • Huty ( The town developed at the beginning of the 16-th century when Gorals from the upper part of Orava settled around a glass works here. The town has still got a "kopaničiarsky" character - a scattered hill settlement. ) • Liptovské Matiašovce • Liptovská Sielnica ( An archeologic open air museum with the Kelt's buildings from the 1-st century B.C came into being in the nearby village Havránok. The written proof of it is from 1256. Its inhabitants used to grow hop ( there was a brewery ), onion and peas. Till the 20-th century tannery, die industry and broadcloth production and tick home-making were developed. ) • Liptovský Trnovec ( An old, once a very important Liptov's town above the north-eastern bank of Liptovská Mara. ) • Liptovská Mara ( A reservoir has got its name after a village under which a barrier wall was built. The reservoir started to be built in 1970 and was finished in 1975. ) • Liptovský Mikuláš ( On 18-th March 1713 a national hero - Juraj Jánošík was executed here. From 1677 it has been the centre of Liptovský region. From the beginning of the 19-th century it has been the centre of the national and cultural movement. On 18-th March 1848 The Requests of the Slovak Nation were announced here. ) • Liptovský Hrádok ( In the 14-th century a water castle was built here, in the 17-th century a Renaissance manor house was attached to it. From 1764 rakes for catching floating wood were working and Liptovský Hrádok became an initial point of launching rafts on the Váh river. ) • TANAP ( The Tatra's National Park was announced in 1948, it became valid from 1-st January 1949. TANAP lies on the area of 74 111 ha, the prohibited territory 36,574 ha. ) • Pribylina ( A big village under the joining of the two rivers - Račkov potok and Belá. Its inhabitants used to breed sheep, cattle, they made fur coats, wooden ware, shoes and they were able to burn lime well. In the 19-th century they were well known masons. There is a museum of folk architecture near a hotel Esperanto with the objects found in the flooded area of Liptovská Mara. ) • Podbanské ( A tourist and recreation centre on the border between the West and the High Tatras near the Belá mountain river. ) • Štrbské Pleso ( A tourist centre with the highest above sea level height named the same as the lake - Štrbské pleso. ) • Vyšné Hágy ( An important sanatory village. ) • Tatranská Polianka ( A sanatory village again which was set up by three peasant families from Veľký Slavkov. ) • Starý Smokovec ( From 1-st January 1999 called the High Tatras. The most imprtant tourist town, it started with a forester's cottage and hunters' cottage built in 1793. In 1797 it got the character of a summer resort. ) • Poprad ( The first written proof of this town is from 1250 and in 1300 it was mentioned as Stráže pod Tatrami. In 1845 the manufactures for producing nails, horse-shoes and curry combs were set up here. Then Taramat, a producer of washing machines was set up, now it is a company Whirpool. After 1871 building of the Košice - Bohumín route and the joining of the railways with the tourist centres of Vysoké Tatry brought the improvement of the economic situation. From 1923 Poprad has been a district town. It has got the highest airport above sea level in Europe! ) • Veľká Lomnica ( A big agricultural town which was settled in the Neolithic already. German colonists came here in the middle of the 13-th century. ) • Huncovce ( A typical agricultural village in the region Horný Spiš. It was mentioned in 1257 as a villa Supch. The original inhabitants were dog breeders in the king's hunting ground. ) • Kežmarok ( The first written proof of this town is from 1251. Three settlements existed here on an important trade route and a border's line area, the oldest of them was a Slavonic settlement of fishermen. In 1380 it became a free royal town. In 1889 it was connected by rail to Poprad. ) • Belianske Tatry • Mlynčeky • Tatranská Lomnica ( An important tourist town, the starting point for the tours to the central and eastern part of the High Tatras. Many modern small hotels were built between the two world wars. The main attraction of this town is a cableway to the Lomnický štít peak. Nowadays the Tatra's National Park has got its seat here in Tatranská Lomnica. ) • Ždiar ( A big, about 5 km long village in the northern part of the Tatras, scattered in the valley of Ždiar and on the southern hills of Spišská Magura. ) • Javorina ( A small village in the middle of the Rogová forest under the Belianske Tatry mountains. )

 

 

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