The SlovakTatra Mountains (Slovak Tatry) is the southern and larger part of the total cross-border mountain range.
Note: The content of this article focuses on the southern (Slovak) part of the Tatra Mountains. For more detailed information on the Polish part of the Tatra Mountains, see Tatra Mountains (Poland).
Regions
The Slovak Tatras are made up of four different mountain ranges, the High Tatras, the Western Tatras, the Biesker Tatras and the Low Tatras. The High Tatras are mostly used as a synonym for the Tatras in German, which is at least imprecise, as the High Tatras only make up about a fifth of the Tatras. The Tatra Mountains are geologically very different. While the High Tatras consists of granite and is mainly based on the Polish side characterized by a multitude of very deep mountain lakes, e.g. the West Tatras are made of limestone and have many caves. There are, for example, over 300 in the Dolina Chocholowska alone.
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Other goals
background
language
The official language is Slovak, a Slavic language closely related to Czech. German is sometimes spoken in the tourist centers of the region. Outside of these centers, younger people often understand English; otherwise, knowledge of Czech or Russian is an advantage.
getting there
The area is well developed for tourism.
To Poprad, the most important valley town on the Slovak side, runs the E50 expressway and a main railway line. Poprad-Tatry Airport is located 4 km from Poprad and about 12 km from the High Tatras and is served by charter flights from time to time. Poprad is located southeast of the High and Bielsk Tatras and northeast of the Low Tatras.
mobility
Of Poprad A narrow-gauge railway leads to Stary Smokovec, Tatranska Lomnica, Srebskie Pleso. A cable car leads from Tatranska Lomnica to Lomnický Štít. There is also a dense network of buses that regularly go to all the villages at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. For example, there is timetable information here.
Tourist Attractions
activities
There are both ski areas and a network of hiking trails and mountain huts.
