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Popradske pleso
Popradske pleso is really worth to see, too. As other places in High Tatras it has its special atmosphere. There is also symbolic cemetery for the victims who died in High Tatras such as mountaneers.
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Grand Hotel Praha
I have just booked our family holiday to Slovakia ( 3 teenagers, my husband and me) and we will be staying at the grand Hotel Praha in Lomnica. Although the hotel looks lovely, I haven't been able to find any independent reviews.Has anyone been to this hotel and/or the town? Any information, like what to do, where to eat, what not to do etc. will be greatly appreciated. Also, we are flying to Krakaw. Does anyone have any tips on routes?
RE: Grand Hotel Praha
well, first to the route: the simplest way seems to be to rent a car. Altough Krakow is geographically close to Tatras, traffic between these locations is not twice easy. You can:
1) take night Cracovia express (Krakow-Kosice-Budapest) leaving Krakow at 22.30, get off in Plavec (at 3am or so), then take regional train to Poprad (or Studeny Potok) and then another one to Lomnica
2) take bus Krakow-Zakopane/Nowy Targ and then another one to Poprad that stops in Tatr. Lomnica too; but runs on Thu and Sat only (leaves zakopane at 13.45 or so)
3) during summer holiday there's direct morning weekend (Fri-Sun) bus Krakow-Lipt. Mikulas from where there're direct buses to Lomnica
RE: RE: Grand Hotel Praha
Another transport possibilty is to get to Zakopane (by bus or train, but trains are very slow), then get one of the many buses or minibuses running towards Morskie Oko, get off at the border post of Lysa Polana, walk across the border, and get a bus from the border post to Tatranska Lomnica. Check bus schedules from Lysa Polana to T.L. at www.cp.sk, making sure to input the exact date as weekend schedules can be very different.
I know this works because just today I did the reverse trip, Tatranska Lomnica to Krakow. But my direction is easier, because there are a lot more buses on the Polish side of the border.
If that sounds too complicated you are left with the methods described in the previous answer.
I didn't stay at the Grand Praha, it does look nice from outside. The attraction is very much the mountains themselves, the various Slovakian Tatras resorts don't have a lot to them (they are much smaller than Zakopane). For example, there are not many restaurants outside the hotels. Luckily the spectactular scenery is there to be enjoyed - if the weather is good. There are also some good daytrips, e.g. the town of Levoca and the castle of Spissky Hrad.
In case you didn't know, the area around these resorts sustained a lot of damage in a storm last winter and unfortunately a lot of the forests were turned into wasteland. You may see helicopters carrying away some of the fallen trees. However higher up in the mountains is fine.
RE: Grand Hotel Praha
Hello,
Forget about trian- too slow on theese routes.The best is to go by bus, or rent a car.If you need any more specific info concernig Krakow or mountiains. Let me know.
Maciek
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High Tatras - Lunch at Zamkovskeho Chata
We arrived at Zamkovskeho Chaty 1.15 which meant it had taken us 3.5 hrs including breaks to get here from Lomninca. It was fairly tough going especially on the rocky red trail and the overall ascent had been about 600 metres.
This was the nicest chaty we had seen so far. As it was lunchtime many hikers were stopping here for a bite to eat. The chaty served food but we had our picnic lunch so we sat on one of the benches outside it. Our Emmental cheese was tasteless but the yoghurts, crisps and chocolate were delicious. I took only 6 units of insulin this time as I knew it would be absorbed quickly on the hike later on.
After lunch we looked inside the chaty. It was very cosy and the smell of goulash was enticing, much nicer than our cheese and tomato sandwiches. There were plenty of people drinking beer, both inside and on the terrace. From the front of the chaty there was a lovely view of the mountains in the distance. Our guidebook said that this chaty was a convenient place to start a climb into the Tatras but for us it was a finishing point.
We had a couple of options at this stage. We could continue up the red trail to Skalnate Pleso, and if the weather was fine, take the cable car to Lomnicky Slit. Or we could walk back down to Hreboniek and then either down to Smokovec or west to Slievsky Dom on the red trail and then descend. As we had been to Skalnate Pleso the afternoon before we decided to walk back down.
High Tatras - Chaty to Stary Smokovec
It was more difficult to walk down the rocky red path from the chaty than to climb up it and we nearly slipped a couple of times. On our way we passed some guys carrying supplies to the chaty. This must be a very demanding job. They must have to take the funicular to Hrebeinok, then walk uphill for an hour to the chaty. One guy we passed was carrying a keg of beer on his back, while another had soft drinks, food and other supplies.
After meeting the green trail again, the scenery was less impressive though we did have the occasional view of Lomnica or Smokovec in the distance. We got to Hrebienok at about 4pm and as we were both quite tired we decided to head down to Stary Smokovec rather than continue on the red path.
A group of kids were planning to go down on scooters. This looked fun and I wish we had done it. Instead we walked down through the woods alongside the funicular, a trip which took about 40 minutes. It's interesting how the funicular works. Both cars are tied to a steel line which ties around a wheel at the top. As one car descends with the line the other gets dragged up. After arriving in Smokovec we went straight to the station and bought tickets for the electric train to Lominca. We could maybe have walked this journey (6km) but we had been hiking all day so we took the easy option.
So that was the end of our Tatra adventures, after 4 days hiking on both Slovakia and Polish sides. We hadn't climbed Rysy or seen the lake at Morskie Oro or made it to the top of any of the Slovakian peaks. But we had been on some great hikes, we had done a fair amount of climbing and every day we had worked very hard - and had the blisters to prove it!
Panorama I
That's how western part of Tatry looks in the morning. Although the weather wasn't on our side most of the day we still had nice day of hiking. The picture was taken on the 2st day of our lodging and it was our preperative tour.
Lomnicky stit
The second highest peak of Slovak High Tatras and u can reach it by cab from Tatranska Lomnica with a stop in Skalnate pleso. Be careful when going there, tickets are pretty expensive and all depends on weather :) If u really will go try to buy tickets till 11 am :)
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