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hdv63 Says: From the parking place at the inn "Chata Slana Voda" you can hike in many different directions. It's a good place to start (and to finish with a good glass of beer!).
hdv63 Says: When you visit Oravska Polhora, you can drive to Slana Voda. At the Inn "Chata Slana Voda" is the start of the hiking route to the Babia Hora Mountain
Inn "Chata Slana Voda: Night in Slana Voda
hdv63 Says: Though our cottage was in the middle of nowhere, at 200 m we had a good place to have a drink at night.
hdv63 Says: Every night we went to Inn "Chata Slana Voda". Communicating, having fun and drinking beer & Borovicka with the local people. It was a pleasure to go back there everytime! We drunk Martiner, as a local said: a bad beer but since Heineken took over it 's a good...
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We got to Oravska Polhora by car driving from Sopotnia Wielka towards Oravsky Podzamok and Czech Republic. Main highways were quite well maintained and much less bumpy in Slovakia than in Poland. But secondary roads... depends on where, sometimes like highway 520... better don't ask.
WHERE IS IT?
Oravska Polhora is located in nortwest Slovakia - it's the most northern village of the Slovak Republic. The village is located 3 km (1.9 mi) away from Polish - Slovak border crossing point called Korbielow - Oravska Polhora on highway 945 in Poland and 521 in Slovakia.
DISTANCES:
Krakow, Poland - 134 km (83 mi)
Tychy, Poland - 90 km (56 mi)
Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland - 81 km (50 mi)
Oravsky Podzamok, Slovakia - 42 km (26 mi)
Zilina, Slovakia - 136 km (84.5 mi)
Bratislava, Slovakia - 336 km (209 mi)
Svrcinovec - Mosty u Jablunkova (Slovak-Czech border) - 105 km (65 mi)
Prague, Czech - 578 km (359 mi)
There are Slovak scheduled buses to Oravska Polhora - the last bus stop is just by the border crossing point. The Polish bus company (PKS) last stop is located on Polish side of the border. They go to the border 3 times daily from roundabout in Korbielow. There are no cross-border buses as I know. You must cross the border on foot.
Updated Jan 28, 2004
matcrazy1 Says: Don't miss delicious although cheap Slovak beer, if you drink beer of course. We bought one bottle of Zlaty Bazant (Golden Pheasant) beer because only this brand was cold = stored inside a frige in the grocery. That beer tastes quite good in my opinion although nothing...
Potraviny: Strange Coca-Cola cans
matcrazy1 Says: Kathy bought this strange, small can of Coca-Cola light in the grocery. She never saw such cans. Hehe, I noticed that most cans, bottles etc. in the USA are larger than those ones in Europe, right? Slovak beer if you like beer. White cheese (of cow or/ and goat milk). For...
matcrazy1 Says: There are a lot of small groceries on both sides of the main and the only highway (No 521) of Oravska Polhora. Many more than needed for local customers, I am sure. They were put for visitors from Poland as prices for food and drinks were and mostly still are lower in...
hdv63 Says: Impossible in Western Europe but quiet normal in this region and beautiful to see: a horse as traction on higway 521 in Oravska Polhora, 06-07-2005
matcrazy1 Says: Looking at commercials along highway 521 in Oravska Polhora one can think that the area is bilingual as most of them are in two languages: Slovak (potraviny) and Polish (sklep spozywczy), haha - no English (grocery).But it's not true: natives speak Slovak not Polish but most...
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Local traffic was very light (almost no cars except a few from Poland) on Highway 521 which was less bumpy than in Poland to be honest. But drive carefully: local highways maybe icy even from late September till early May esp. at night/early morning and in forests, snowy often in January and February.
Emergency phones:
Fire - 150
SOS (road service?) - 154
Ambulance - 155
Police - 158
Hmm... write the above numbers down or put into your cell phone memory card not to look for them in real emergency. Btw I think it's a safe country and area for driving visitors.
Updated Jan 19, 2004
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Comfortable walking shoes preferrably water-resistant: like good trainers or better special walking shoes (Danish Ecco are very comfortable and... expensive but worth the cost).
Sun-glasses esp. in winter and summer and always a rain coat.
Read info on climate in Slovakia:
Climate of Slovakia
Check weather (4-day forecast) for Orava region (in Slovak language):
Weather forecast for Orava
Remember that the weather changes very fast in this mountaineous area!
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Toilet paper, soap (small bottle of liquid soap), paper towels or tissue papers. Usually available in public toilets (restrooms) but... not always.
Photo Equipment: For pictures at night and bad light (weather) take a tripod.
Miscellaneous: If you are going to climb the mountains buy good map of the area, detailed with mountain trails marked. There are maps covering whole Slovakia by VKU (Vojensky Kartograficky Ustav) which are numbered (area by area) and the best in my opinion. Available in bookstores in Dolny Kubin and sometimes (rarely) in bigger petrol/gas stations.
Updated Jan 11, 2004
hdv63 Says: Jan Herud, owner of the Slana Voda Inn, gave us a free tour through Oravska Polhora. He showed us his other companies. One of these other companies is a local supermarket with a pub. Of course we had a stop at the pub........
matcrazy1 Says: Nothing much interested, I think. Just look at typical people houses located on both sides of Highway 521. They are made of brick or other brick-like materials, painted and roofed with iron or other sheet. There is no large differences in that matter on both sides of...
matcrazy1 Says: We were a little surprised to see two women speaking Polish walking on foot back to Poland with heavy bags in their hands. They must had done big shoping in Slovakia (smugglers?). Prices for food and drinks (booze!) were a little higher in Poland. It still changes and...
Mineral water against VT-addiction?
matcrazy1 Says: Oravska Polhora is relatively large village of 3,530 inhabitants in 2001. The village is looong for many kilometers with houses and stores located on both sides of the main highway 521.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND1588 - the first written mention on Oravska Polhora when the entry...
matcrazy1 Says: The village is not dirty but not very clean as well I could say. There were a lot of round, metal trash boxes put in front of the houses along the highway 521 - it didn't look pretty to be honest. I think that - like in Poland now - all inhabitants must prove what they do...
matcrazy1 Says: Ten new countries including Poland and the Slovak Republic enter European Union on 1 May 2004. The border will surely remain at the same place but there will be no border checkup in Korbielow - Oravska Polhora. As for me it's great although it's somewhat less romatic to...
What will happen after 30 April 2004?
matcrazy1 Says: Hmm... what will happen to these buildings and people working there when both countries enter European Union on 1 May 2004? Any ideas? I would like to see tourist information offices there. Add exchange money till both countries get euros, gift stores, restaurants etc. Maybe...
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We met two people riding a horse along Highway 521 in Oravska Polhora. As the surrounding Oravske Beskydy mountains look amazing I am sure it must great fan to ride a horse across the area.
Equipment: BYOH - Bring Your Own Horse (like BYOB - bring your own booze/beer :-).
I don't know where to rent a horse there - ask the locals, please.
Updated Dec 4, 2003
Last chance to cross Polish-Slovak border
I, my wife and Kathy (Kodi01) from Dallas, Texas crossed the Polish-Slovak border in Korbielow - Oravska Polhora. Due to enlargement of European Union there will be no border check-up there since 1......
We entered Slovkia on highway 521 and arrived in Oravska Polhora, an almost neverending village along the road. Just before the end of the village we turned left to Slana Voda, a hamlet at the foot of...
We crossed Polands border and I got my first STAMP in the passport book. Oh, What fun as I add more countries to the passport. :o) We stopped at a convenient store to pick up some pop. I got Coca......
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