Journeying Through History -Tatr. Kotlina

Discover the history, monuments, and stories of the most famous High Tatra settlements during free two-hour guided walking tours with expert commentary!

The High Tatras Region invites you to explore the history, architecture, and prominent figures of our Tatra settlements. Together with a guide, you will set off on an easy 2-hour walking tour filled with fascinating facts. Selected dates offer a special accompanying program – such as ending the tour at the Museum of Tatra Cinematography and Photography in Starý Smokovec with a short retro film screening, or an archival movie presentation of old Tatra films from the 1950s–1970s inside the historic "Trojča" electric train at Štrbské Pleso (approx. 30 minutes). Admission is free for all tours! (For groups larger than 20 people, please register in advance with the guide at +421 949 202 493 or via email at ivafigova@gmail.com).

Duration: Approx. 2 hours (depending on the scheduled start time of each tour)

August 1
10:30 AM12:30 PM
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Autobusová zatávka Čarda 059 54Tatranská kotlina
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Places Around

Ždiar - typical Goral community

ŽDIAR is a typical Goral community situated between the mountains of the Belianske Tatry and Spišská Magura. It is a tourist centre and the starting point for trips to the mountains Belianske Tatry.

Ždiar - typical Goral community

ŽDIAR is a typical Goral community situated between the mountains of the Belianske Tatry and Spišská Magura. It is a tourist centre and the starting point for trips to the mountains Belianske Tatry.

Manor house Strážky

The local part of Spišská Belá - Strážky in the east of Slovakia today represents a complete compound of cultural and historical monuments. The manor house in Strážky is a gem of the Renaissance architecture in Slovakia.

Kežmarok Castle

Kežmarok Castle

The dominant of the town Kežmarok is the Castle Kežmarský hrad that has entered the history of tourism in the High Tatras as the salient point of the first known tourist trip to this mountain range.

Kežmarok – Church of the Holy Trinity

One of the best preserved Slovak wooden sacral buildings is the articled Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity (Kostol sv. Tojice) in Kežmarok. In 2008, along with seven wooden churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area, it was included on the UNESCO Word Heritage List.

Ostruňa - typical Goral village

OSTURŇA is a typical Goral village in a wide valley of the Osturniansky potok brook. It is probably the longest village extending over the banks of a brook in Slovakia. There are many original Goral buildings preserved in the commune.

Ethnographic natural exposition - open-air museum in Stará Ľubovňa

The Museum of Folk Architecture, which is located at the base of the Castle Ľubovňa in northern Slovakia, represents a separate exposition. It features a set of traditional buildings from the surrounding villages, which, coupled with the Castle, gives rise to unique and highly impressive scenery.

Ľubovňa Castle

Ľubovňa Castle

On a limestone cliff of 711 m over Stará Ľubovňa in the north-east of Spiš stands Ľubovňa Castle. Rulers met here in the past, it is the place where Polish coronation jewels were hidden and where famous adventurer, noble man and King of Madagascar, Móric Beňovský was imprisoned.

Events Around

Concert PETER JUHÁS

We invite you to an atmospheric live concert by a talented Slovak singer-songwriter.

Journeying Through History - Tatr. Matliare

Discover the history, monuments, and stories of the most famous High Tatra settlements during free two-hour guided walking tours with expert commentary!

Night Run Bachledka

Night Run Bachledka/ a unique evening running event in Bachledova dolina