Airport : Poprad, Slovakia             District map

 

airlines

Sky Europe from Stansted

website

http://www.airport-poprad.sk/english.html

walks

In the High Tatras : Rysy, Tatra Traverse

local connections

 

 

Airport is 5km out of town.

From Poprad station, the narrow gauge Tatra Electric Railway serves the villages along the fringe of the mountains where the tourist hotels and hostels are, such as: Stary Smokovec, Novy Smokovec, Tatranska Lesna, Tatranska Lomnica.  Train times

city information

 

 

Poprad itself is an ugly concrete city, but the nearby High Tatras provide wonderful scope for exploration and attractive villages with ample accommodation. 

An essential guidebook is The High Tatras, Colin Saunders and Renata Narozna (Cicerone Press).

Useful links in English:

http://www.vysoketatry.com/en.html

www.tatry.org

http://www.tatry.sk/index.php

www.tanap.sk

http://www.tatry.net/

Slovak-English dictionary

 In the High Tatras

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