Starý Smokovec sits at the foot of Gerlachovský Štít, the tallest mountain in the entire Carpathians. Staying in Starý Smokovec sets you up a day hike away from the huge rock walls of Mt.

The Carpathian Mountains are a horseshoe-shaped range that arcs from central to southeastern Europe. From their western edge in Austria and the Czech Republic, the Carpathians rise clockwise ...