Poprad among Europe’s top budget summer destinations for 2025. Slovakia’s Poprad has earned a surprise spotlight in a new European ranking by Time Out and Skyscanner, placing second on the ...

POPRAD, Slovakia — Slovakia’s High Tatras mountain range sits quietly in the shadow of the Alps yet within a compact 40-by-15-mile range stand two dozen peaks between 7,000 and 8,700 feet.

Slovakia is home of a snow-covered winter wonderland in the Tatras region with Poprad as an urban center. “I won also for my country. It means a lot”. The mayor took Steinmetz on a tour and it ...

Poprad Town Hall has made the tower of the Church of Saint Aegidius accessible to the public. It offers a view to the surroundings, especially the High Tatras. The director of City Information Office ...

To get to the High Tatras, go by train from the main station in Bratislava to Poprad. WHERE TO STAY In Bratislava: Spirit: Vancurova 1; phone: 421 (2) 54 77 78 17; price: $18-$30.

It’s usually the ultra-rich who touch down at 10am to be on the slopes by 11am. But skiing in Slovakia is so affordable that the rest of us can feel part of the jet set too. True, the new, twice ...

Popradské Pleso symbolic cemetery is intended to commemorate those who died in the High Tatras. Tricklandia , Starý Smokovec, ...

The city of Poprad sits at the bottom of the High Tatras mountains Credit: Alamy. 5. Poprad is home to a huge waterpark with slides and a spa Credit: Aquacity.

The High Tatras are Europe's smallest mountain range and an affordable holiday destination all year round. By Laura Zilincanova 17:13, Sun, Feb 23, 2025 | UPDATED: 09:39, Wed, Feb 26, 2025 ...

Slovakia’s Poprad has earned a surprise spotlight in a new European ranking by Time Out and Skyscanner, placing second on the list of most affordable summer holiday destinations for 2025, the ...