Tatra Mountains aka: Tatry

Absolutely gorgeous, the Tatra Mountains! Because of the crappy weather, we only got to go there for one day. Not nearly enough. But we went to lake Morsie Oko (or something like that) and walked around the lake. Touristy, but really beautiful. Even if you only have a day, it’s worth a visit.

(http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/holidays/tatry/where.html)

The highest mountain in the Tatras is Gierlach (2655 m), and there are dozens of other rising to over 2000 m. The highest peak in the Polish Tatras is Rysy (2499 m).

As regards type of landscape, geological structure and type of rock, the Tatras may be divided into three parts: the Western Tatras (Tatry Zachodnie), the High Tatras (Tatry Wysokie) and the Bielskie Tatras (Tatry Bielskie). The most interesting part and the most frequented by tourist, is the High Tatras. One fifth of the entire Tatras area lies in Poland, Dolina Rybiego Potoku, the most beautiful nook in the High Tatras, and the Dolina Koscieliska, the most lovely valley in the Western Tatras, are both situated in the Polish section of the Tatras.

The whole Polish Tatras area now constitues the Tatra National Park (TPN), whose equivalent on the Slovak side is the Tatransky narodny park (TANAP). They are covered by special regulations govering the behaviour of tourist in order to preserve the original fauna and flora of the Tatras.

I love Tatra mountains. They look incredible.
It’s a good place if you need to relax…