Starý Smokovec

Coordinates: 49°08.5′N 20°13.5′E / 49.1417°N 20.2250°E / 49.1417; 20.2250

The central district of Starý Smokovec

Starý Smokovec (Hungarian: Ótátrafüred; German: Altschmecks; Polish: Stary Smokowiec) is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras. Its name is pronounced approximately "Star-EE Smoke-oh-vets", meaning "Old Smokovec".

Starý Smokovec is a popular resort for skiing and hiking. It also forms the junction of the Tatra Electric Railway train line, connecting Poprad, Tatranská Lomnica and Štrbské Pleso.

Amongst the more important buildings in the district are the sanatorium and the Grand Hotel (established in 1904). It is connected by the Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular to the small ski resort of Hrebienok at 1285 m.

Gallery

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  A view of the Tatra mountains from the northwest of the town. The large peak to the right is Slavkovský štít
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  A watercolor painting of the town in 1890.
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  A church in Starý Smokovec
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  View over the town from an old book (year unknown)

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Starý Smokovec.

• http://www.tanap.sk/starysmokovec.html
• http://www.vysoketatry.com/obce/ssmokovec/en.html
  • http://www.vysoketatry.com/mapy/ssmokovecd/ssmokovecd.html - map of the town.
• http://www.vysoketatry.org/skiing/hrebienok.html - skiing information.

Municipalities of Poprad District
Poprad Svit Vysoké Tatry Batizovce Gánovce Gerlachov Hozelec Hôrka Hranovnica Jánovce Kravany Liptovská Teplička Lučivná Mengusovce Mlynica Nová Lesná Spišská Teplica Spišské Bystré Spišský Štiavnik Štôla Štrba Šuňava Švábovce Tatranská Javorina Veľký Slavkov Vernár Vikartovce Vydrník Ždiar