Slowakijke
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As a Western European it's great fun to discover the hiking possibilities of Eastern Europe. Take Slovakia, a beautiful country, which wisely separated itself from the Czech Republic after the desintegration of the Soviet Union. The Slovaks have the highest parts of the Tatras range within their borders, and they much enjoy walking there.
There are different massifs. From north to south: the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) with Slovakia's highest mountain, Gerlach Peak. To climb this 2655m mountain is no easy stroll. (The highest mountain on the other side of the border, 2499m Rysy in Poland, is much easier). Next are the Low Tatras (Nizke Tatry). East of these you will find the Slovak Paradise (Slevensky Raj), a karst massif. To the west of the Tatras are more mountain ranges: Malá Fatra and Velka Fatra. Still further west, leaning on the Czech Republic, are Biele Karpaty and Malé Karpaty, geologically part of the Carpathian Mountains which start in Serbia.
Hiking in Slovakia means to buy maps and set out. Trails are marked by a red, blue, green or yellow strip between two white bars. Signposts give information about the length of walks. The Slovak Tourist Club (Klub Slovensky Turistov) maintains the paths.
The idea of long distance hiking trails has blown in from other parts of Europe. There are three attractive routes. The Pilgrim Trail coinciding with European long distance trail E3 includes the Malá Fatra mountains. The E8, a more interesting option, follows a string of mountain ranges: the Malé Karpaty, the Low Tatras and the Slovak Paradise. The international Mariánska pilgrimage hiking trail largely coincides with the E8. Last but not least there is the Tatranska Magistrala trail, a three day hike across the High Tatras from east to west.
In winter and early spring all mountains are covered in snow. Hiking season starts in the second half of June. In July and August trails and huts in the most popular areas are crammed with hikers.
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Netherlands
2017
- Reisgids Bratislava | Trescher Verlag
- Goede Duitstalige reisgids met veel culturele beschrijvingen. Daarnaast ook aandacht voor praktische zaken als overnachten en rondreizen. Bijzondere duitse uitgever, vaak als eerste een boek over een bepaald gebied of land. Jahrhundertelang wurde Bratislava von Ungarn, Slowaken und Deutschen geprägt. 250 Jahre lang wurden hier die ungarischen... Read more
Netherlands
2018
- Reisgids Eyewitness Travel Czech & Slovak Republics - Tsjechië en Slowakije | Dorling Kindersley
- History & Politics Continent - Europe More Europe International Books Read more
Netherlands
- Why Travel Solo ?
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- Why Travel Solo ?
- <b>WHY TRAVEL SOLO?</b></p><em><b>The twelve ways traveling solo changes your personality and transforms your life</b></em></p>Do you want to have new experiences, meet new friends, gain confidence? Do it safely, comfortably, uniquely? Then this is the book for you.</p><h2>UNLOCK YOUR... Read more
Netherlands
- Walking the Woods and the Water
- In 1933, the eighteen year old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnailed boots to chance and charm his way across Europe, like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar. The books he later wrote about this walk, A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and the Water, and the posthumous The Broken Road are a half-remembered, half-reimagined... Read more
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- The Book Depository, United Kingdom
Belgium
- Walking the Woods and the Water
- In 1933, the eighteen year old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnailed boots to chance and charm his way across Europe, like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar. The books he later wrote about this walk, A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and the Water, and the posthumous The Broken Road are a half-remembered, half-reimagined... Read more
United Kingdom
- Walking the Woods and the Water
- In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn Read more
Netherlands
- Marketa Luskacova
- Czech photographer Marketa Luskacova's work is valued both as document and ethical message. This monograph, comprised of photographs taken from the mid-60s to the present, includes her series Pilgrims and Sumiac, Slovakia, which capture the vanishing world of the rural pilgrim and the mountain people of Slovakia. Later cycles, shot in Great... Read more
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Belgium
- Marketa Luskacova
- Czech photographer Marketa Luskacova's work is valued both as document and ethical message. This monograph, comprised of photographs taken from the mid-60s to the present, includes her series Pilgrims and Sumiac, Slovakia, which capture the vanishing world of the rural pilgrim and the mountain people of Slovakia. Later cycles, shot in Great... Read more
Netherlands
2010
- Lonely Planet Czech & Slovak Republics
- Experience the best of the Czech and Slovak Republics with Lonely Planet. With our 6th edition you'll discover atmospheric castles on green hilltops, marvel at centuries of architectural majesty in Prague, ski down pristine slopes in the Tatras and relax with a glass of crips, golden beer in historic Plzen.Lonely Planet guides are written by... Read more
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Belgium
2010
- Lonely Planet Czech & Slovak Republics
- Experience the best of the Czech and Slovak Republics with Lonely Planet. With our 6th edition you'll discover atmospheric castles on green hilltops, marvel at centuries of architectural majesty in Prague, ski down pristine slopes in the Tatras and relax with a glass of crips, golden beer in historic Plzen.Lonely Planet guides are written by... Read more
Netherlands
- Wegenkaart - landkaart 3323 Adventure Map Slovakia - Slowakije | National Geographic
- Waterproof Tear-Resistant Travel MapSlovakia's snow-capped mountains and lush valleys making up almost a third of its area a great place for adventure whether you are on a solo holiday, travelling with a partner, or with a family group. National Geographic's Slovakia AdventureMap is designed to meet the needs of all adventure travelers... Read more
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- Bol.com, Belgium
Netherlands
- Slovakia
- Waterproof Tear-Resistant Travel MapSlovakia's snow-capped mountains and lush valleys making up almost a third of its area a great place for adventure whether you are on a solo holiday, travelling with a partner, or with a family group. National Geographic's Slovakia AdventureMap is designed to meet the needs of all adventure travelers... Read more
Belgium
- Slovakia
- Waterproof Tear-Resistant Travel MapSlovakia's snow-capped mountains and lush valleys making up almost a third of its area a great place for adventure whether you are on a solo holiday, travelling with a partner, or with a family group. National Geographic's Slovakia AdventureMap is designed to meet the needs of all adventure travelers... Read more
Netherlands
- Buying into English
- English has become the language of choice for global economic, political, and cultural exchange. Many developing countries (and, notably, many former Soviet bloc countries) have little choice but to "buy into English" as a path to ideological and material betterment. As Catherine Prendergast reveals, however, investing in English has not always... Read more
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- Buying into English
- English has become the language of choice for global economic, political, and cultural exchange. Many developing countries (and, notably, many former Soviet bloc countries) have little choice but to "buy into English" as a path to ideological and material betterment. As Catherine Prendergast reveals, however, investing in English has not always... Read more
Netherlands
- Insight Guides Travel Map Poland
- Travel Map Poland is a double-sided, indexed, road map at 1:800 000. It includes detailed city plans of Krakow and Warsaw together with plans of Prague in the Czech Republic and Bratislava in Slovakia, each city has its own separate listing in the attached index. Places of interest including nature reserves, national parks, museums, monuments... Read more
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Belgium
- Insight Guides Travel Map Poland
- Travel Map Poland is a double-sided, indexed, road map at 1:800 000. It includes detailed city plans of Krakow and Warsaw together with plans of Prague in the Czech Republic and Bratislava in Slovakia, each city has its own separate listing in the attached index. Places of interest including nature reserves, national parks, museums, monuments... Read more
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Netherlands
- Wegenkaart - landkaart Tschechische -Slowakische Republik (Tsjechië & Slowakije) | Freytag & Berndt
- Tschechische Republik / Slowakische Republik 1 : 400 000. Autokarte ab 10.9 EURO Citypläne, Entfernungen in km, Ortsregister mit Postleitzahlen Freytag & Berndt Autokarte. Neuauflage, Laufzeit bis 2019 Read more
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- Wegenkaart - landkaart Slowakische Republik - Slowakije | Freytag & Berndt
- Slowakische Republik 1 : 200 000. Autokarte ab 10.9 EURO Touristische Informationen, Ortsregister mit Postleitzahlen Freytag & Berndt Autokarte. Neuauflage,, Laufzeit bis 2019 Read more
Netherlands
- Wegenkaart - landkaart 731 Tsjechië en Slowakije | Michelin
- Un voyage, ça se prépare : c?est pourquoi les cartes National Michelin participent à vos déplacements et vos choix d?itinéraires. Read more
Netherlands
- Wandelkaart 2100 Tatra - Tatry | Kompass
- One of the titles in a series of hiking maps of the Tatra Mountains and the adjoining areas of Slovakia, part of an extensive coverage of hiking areas of Central Europe from Kompass , the largest publishers of walking maps. The maps have shading and graphic relief, with contours at 40m intervals on the 1;50,000 maps and at 20m intervals in the... Read more
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- Tatra, Hohe, Wesltiche, Belaer, Tatry, Vysoké, Západné, Belianske 1:50 000
- Een gedetailleerde kaart van de Hoge Tatra, ideaal voor het uitstippelen van wandel- en fietsroutes en om onderweg te gebruiken; goed leesbare kaart met heel veel topografische details; duidelijke symbolen maken de kaart extra overzichtelijk; wandel- en fietsroutes zijn aangegeven; praktische informatie over de regio; bruikbaar met GPS; nuttige... Read more
Belgium
- Tatra, Hohe, Wesltiche, Belaer, Tatry, Vysoké, Západné, Belianske 1:50 000
- Een gedetailleerde kaart van de Hoge Tatra, ideaal voor het uitstippelen van wandel- en fietsroutes en om onderweg te gebruiken; goed leesbare kaart met heel veel topografische details; duidelijke symbolen maken de kaart extra overzichtelijk; wandel- en fietsroutes zijn aangegeven; praktische informatie over de regio; bruikbaar met GPS; nuttige... Read more
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- Kompass WK2130 Hoge Tatra
- Een gedetailleerde kaart van de Hoge Tatra, ideaal voor het uitstippelen van wandel- en fietsroutes en om onderweg te gebruiken • goed leesbare kaart met heel veel topografische details • duidelijke symbolen maken de kaart extra overzichtelijk • wandel- en fietsroutes zijn aangegeven • praktische informatie over de regio • bruikbaar met GPS •... Read more
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Belgium
- Kompass WK2130 Hoge Tatra
- Een gedetailleerde kaart van de Hoge Tatra, ideaal voor het uitstippelen van wandel- en fietsroutes en om onderweg te gebruiken • goed leesbare kaart met heel veel topografische details • duidelijke symbolen maken de kaart extra overzichtelijk • wandel- en fietsroutes zijn aangegeven • praktische informatie over de regio • bruikbaar met GPS •... Read more