Štrbské Pleso

A tourist and sanatory settlement with the highest elevation in the High Tatras. It is situated around the mountain-lake. Originally, the first cottage was built there in 1872. This cottage (owned by Jozef Szentivány) was a founding point for the tourist centre Štrbské Mountain-lake. Ungarian-Carpatian association gave an impulse for building up a tourist hostel. Other hotels, restaurants, several small villas and a bath house followed shortly after. The settlement was officially recognised for „healing spas". Mountain railway from Tatranská Štrba up to Štrbské Pleso was built in 1876. Later Štrbské Pleso was connected with Starý Smokovec. After the World War II hotels were used as asthma sanatoria. In 1970 when Winter Ski Championship took place here new modern accommodation and boarding facilities were built up. At the same time, new electric railways (the railway from Tatranská Štrba), communication services, stores and ski-lifts in Mlynická Dolina were built.