Novy Smokovec -originally created as a curative
settlement, the first where patients could be treated
through the entire year, it became the most luxurious
spa of its period. Gradually tourist services were added
with a skiing centre for less demanding skiers. Sporting
facilities for both summer and winter sports can be
found here, and there is also housing for permanent
residents. The settlement is also a starting place for
hiking tours into the valleys, and is adjacent to Stary
Smokovec, with which it shares its architectural style.
The Prešov Region - is one of the eight Slovak
administrative regions. It consists of 13 districts. It
is located in north-eastern Slovakia and has an area of
8,975 km². The region has diverse types of landscapes
occurring in Slovakia, but mostly highlands and hilly
lands dominate the area. The Tatras are located in the
north-west, along with its subdivisions, High Tatras and
Belianske Tatras, including the highest point of
Slovakia - Gerlachovský štít (2,654 ASL). A small part
of the Low Tatras reaches into the region. Basins in the
western part are Podtatranská kotlina and Hornadská
kotlina, and other ranges include Pieniny and Levoča
Hills. The central part is composed of the Šarišská
vrchovina, Čergov, Ondavská vrchovina, Slanské vrchy and
others and the Košice Basin around Prešov. The eastern
part is composed of the upper reaches of the Eastern
Slovak Lowland, highland Laborecká vrchovina and
mountain ranges of Bukovské vrchy and the Vihorlat
Mountains. Major rivers in the region include the Poprad
in the west, which is the only major Slovak river in the
Baltic Sea watershed, a small part of Hornád in the
south-west, a small part of Dunajec in the north, the
Torysa in the centre and the Ondava and Laborec in the
east. As for administrative divisions, the region
borders on the Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian
voivodeships in Poland in the north, Zakarpattia Oblast
of Ukraine in the east, Košice Region in the south,
Banská Bystrica Region in the south-west and Žilina
Region in the west. |