First discoverers of High Tatras were shepherds, poachers or treasure hunters. From the 18th century, but mainly in the 19th century, also lovers of nature, tourism and mountaineering began to discover High Tatras. The area of Cold valleys on the south part of High Tatras was the first where human dared to build first permanent dwellings. Štefan Csáky had the first hunting lodge built near Slavkov acidic waters in 1793, it was soon joined by other buildings. That year is generally accepted as the foundation year of the first Tatra settlement, Starý Smokovec of today. Smokovec was the starting point not...