Visiting Slovakia: Spis

Well done guidebook to Spis area with color pictures and maps. Contains a lot of informaion about the Spis, which historically consisted of three regions:

"Environs of Stara Lubovna along with Zamagurie form the northern Spis, the basin of the Poprad river represents the central Spis. Popradska kotlina basin in turn is central Spis. The territory drained by the river Hornad and its tributaries constitutes the southern Spis," writes the author - Jan Lacika - in the Landscape and People chapter of the book.

"Nevertheless, the new administrative and territorial division of Slovakia divided the territory of Spis in two provinces. The district of Poprad (except for the villages of Strba and Liptovska Teplicka), Kezmarok, Levoca and Stara Lubovna (except for 21 villages in the east of the district) form the province of Presov. Districts of Spisska Nova Ves, Gelnica, and Kosice - rural area are now part of the province Kosice.

The book is a part of the series called Visiting Slovakia.

The guidebook appears in English, German, Polish and Slovak laguages.

Contents

Situation 5

Natural setting 6

History 11

Northern Spis 18

Stara Lubovna and its environs 18

Spisska Stara Ves and its environs 24

Central Spis 34

Poprad and its environs 34

Kezmarok and its environs 44

South of Spis 56

Levoca and its environs 56

Spisska Nova Ves and its environs 70

Gelnica and its environs 88

The hiking tours 99

The bike tours 120

Skiing 128

Practical information 131

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