A hike in Belianske Tatry resembles a walk on Mars

Belianske Tatry was closed in 1978, but not completely.

Tourists walk to a mountain hut by the Green Mountain Lake (Zelené pleso) in Belianske Tatry.Tourists walk to a mountain hut by the Green Mountain Lake (Zelené pleso) in Belianske Tatry. (Source: TASR)

Is the Belianske Tatry mountain range closed for tourists because a spaceship landed there?

The mountain range, located in the eastern part of the High Tatras, is dotted with valleys, but only one is open to hikers.

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Sergei of Russia and Ingeborg of Norway, both living in Košice, set out on a trip to the Belianske Tatry in October 2019. Listen to their adventures, which started on a bus from the settlement of Tatranská Lomnica to the nearby village of Ždiar, and ended up at Skalnaté pleso (Rocky Mountain Lake).

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