Popradské pleso and the Symbolic Cemetery

Popradské pleso (1,494–1,510 m a.s.l.) is the Slovak Morskie Oko without the Palenica asphalt. A hotel on the shore, Ostrva’s wall above it, and next to it the Symbolic Cemetery — wooden crosses for people who stayed in the Tatras.

💡 In a nutshell – Popradské pleso:

1. For whom: Families, a first day in Slovakia, a rest day before Rysy.
2. Pushchair: To the hotel yes. To the cemetery no.
3. Start: TEŽ stop “Popradské Pleso”, not Štrbské Pleso. Parking by the platform.
4. Dog: On a lead. HZS is billed.

The tiles count the tarn and the cemetery. They do not count Chata pod Rysmi.

Trail description: Blue to the water, yellow to the crosses

Stage 1: From the station to the tarn

Blue on a wide track through forest. After about 1 h 15 min Popradská poľana, a moment later the lake and the mountain hotel.

Stage 2: The Symbolic Cemetery

Yellow 10–15 min under Ostrva. Blue, red and black crosses. The silence is there so you do not wreck it with a loud picnic.

Stage 3: Return

The same way to the station. The red Magistrala leads from here to Štrbské Pleso or toward Kôprovský štít — those are other cards.

Logistics and warnings

• Parking: At the station, paid, expensive and full in season. The TEŽ from Poprad or Štrbské solves it.
• Ticket: TANAP. Different from TPN.
• Winter: The road to the tarn usually stays open. The cemetery is sometimes closed around New Year. Trails above the hotel — from 1 November.
• Rysy: If the group “pops up to the summit” at 11:00, they will not. Take a separate day and Rysy from Slovakia.

Who is this absolutely NOT for?

Not for someone who wants silence at noon in August — it is one of the easiest goals on the Slovak side, so people are there. Do not push a chair onto the cemetery. Do not confuse this card with a full-day climb of Rysy.