Hornád gorge and Kláštorisko / Slovak Paradise National Park

This time we hiked from Hrabušice, where we stayed for a week in one of numerous private guesthouses. The real starting point for hikes to Slovak Paradise is Podlesok. Here you can pay the entrance to the reservation and buy souvenirs, maps, etc. A narrow trail runs through the Hornad gorge often crosses the steep slopes or cliffs, or is led on metallic steps embedded in the rock where a mountain river passes beneath you. At the rope bridge we turned to Kláštorská gorge. We climb a few waterfalls (Strakův, Duhový, Mechový) before we arrive at the meadow at Kláštorisko. Right you pass the ruins of Carthusian monastery. The monastery existed here from 14th to 16th century. Since 1926, above the meadow, there is a mountain cottage where all marked paths of this part of the Slovak Paradise intersect. In the Kysel valley we admire further waterfalls on much stronger mountain stream ( Mechový  Waterfall). From the crossroads above the Suchá Belá gorge, we return to Podlesok.

OD dálnice D1 (Bratislava-Košice), mezinárodní silnice E50 je Podlesok vzdálen asi 13 minut jízdy autem.  (sjezd Spišský Štvrtok)