Road of Liberty cycling route (Vysoké Tatry)

Location: Žilinský kraj, okres Liptovský Mikuláš, Liptovský Hrádok

GPS: N49°2'16'' E19°43'14''

Liptovský Hrádok - Podbanské - crossroads next to Štrbské Pleso - Starý Smokovec - crossroads next to Kežmarské Žľaby - Kežmarok (68 km)

Situation: Vysoké Tatry
Region: Tatras

Starting point: Liptovský Hrádok, bus station, railway station, parking lot, district Liptovský Mikuláš.
Finishing point: Kežmarok, bus station, bus station, railway station, parking lot, district Kežmarok.

Route: Liptovský Hrádok - Podbanské (18 km) - crossroads next to Štrbské Pleso (15,5 km) - Starý Smokovec (14 km) - crossroads next to Kežmarské Žľaby (9,5 km) - Kežmarok (11 km)
Map: Tatry - Spiš - Zamagurie, 1:100 000 (sheet 3), VKÚ a. s., Harmanec.

Description of the route: The route communicates two important tourist resorts in hinterlands of the Vysoké Tatry Mts. - Liptovský Hrádok and Kežmarok. It partially runs through the basins Liptovská and Popradská and partially along the foothills of the Tatras following the main tourist road Cesta slobody (The Road of Liberty). It contains one abrupt ascent and it is passable by road bicycles.  
It connects all holiday centres of the Tatras situated below its peaks. The most interesting are the mountain centres Štrbské pleso (the highest situated commune in Slovakia), Starý Smokovec (administrative centre of the mountain range) and Tatranská Lomnica (the starting point for trips in the easternmost part of the High Tatras)

Source: Vydavateľstvo Dajama