The Midsummer Night in the Tatras is truly magical

The mountain resort of Tatranská Lomnica has prepared 3 thematic Dinners Under the Stars. Visitors of Skalnaté Pleso can enjoy a unique programme related to the Midsummer Night (24/6), Bear´s Night (6/8) and The Night of Chefs (20/8).The first gourmets can enjoy the magic of the Midsummer Night this Friday.
St. John´s celebrations are of pagan origin. At summer solstice, people used to make fires on high hills to be protected from evil powers, to honour the Sun and bring the rain that was supposed to help the harvest grow. Rituals, habits and myths were part of the summer solstice traditions and the celebration of four elements – fire, water, earth and air. Fires made on the top of hills above villages were told to have a magical-cleansing power. In the past, every solstice was considered to be the beginning of a new era which was ideal to regenerate the powers of nature and people as well. In pre-Christian times, people believed that herbs found on St. John´s day have healing powers and if picked before sunrise they can even give away what specifically they can heal. “It is the magic of herbs at the first Tatra Dinner of Emotions that will be introduced with teas made of Midsummer´s herbs and liqueurs with extracts of mountain herbs. We hope that the weather will be on our side and a good visibility will guarantee a beautiful view of the lit up basin of Podtatranská kotlina“, said Lukáš Brodanský, the brand manager of the mountain resort Vysoké Tatry.
The Dinners Under the Stars can be booked online on www.gopass.sk, personally, by email or over the phone in the information centre in Tatranská Lomnica. For more details about the menu and the programme, please click HERE. Local Tatra people opened the tourist trails last weekend and plan to attract people with the hits of the summer such as a violin concert in Skalnaté Pleso, the Venetian Night in Štrbské Pleso, Bear Days in Hrebienok or Marmots in Pleso.
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Tatry mountain resorts, a.s. (TMR) is the leader in tourism in Central and Eastern Europe; it owns and operates attractive mountain resorts
and hotels. In the Low Tatras TMR owns and operates the resort Jasná Nízke Tatry and hotels Wellness hotel Grand Jasná, Boutique Hotel
Tri Studničky, Chalets Jasná De Luxe, Hotel Srdiečko, and Hotel Rotunda. TMR is also the owner of Aquapark Tatralandia, the largest
Slovak aquapark with year-round operation, which besides water entertainment includes Tropical Paradise, a special tropical indoor hall with
sea water, as well as Fun Park, and accommodation in bungalows and apartments of Holiday Village Tatralandia. In the High Tat ras TMR
owns and operates the resort Vysoké Tatry with mountain areas of Tatranská Lomnica, Starý Smokovec, and Štrbské Pleso, which TMR co-manages. In the High Tatras TMR also owns hotels Grandhotel Praha Tatranská Lomnica, Grandhotel Starý Smokovec, and Hotel FIS
Štrbské Pleso. TMR also owns a 19% share in Melida, a.s., which leases and operates the resort Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Republic. In
Poland TMR owns a 97% share in the mountain resort Szczyrkowski Ośrodek Narciarski S.A. (SON) and a 75% share in a company that
owns and operates Silesian Amusement Park (Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko). TMR also owns and leases hotels Slovakia, Kosodrevina, Liptov
and Ski&Fun Záhradky a Bungalovy to third parties. By the end of 2015 EUR 206 mil. had been invested into development and
modernisation of TMR’s resorts. TMR shares are traded on three European stock exchanges – in Bratislava, Prague, and Warsaw.