Into your own sauna after a hike in the High Tatras

The High Tatras rise abruptly from the plain of Poprad, a short, steep range of granite peaks, glacial lakes and dwarf pine. Days here are spent on paths to Popradské pleso, Skalnaté pleso or the valleys below Lomnický štít, and they end with cold air and tired legs. Every stay in this selection has a sauna for its guests' exclusive use rather than a shared spa floor, so the evening can turn slowly to heat and rest.

After the ridge

Wood-panelled warmth after a day of wind and stone is one of the simplest mountain pleasures, and it feels sharper still in the cold months.

Mountain towns below

Starý Smokovec, Tatranská Lomnica and the villages around them keep the old spa architecture of the Tatras, with wooden villas from the turn of the twentieth century.