Sorea Trigan is a mostly renovated former communist-style hotel. It is located at the edge of Strbske Pleso and since most people will visit the hotel during the summer months for hiking, you need to know that most trails start from the other end of town. Nevertheless this is just a 10 minute walk.

We booked a half pension. With daily breakfast and dinner buffets. These buffets are really fine. The staff tries to add something new every day and in the evening there is always a broad choice for fish or meat, rice, potatoes and slovak style dumplings or pyrogi. The food is good, but don't expect anything exclusive, but it is a lot better than you get in the average slovak restaurant.....

The need to knows:

Awkward Reservation System
First of all the hotel works with packages. Or bundles. If you stay 8 nights, you don't have a single reservation. But for example a package of 6 and one of 2 nights. The prices differ and it seems the staff does not really understand the system themselves. Especially when it comes to include wellness on some but not all days. (see below)

Wellness
You need to pay for the hotel swimming pool And they charge a lot. Euro 10,- a day, or when it is included in your package Euro 5,- a day per person and every day! And that is a lot. The swimming pool is small and can be crowded with children. Just forget about lane swimming. Next to there is a sauna and turkish steam bath.

A real hazard is the bubble baths inside the main pool. These are ridiculously dangerous. Just below the surface steel couches are hardly visible. It is very easy to bump into them when swimming and extremely dangerous for children when jumping. (I can hardly imagine the EU has not a safety directive that would have this pool closed instantly)

Very annoying is the fact that the pool is only open from 12:00 - 21:00. In the morning the pool is closed!!! Most people come back from hiking at like 17:00, at 18:00 dinner starts, so afterwards hardly any time remained to enjoy the pool. This is especially annoying because the charge you like a subscription; every day.

Elevators
This 8 story hotel has only 2 elevators. This means almost always queuing….

This hotel perfectly suits all my needs - it is quiet, clean, comfortable, not expensive. The food was sufficient and the personnel were friendly and helpful. The wellness centre is very pleasant place to visit when the weather is bad.

Nice, renovated hotel, perfect location, great view. Rooms are comfortable, have no balcony, but the view on High Tatra is stunning. Or if you have a room on other side, then you can see Low Tatra. Hotel has new wellness, you can have also massage... Restaurant is in my opinion unfashionable furnished. Food is average, we had halfboard, breakfast - classic buffet, dinner - you can choose from few meals. Hotel has perfect location, close to Strbske pleso, has own parking. It was a pleasant weekend for us.