AquaCity is the gateway to the High Tatras Mountains and extraordinary Incentives

16/07/2019

Event Point’s International MICE Correspondent Ramy Salameh collaborated with InternationalRail.com, who provided him an Interrail ‘Global Pass’ ticket to explore Switzerland, Austria and Slovakia helping him to discover some of Europe’s hidden MICE gems. During his travels, he had the chance to visually showcase some amazing, quirky and inspiring venues/ incentives. Through our ‘Gallery section’ take a tour of the places and activities that you may not have been aware of, but with the help of ‘Event Point International’ may well plant the seeds of an idea that may take root for your next event.

With the snowy mountain peaks as the backdrop, ‘AquaCity Poprad’ (aquacity.sk), is within 10 minutes of the International Airport and rail station. The resort has all the ingredients to tempt sports teams, incentive groups and conferences (245msq main hall hold up to 350 people) who are interested in combining meetings, wellness and mountains. AquaCity has long been hosting premier league teams, making use of thermal out and indoor pools, an ultra-modern two-storey wellness area and ‘Cryotherapy Centre’, along with several hotel options. It is also a gateway to the High Tatras Mountains, voted #1 Destination in Lonely Planets – Best in Europe list for 2019; plenty of information can be found at www.regiontatry.sk/en. The High Tatras region is a playground of “Incentive” ideas and activities, especially when you break down the region in numbers: 1150km of biking trails; 1800km of hiking trails; 50 peaks over 2000m with the hightest Mt. Gerlach at 2655m and the highest peak in the low tatras at 2024 Mt. Chopok, give Event and Meeting planners plenty of scope to arrange incentives and team building activities, to be inspired go to www.regiontatry.sk/en.

1. AquaCity Poprad is an award-winning health and wellbeing resort, a gateway to the High-Tatras Mountains - aquacity.sk and regiontatry.sk

2. Reception of AquaCity complex - Sports teams especially premier league youth teams come to the resort hotel for training breaks, including Manchester United and Arsenal

3. AquaCity's Aquapark with 14 outdoor and indoor thermal pools with a temperature of 30°C – 38°C. In the distance is the National Training Centre

4. AquaCity is a sizeable sporting complex Olympic Sized swimming pool

5. AquaCity's Fire & Spa Wellness centre is the largest two-storey spa in Slovakia with an area of 1600 m2 - retreat includes daily sauna ceremonies to revive and reboot health

6. AquaCity includes a cryotherapy centre - involving stays of three minutes in a specially designed chamber, which has an average temperature of minus 120 ° C, followed by vigorous exercise known as Kinesiotherapy

7. AquaCity's newly refurbished 'Seasons' Hotel rooms, complimenting the modern Mountain View rooms

8. AquaCity Congress Hall 245sqm, which recently hosted Viva Italia Exhibition attracting up to a 1000 people across the event

9. AquaCity's Congress Hall transformed and dressed for a gala evening and other spaces can suit everything from press conferences to presentations - image courtesy of AquaCity

10. The National Training Centre sits beside AquaCity - it has two conference rooms, with a capacity between 30-70 people, VIP lounge are all part of the complex together with the restaurant and the Riverside Hotel

11. High-Tatras Mountains voted #1 in Lonely Planets 'Best in Europe' list for 2019. Poprad City's International Airport and train station making access to the majestic mountain scape convenient - image courtesy of Visit Košice

12. Just one of AquaCity's nearby attractions include Chodnik Stromov 'Tree Top Walk Bachledka' and observation tower sitting at 1176m providing dramatic views across Belianske Tatry, Spisska Magura and Pieninsky National Park

13. E-Bikes make it easy to explore long distances including riding up mountains - teambuilding events and escorted e-bike tours can be arranged through tatry-travelia.sk

14. Cable Car vistas as you ascend Tatranská Lomnica to cable car midstation Štart, and from there a modern 15-person cable car continues to Skalnaté Pleso. The area around the tarn is tailor-made for pleasant walks or hiking trips.