Trzy Korony, meaning “Three Crowns,” is the most iconic peak in Poland’s Pieniny Mountains. Rising dramatically above the Dunajec River valley, the mountain offers spectacular views of forested hills, ...

After a 9km long rafting of the Dunajec, we got out of the raft in Lesnica, and on our mobile phones warning messages flashed, received from the Polish Mountain Rescue Service about the coming storm.

The smallest national park in Slovakia, the Pieniny National Park (PIENAP), celebrates half a centenary this year. “It is a nice anniversary, but the park’s story started when the Slovak Natural ...