City Breaks
Zakopane City Break
Polish highlanders
The Town of Zakopane is situated at the foot of the Tatra Mountains at an altitude of more than 900 above sea-level at the Zakopianka River, a tributary of the Biały Dunajec River. It is the centre of Polish tourism, winter sports and mountaineering in the summer. Zakopane has developed its own style of wooden housing, furniture and decorative art. The Harenda villa houses the mausoleum of Jan Kasprowicz, a distinguished Polish poet and an enthusiast of Podhale’s beauties.
Zakopane serves as a base camp for expeditions to the Tatra Mountains, which abound in beautiful sights that have inspired poems and symphonies, like the Morskie Oko Lake, Chocholowska Valley, Gąsienicowa and Kondratowa Pastures, Rysy and Giewont Peaks, Czerwone Wierchy and Gubałówka mountains where they can admire breathtaking views of the Tatras. The flora of the Tatra Mountains is also very diverse: in spring the Tatra pastures and valleys turn into carpets of violet crocuses where one can spot brown, lynx, badgers, groundhogs and mountain chamois.
Schedule
Day 1Arrival in Zakopane
Arrival in Zakopane. Registration at the hotel. An evening walk along the main street Krupówki. Welcome dinner in a regional tavern with highlander’s music. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 2 Sightseeing in Zakopane
Breakfast. Meeting with guide and a ride in a funicular railway to the top of Mt. Gubałówka (1133 m. a.s.I). A panoramic view of Zakopane and Tatras from the summit. After descent- free time at the colourful bazaar where highlanders sell their products made of sheep wool and leather, and the famous local smoked cheese made of sheep milk. A stroll to the ski jump at which inter alia jumped the Polish ski jumper Adam Małysz. Dinner in a local inn. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 3 Morskie Oko
Breakfast. A trip to a picturesque lake located high up in the mountains - Morskie Oko. A hike along a mountain route. Maginificent views can be admired along the way including also the highest summit in Poland, Rysy (2499m. a.s.I) Return to the town. Free time for souvenir hunting and a cup of coffee. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport. Departure from Poland.
Tatra mountains
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Other attractions of the city and in its vicinity:
Zakopane - cable railway ride to Kasprowy Summit (1987 m. a.s.I)
Zakopane - A ride in horse-drawn hackneys to the Strążyska Valley in the Tatra Mountain National Park
Bukowina Tatrzańska - a village situated high in the mountains with a marvellous view of the local summit. Folklore events are organised in the largest wooden building in Poland which is in this village
Dunajec - a Mountain river- rafting in wooden and bound rafts along one of the most spectacular river ravines in Europe.
Slovakia - hot-water springs
Nowy Targ - Podhalański market - sales of regional handcraft articles, furries and leather products.
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