Zakopane

Zakopane - the best Polish ski resort. It has everything for complete recreation and ski sports: snow, which is from December to late April, the beautiful nature of the Tatras mountains, varying in complexity and well-equipped ski trails, numerous restaurants and cafes, cheap hotels and resorts with the highest level of service as well as the hospitality and cordiality of the locals. Zakopane is only 100 kilometers from Krakow at an altitude of about 850 meters above sea level in the beautiful valley of the Tatras - the highest mountains in Poland and the highest mountains between the Alps and the Caucasus. The mountains are very picturesque: in the lower part covered with fir and pine forests above 1400 meters - treeless, with a flat slope in the soft ridges. The combination of rocks, green forests and snow-covered slopes of the flat gives birth unparalleled beauty landscapes. The mild climate of Zakopane, pure water from mineral springs, invigorating mountain air is ideal for the treatment of respiratory diseases, allergies, anemia. In the vicinity of Zakopane are small villages, from which the cable cars transported tourists to the mountains. In the south of the city at the foot of the Tatra Mountains begins the territory of the Tatra National Park with the largest area of skiing in Zakopane - the mountain Kasprowy top. Reaching its summit can be on a pendulum cableway. At Kasprowy Wierch also has two chair lifts and several drag lifts. Second largest skiing area - Gubalowka (Fast, Gubalowka and Butorovsky top) - is located north of the city. There is a rail-lift, and several chair lifts. Nosal - a large riding area, located on the south-east of the city. Customer's service many ski lifts of varying length and one chair. Popular with tourists and those villages lying in the vicinity of Zakopane as Murzasihle, Bukovina Tatshanska, Byalko Tatshanska. They are famous for beautiful scenery and a developed tourist infrastructure. In Zakopane, in addition to riding from the mountains, there are many other attractions: an outdoor swimming pool, working all year round, with water from a geothermal source, as well as indoor swimming pools and skating track, ski trails for walking and cross country skiing, hiking and horseback riding tours on the national park. Evening opened numerous discos and nightclubs. In Zakopane you will meet with the unique culture Goral (local residents). "Bacha", as they are called Poles, are the subject of numerous jokes and anecdotes, almost like we Chukchi. Traditions, customs and folklore of the people survived on roots and transmitted from generation to generation. Zakopane and its surroundings - it is a wonderful place to rich and diverse to spend their winter vacation with health benefits at reasonable prices.