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Hidden gemNature
Kościelisko
Limestone rock gates, caves, meadows with shepherds' huts and a stream that has carved a gorge over thousands of years — the Kościeliska Valley is the second-largest valley in the Polish Tatras and the richest in karst features. A gentle t…
Lakes
Kościelisko
Unlike most Tatra lakes, Smreczyński Staw does not sit in a rocky cirque but in the forest, at 1,226 m above sea level, between the moraines of two former glaciers. Kamienista, Błyszcz and Bystrá rise above the spruces, and a short black-m…
Hiking & tourist trails
Kościelisko
The Czerwone Wierchy ("Red Peaks", roughly "cher-VO-neh VYEH-rkhih") are the most popular ridge walk in the Western Tatras, a chain of four summits linked by a red-marked trail with views reaching the High Tatras. The summits are Ciemniak…
Nature
Kościelisko
Kraków Gorge (Wąwóz Kraków, "VAH-voos KRAH-koof") is a narrow limestone ravine in Poland's Western Tatra Mountains, branching off the popular Kościeliska Valley near Zakopane. Its short, one-way yellow trail is a little adventure: an iron…