Things to do in Zakopane

Orla Perć

Zakopane

Orla Perć is the **hardest marked trail in the Polish Tatras** and the longest ridge route of the High Tatras — it runs from Zawrat to Krzyżne, mostly along Świnica's eastern ridge, crossing several summits above 2,000 m. Chains, clamps an…

Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba

Zakopane

Villa Koliba was the first house ever built in the Zakopane style, designed by Stanisław Witkiewicz and erected between **1892 and 1893**. This is where the history of Polish national style in architecture began. Since **1993** the buildin…

Nosal

Zakopane

The 1,206-metre summit caps the north-eastern ridge of Kasprowy Wierch above Kuźnice, its limestone walls rising up to 50 metres. The name comes from rocks that from the north-west resemble a nose — and for Zakopane, Nosal is more than a p…

Beskyd

Zakopane

Beskid is a 2,012 m summit on the main ridge of the Tatra Mountains, between Sucha Przełęcz and Liliowe Pass. The Polish–Slovak border follows the ridge, while the Polish slopes descend towards the Gąsienicowa Valley. It is a scenic summit…

Gąsienicowa Valley

Zakopane

135–300 min

## Gąsienicowa Valley and Hala Gąsienicowa Gąsienicowa Valley is one of the most distinctive mountain areas in the Polish Tatras. Most visitors aim for Hala Gąsienicowa and the Murowaniec PTTK mountain shelter, with views towards Kościelec…

Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery in Zakopane

Zakopane

Pęksowy Brzyzek Cemetery is one of Zakopane’s most important necropolises and the town’s first cemetery. It was established on land donated to the parish by Jan Pęksa, on a high bank above a stream; the local word “brzyzek” refers to this…

Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy

Zakopane

## A glacial lake below Kościelec Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy lies at about 1,628 m in a rocky basin in the upper Gąsienicowa Valley. Its dark surface, granite boulders and the walls of Kościelec, Kozi Wierch and the Granaty create one of the…

Kasprowy Wierch

Zakopane

**Kasprowy Wierch** is one of the best-known peaks in the Polish Tatras. It rises to 1,987 metres above sea level between the Western Tatras and the High Tatras, and the cable car from Kuźnice makes the high-mountain landscape relatively e…

Kasprowy Wierch Cableway

Zakopane

**The Kasprowy Wierch Cableway** climbs from Kuźnice into the heart of the Tatra high mountains. The route passes Myślenickie Turnie before reaching the upper station at about 1,959 m above sea level. Along the way, the cabins reveal steep…

Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda

Zakopane

Muzeum of Jan Kasprowicz in Villa Harenda in Zakopane offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring together local objects, artworks and stories connected with the place, making it a natural add…

Gubałówka above Zakopane

Zakopane

Gubałówka (1,123 m) is a ridge in the Gubałówka Range, directly above Zakopane, with one of the best-known viewpoints of the Tatras. The lower funicular station stands by Plac pod Gubałówką, next to the market. At the top, visitors find vi…

Hala Gąsienicowa

Zakopane

The broad flattening in the upper part of the Gąsienicowa Valley is one of the busiest trail junctions in the Polish Tatras. Two routes lead here from Kuźnice — the blue trail via Boczań and Skupniów Upłaz or the yellow one through the Jaw…

Church on Harenda Hill in Zakopane

Zakopane

**The Church of St John the Apostle and Evangelist on Harenda** is a wooden church built in 1710–1720 in Zakrzów and moved to Zakopane in 1947. Its covered soboty arcade preserves the character of historic Podhale architecture. The visit b…

Krupówki Street in Zakopane

Zakopane

Krupówki is the main axis of Zakopane — a pedestrian thoroughfare longer than **one kilometre**, closed to car traffic, where a stroll comes with oscypek sheep cheese, kierpce footwear and horse-drawn carriages. The street starts at the cr…

Sleigh Ride (Kulig) in Zakopane

Zakopane

A kulig is a winter procession of horse-drawn sleighs combined with a feast around a bonfire — an entertainment whose history in Poland reaches back to the **16th century**. In Zakopane sleigh rides are organised daily, usually from **3 pm…

Skiing in the Tatra Mountains

Zakopane

The Tatras are the highest mountains in Poland and the country's most capacious ski area, with Zakopane — the winter capital of Polish winter sports — at its centre. Skiers will find slopes with lifts for every level as well as high-mounta…

Olcza Sanctuary in Zakopane

Zakopane

In Olcza, the eastern part of Zakopane through which the Olczyski Potok stream flows, stands the Sanctuary of Our Lady Revealing the Miraculous Medal. The church is entirely a work of our times: the cornerstone, taken from the Tatra Mounta…

Snowlandia in Zakopane

Zakopane

At the foot of the Wielka Krokiew ski jump in Zakopane lies **Snowlandia**, a winter amusement park opened in the **2015/2016** season. Its centrepiece is a snow labyrinth rebuilt from scratch every year: made of artificial snow, it takes…

The Old Church in Zakopane

Zakopane

A few steps from the Krupówki promenade, on Kościeliska street, stands the small wooden church of Our Lady of Częstochowa and St Clement. It is the oldest wooden sacral building in Zakopane, known simply as the old church. The temple was e…

Suche Czuby (the Dry Peaks of the Western Tatras)

Zakopane

Three dark rock towers rise from the main ridge of the Western Tatras between Kasprowy Wierch and Kondracka Kopa — the Suche Czuby, properly called Suche Czuby Kondrackie. The Polish–Slovak border runs across them, and so does one of the m…

Zakopane Style Trail

Zakopane

A town route past more than **forty monuments** of Zakopane, prepared by the Tatra Museum in **2015**, on the centenary of Stanisław Witkiewicz's death. It presents a national style of architecture developed from around **1890** on the bas…