Explore Zakopane: The Capital of the Tatra Mountains - Half-Day Tour

General information

Destination
Zakopane, Poland

Program details

Your guide will greet you at the hotel and invite you for a fully private tour to Zakopane.

Breathtaking mountain views, unique folklore, delicious regional cuisine and hospitable people… all await you in Zakopane, a charming town at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. Alpine in its character, the range forms the Tatra National Park (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve).



Start your tour with a stroll along Krupowki Street - one of the best-known Polish promenades attracting visitors from all over the world with dozens of shops and souvenir stalls, regional arts and crafts. Depending on the season, stop at the manufacture of Oscypek, where the local smoked cheese is produced.



Take a chance to ride by a funicular railway to the top of Gubalowka Hill. Admire beautiful panoramas of high mountains in the Tatra National Park.

After a gentle walk around the peak, visit the oldest parts of Zakopane. Pass the beautiful timber lodge of Villa Atma with its archetypal Zakopane style architecture now housing a museum, and the famous cemetery “Na Peksowym Brzysku”, a place so sentimental and special with many “gravestones” in the birch grove made of wood. These grave markers are considered to be supreme works of art.

Go to “The Great Krokiew”, the biggest and the oldest ski jumping in Poland. It is a regular venue of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.



At the end of the tour discover Chocholow village famous for old wooden houses and local wooden art. The joyful atmosphere has some of the best experiences Zakopane can offer.