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Zakopane Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Zakopane, Poland
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This is a top pick! The snowboarding resort here in Poland wasn't exactly what i expected. it only had one run open that ran for about 100 yards. if you're not crawling on your snowboard, you can imagine how frustrating it can be. however, i got to see some ...
Off to the Mountains
... much more. We went to this truly authentic restaurant and got Ruskie pierogi and salads. They were swimming in butter...that's Zakopane style. Mountain people need the fat to keep them going through the winters. We were also entertained by some ...
Zakopane
09mai : Zakopane la sauvage Arrivé la bas...personne ne parlait anglais...nulle part...Apres avoir essaye multe fois d'essayer de parler avec des gens en allemand,espagnol,anglais,francais et meme le body language qui s est annoncé fort convaincant j ...
Morskie Oko
... kid raise his hands in the air, squeel, and fall to the ground because he was tired of the hike. haha all we could think was, "we feel ya kid." Later on, back at Krupowki, I got another Gofry. You cannot leave Zakopane without having one of ...
Zakopane and the Tatra's
Greetings all.... We arrived in beautiful Zakopane in the extreme south of Poland today. The weather is fantastic and the town in small, quant and to our knowledge - not one other american is here...so it's pretty fun to be here. We are staying at a ...
SNOW!
... were happy to get back down to the hostel and make some food – pancakes for me, perogies for Nick. Zakopane was our last stop in Poland, and it was really nice to see some mountains and nature again! ...
The mountains of Zakopane
The first time I've been to the mountains. We went with a group of friends and spent the day walking around the city center. It was the off season so there wasn't much activity. It's cute, it's goral. ...
Footloose in Poland - ZAKOPANE
... for the Polish. The bus from Krakow rail station takes about 2 hours. WATCH THE VIDEO. FILMING IN ZAKOPANE The pretty town is in the Podhale region of Poland, and its only mountain resort, so 3 million Poles visit it annually - and in high season, it ...
Zakopane
... good, it wasn't 18 Euros good. So unless you have a real need to go, don't. We drove the mountain road into Zakopane after demolishing some fast food (had a craving) and saw some absolutely stunning country side. Now all of you polish people who ...
Beautiful Zakopane
Just got into Zakopane from Krakow and it is so beautiful here!! I think that I am going to just stay here an extra day and not even really worry about seeing much in Warsaw, which everyone has been telling me isn't all that great anyway. Mostly I am just ...
Bus to Poland
... I, being G, is seriously needing a poo!! Anyhow, as luck would have it S managed to flag down a private minibus to Zakopane who would accept Euros to cover the cost of the journey and G resolved his situation. ATM at Zakopane bus ...
ZAKOPANE, POLAND
After all this city hopping, we decided it was time for some R&R. We hopped on a bus to the town of Zakopane, Poland. It is a somewhat small town in High Tatra's mountain range, south of Krakow. It is like a perfect little ski/alpine village. There ...
43 km
... first ten km went well and were fairly flat, the next thirty odd saw me crossing the High Tatras, a tortuous climb towards Zakopane. The southern Poles seemed much like the northern Slovakians if it hadn't been for their fantastic houses and penchant for ...
Cruzando fronteras
... Polonia, cruzado Eslovaquia y llegado a Viena. Ha sido un dia muy muy largo! Despues de esperar una hora el autobus en Zakopane, este llego con prisas. Eramos un punado de mochileros mas algunos lugarenos. El sistema de hacer cola aqui es como el de ...
No te compres el bosque aqui para perderte
Desde Cracovia cogimos el tren a Zakopane, la via a las montanas Tatras y al maravilloso Parque Natural. En la TIC nos encontraron una habitacion en una casa. El dueno nos vinon a recoger. Era super amable, nos dio muchas indicaciones y chapurreaba un ...
In Zakopane
Woke up at 8 feeling hungover once again, got up and went for the free breakfast in the hotel we are staying in. It consisted of bread, gherkins, ham and some wierd sausage things. I seem to be developing an obsession with remembering all the food that ...
Lard and Beer and Horses and no Pickles
... hours in the backstreets of Moscow and send us on restaurant finding quests that yeilded no tortillas but they didn't tell us to come to Zakopane or as we've come to call it, Swiss Disneyland in Poland. We are hoping to get a check with the money we ...
Polish mountain resort town
... in a few hours. So we decided to head to Zakopane and pick up the report the next day on the way back. We arrived in Zakopane in the early afternoon. We checked a couple of cheap hostels and they were full. The only available places wanted over 70 zl a ...
Ahhh, feels like winter
On my 38th day of travel, I came to the city of Zakopane. This is the most famous ski resort in Poland. It is located about 2 hours south of Krakow right at the border of Poland and Slovakia. THe one thing that mad this place famous is the Tatra Mountain ...
The Tatras!
... hour hike in the West Tatra's with my new friend and guide, Magda - a receptionist at my hostel in Krakow and a local from Zakopane. It was a foggy day in town, but once in the mountains the fog lifted and it was nothing but sunshine and blue skies for ...
The Hobbit
... . A wise woman once told me that if your feet are warm and dry, you're warm and dry. she was right. Zakopane had such an awesome water park too. It was an indoor multi tiered pool with 4 waterslides one of which dumped you in the ...
Not Seeing Caves or Krakow
... and continued to improve as we drove further south. Even the foothills of the Tatry Mountains are gorgeous. Before we got to Zakopane, I knew I wanted to come back one day. Maybe not to Zakopane itself, which is too packed with tourists for comfort, but ...
Just a quick note....too tired to type!
ok this is a quick note to let you all know that I've returned from Zakopane the small mountain town we spent our time hiking like crazy in !!!! I'm sooooo tired that I can't type. I have many funny stories to write about, especially one about Flip-Flops, ...
The smell of cheese and snow
... it's going), so I thought I should make the most of it. The most convenient base for the hiking was the resort town of Zakopane. Somewhat of a contrast to Ugly Town, it was actually quite a pleasant place to be, even if it was very touristy. One of ...
Zakopane and Tartras
... are an extension of the Alps, so they are pretty much the largest mountains I have ever seen. We drove down from Krakow to Zakopane which lies at the feet of one of these groups of Mounatins. Its a small tourism based town with some amazing smoked cheeses ...
Polish Highlander folk band video
Video from Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Zakopane at dinner. We were entertained by local highlanders who played and danced all night, and then made sure the members of our group tried to dance. ...
Mountains, Snow and Sky
Zakopane is the gateway to the Tatra Mountains in Poland. It was here that I experienced one of my most terrifying days to date. In the hostel I was talking to some travellers who were going to walk to Morskie Oko which is a lake in the ...
The Polish Lake District?
Taking a break from medieval cities of Europe we headed off to Zakopane, the gateway to the Tatras. The mountains and breathtaking scenery are wonderful but the town itself has been turned into the worst type of holiday theme park. Just ...