Bus tours from Krakow to Zakopane and the Tatra Mountains

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Many people who are on city trip in Krakow make day trips. The most booked day trips from Krakow are to Auschwitz concentration camp and the former Wieliczka salt mine. However, there is a great alternative for nature lovers. A bus tour to the Tatra Mountains, a small high mountain range partly in Poland and partly in Slovakia. The big and famous place in the Polish Tatras is Zakopane. Zakopane is about 90 min by car or bus from Krakow.

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landscape in the tatra mountains in poland

Zakopane

Every Pole knows Zakopane. It is the place in Poland for winter sports, especially skiing. Internationally, but also in Poland, Zakopane is especially famous for ski jumping. Here are the most famous ski jumps in the country. Polish ski jumpers have been very successful in the last 20 years. They belong to the top 5 nations in ski jumping.

Info: Bus tours from Krakow to Zakopane are best booked on the Internet on the German website Getyourguide: Click here

The ski jumps of Zakopane are a few kilometers south of the town towards the high mountains. The hype is big. Every day thousands of tourists come to the ski jumps of Zakopane. There are dozens of souvenir stores, restaurants, cafes, etc.

Zakopane is a beautiful place. Similar to the Alps, many houses are made of wood. Zakopane looks prosperous. The tourist resort is comparable to Garmisch-Partenkirchen not only because of the ski jumps. In Poland, Zakopane has the nickname winter capital. The city has almost 30,000 inhabitants. Zakopane is the main destination of most bus trips from Krakow to the Tatra Mountains.

Well known in Poland is also the long pedestrian zone of Zakopane called Krupowski Street (Polish: Ulica Krupówki).

in the pedestrian zone of zakopane

Krupowski is the heart of the city. There are many stores, including branches of international chains. In addition, restaurants, cafes, bars and a small shopping center,

Info: Bus tours from Krakow to Zakopane are best booked on the Internet on the German website Getyourguide: Kick here

Very popular in Zakopane among tourists are also carriage rides. Carriages are allowed to drive even in the pedestrian zone Krupowski-,

carriage in the center of zakopane

Tatra Mountains

The small high mountain range is located between Poland and Slovakia. The highest peak of the Tatra Mountains is Gerlsdorf Peak with 2655 meters in Slovakia. The highest peak in Poland is Meeraug Peak (Polish: Rysy) with 2503 meters. It is the highest mountain in Poland.

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The only really famous place in the Polish Tatras is Zakopane. In summer many people come to the Tatras for hiking. Hikers have at their disposal a well-developed network of trails of different difficulties and lengths. In winter the skiers come. The Tatras are something like the Alps in miniature. The Tatras in Poland are also famous for cheese.