Poland Sights

For lovers of mountain walks to visit the main target is the Tatra National Park. This is natural and biosphere reserve area of 211.6 square kilometers The southern boundary of the park - this is the southern border of Poland, and on the other side of the park flows in the Slovak Tatra National Park. Over the entrance to the park you must pay 1,50 zl. The ticket is valid one day. In the park you can walk only on specially made tracks, however, can buy a ticket giving the right to freedom of movement and even the installation of tents. Must also comply with the rules of conduct in the reserve. If you plan to walk a lot, take care in advance about a convenient, reliable footwear. You will probably have to go through and the snow, and to overcome the shallow mountain streams. Do not worry about their appearance - the local mode allows you to combine in the summer shorts and heavy mountain boots.

Gubałówka - is the most available to attend summit in Zakopane. To get to it, you can use the funicular. Tickets for the funicular to the both ends are 8 zl. All tourist facilities at your disposal. This snack and rental inventory: sunloungers or skis and sleds, depending on the season. For "Children and young people" here is an interesting attraction such as "Russian hills", and from the observation platform and beautiful green lawn at the top of a beautiful view of the city of Zakopane.

Kasprowy top - is another peak, accessible "for the lazy", because You can reach it by cable car, which begins in the town of Iron Forge. It should rise 13 zl. The whole recovery takes about 20 minutes. A little trick: cab glazed on all sides except the front door. So if you want to shoot during a boom surrounding landscape, you must be near the door. You can do this if you go to the last landing, "courtesy of" letting the other forward. Nothing can compare with the majestic panorama of the opening in the clear, sunny weather. Even in the summer at the top and near the observation deck is covered with snow, and during the journey, you may have to walk in the snow and to overcome some wading in mountain streams. This one and a half hours straight on the ridge, is a Polish-Slovak state border, to the highest peak Świnice (2301 m). Down from the top is better on foot, by Shronisko Murowanec. You will see the valley of lakes - A whole array of the most beautiful mountain lakes derived from one another, and eating out gradually thaw the ice. And from the top Korb is a beautiful view at once on all lakes, seen during the ascent. You'll see one of the most beautiful lakes - Black Becoming Gonsenitsovy.

Koshchelinskaya Valley. The main attraction - Jaskina Mrozna (frosty cave, discovered in 1934). This is the only cave in the Polish Tatras, which has electric lighting. The ticket costs 2,50 zl. In summer the temperature in the cave - all + 6 degrees. Some passages in the cave is very narrow - you have to squeeze through sideways, and in some places and crawl on their heels. In some places there is the slippery rocks and dripping water. Path to the cave takes about half an hour, and then you have a long descent down a narrow stone staircase.

Another spectacular cave in the valley Koschchelinskoy - Smocza Jama (cave of the dragon) in the valley Wawoz Krakow (vonvuz krakuv), near the national park. This track belongs to the 3rd degree of difficulty. Made it all the way to the cave is possible only with a flashlight. In some places, to climb up the steep stairs, walking on the road, you will find several caves. At the end of the road waiting for you Schronisko Orlak, where you can eat and relax. Here ends the usual way and start mountain trails. One of them leads to the beautiful mountain lake (Smreczinski Staw), in the calm waters of which affect the forest and towering over him majestic mountains. Other - will guide you on the mountain tops.

Giewont. Having overcome all the difficulties of recovery, you will find yourself at the top, where the metal cross. The view from here in the valley, there is nothing obscure - this is the first high mountain. Even the road to this summit to view it only on the sides, and nothing spoils a magnificent view. On the part of Zakopane, this mountain very steep, and there are no trails. From this peak you can enjoy beautiful long view. At Giewont back even small children, nothing complicated nor rise, nor the descent there. Main - firmly hold on to the chain (where it is).

Three dvuhtysyachnika at once. One hour walk from Giewont, and you - on dvuhtysyachnike (elevation 2,005 meters) Kopa Kondracka. Through it passes the Polish-Slovak border. If you have power, you can visit the other two peaks - Malolaczniak (2096 m), and Ciemniak (also 2096 m). In some places the road passes close to a steep precipice, revealing a truly magical species. This is no longer walk, but rather a test of endurance. From the top Ciemniak begins fairly heavy two-hour descent. At the end of the road you go out into the valley Koschchelinska. Total half an hour - and you're at a bus stop in Zakopane.

Valley of Five Lakes. Reaching the valley can be different ways - and from the top Koschchelets, and from Kasprowy top. But the easiest way - from the Bald glade (Lysa polana). A little more than an hour on the asphalt road, and you have a waterfall Mickiewicz (wodogrzmiot Mickewicza). Then a half hour mountain trail through the valley Roztoki, and you - a huge, by local standards, a waterfall Siklawa. Another five minutes - and get off to a wonderful lake Wielki Staw (big lake). Water in the lake, even in late summer, icy cold. Resting in such a picturesque area, which can be seen at once three lakes, pass by a very tiny pond, and go to Przedni staw (lake front). It is located Schronisko w dolinie pieciu atawow (shronisko in the valley of five lakes). Next hour and a half way through the two peaks will lead you to the lake "Sea Eye". Lake Morskie oko very popular because of its accessibility. On the shore is Schronisko przy Morskim Oku, where you can eat. The return trip to Bald clearing, will you walk for two hours. But you go on a smooth asphalt road, and all the time down the hill. Near the lake there is a parking horse carts. It is a pleasure - 15-20 zl.