WINTER

• The invitation is open to visit the largest artificial ice-rink in Poland! Being situated in the centre of Zakopane, on Dolna Równia Krupowa, it always has easy access, skate rental is available, and there is a picturesque view of the snowy peaks of the...

...was opened in Zakopane on 24th February, 1985, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, by graduates of the Ludwik Solski Academy for Dramatic Arts in Cracow (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna im. Ludwika Solskiego, often shortened to PWST). It is regarded as a...

Tourists often look into a blacksmith’s shop situated on ul. Za Strugiem in the centre of Zakopane. They like to watch Jacek Biernacik, who has owned the shop for 60 years, forge subtle decorations with a heavy red-hot hammer using the traditional methods. ‘I belong to a disappearing...

Although Zakopane, as with any other resort, is particularly attractive to tourists only at specific times of the year, it remains popular all the year round with the organisers of conferences, seminars, training courses, business and team-building meetings as well as trips to reward company...

Morskie Oko is one of the most scenic locations in the Tatras. The high peaks of Mięguszowiecki and Mnich and the face of Kazalnica attract mountaineers and the picturesque sights and the azure tarn do the same with tourists. From here they can start a trip to Rysy, the highest peak in the Polish...

Once you satisfy your eyes with the beauty of the Tatra peaks, lakes, mountain pastures, green forests, and meadows and feeling fatigue you will want to rest, try to look closer at something that is called góralszczyzna i.e. Polish highland culture. Listen to the highland dialect, which expresses...

Krzysztof Trebunia-Tutka, a musician, composer, architect, leader of highland bands talks to Welcome. In 2005 he was awarded, together with the Trebunie-Tutki, the title of an Honorary Ambassador of the Polish Language for writing and using texts written in the Podhale...

Tourists visiting Zakopane, who come to our Altius Travel Agency office, often ask for advice how to plan a few days` stay in the town. Here are some well proven ideas.
Weather permitting, you can set off for a trip or just a hike in the Tatra National Park.
I recommend Strążyska...

The International Chamber Music Festival ‘Music on Peaks’, which will be held on September 24-29, 2009, is part of a bigger music project initiated by the Mieczysław Karłowicz Association in Zakopane. The association was created, above all, with the purpose of promoting the creation of...

Welcome talks to Tomasz Paturej, the President of the Ski Centre Kotelnica Białczańska.
• Lovers of skiing from all over Poland and many foreign tourists are already used to the fact that the ski facilities in Białka Tatrzańska, and specially those on...