Hiking in Polish mountains
 - Hiking is a popular activity in Poland,
 - what was missing until now...
 - ...was someone with an organized and affordable tourist programme
 - And that is where we come in! Here: Pension in Rabka
 - The highlight of this first hike...
 - ...is the Lubon Wielki, rising like a wild mountain island from inhabited valleys.
 - The summit has some of Poland's most charming mountain huts
 - From there you descend to Rabka -
 - - a small town with many parks, and... vintage train.
 - Next day we start hiking...
 - ...across the Gorce range
 - to Nowy Targ.
 - Daily distace is long...
 - ...but on the way we three huts where you can rest
 - here - one of them on Maciejowa
 - 'Roadsigns' for hikers.
 - Chilling break in a stream
 - Short before Nowy Targ,
 - our accommodation there.
 - Nex day bus brings you to Kluszkowce
 - here we start a short ascent
 - along an old querry
 - To the Wdzar-Hill
 - From there you see Pieniny Mts and Czorsztyn Reserwoir
 - We cross the lake in a boat...
 - ...to the castle in Niedzica, on the opposite bank of the reservoir.
 - Pension in Niedzica
 - Horses still works in Sromowce area
 - The limestone peak "Trzy Korony" (Three Crowns) invites for a next hike
 - View from platform at the top
 - and from the raft on Dunajec river.
 - The centre of Szczawnica
 - Last hike can be started in the valley of 'White water'
 - You can look back at the three summits formerly climbed
 - or at the Sphinx-Rock
 - It is a region known for its numerous flocks of sheep...
 - ...still herded according to past custom...
 - ang guarded by local breed of white Polish Tatra Sheep Dog
 - Rytro: View from castle hill to Poprad valley. Here we finish the hiking.
Detailed Programme: Hiking in Beskid Mountains >
The High Tatras are often referred to as the "smallest high mountain range in the world".
 - But as this granite island surrounded by flat valleys to the North and South proves, small need not mean unimpressive.
 - Zakopane - Poland's most famous mountain resort.
 - Hardly another anonymous alpine spa, Zakopane is a unique mixture of local folk art and Nouveau style Viennese art.
 - We stay in Hotel "Bialy Potok", a comfortable and conveniently located hotel complex.
 - A look through the window.
 - You will only be 20 minutes (on foot) from Zakopane's main promenade, the Krupowki.
 - Passing behind the hotel grounds, is a hiking trail to the Dolina Bialego
 - We start the High Tatra hike in Roztoka valley...
 - ...which is in the form of a deep and narrow gorge
 - Its upper extension ends in the completely differently formed Valley of the five Polish Lakes.
 - The 70 m high Wielka Siklawa is the largest waterfall of the High Tatras.
 - Finally, we hike through the Swistowka valley basin
 - to the legendary lake, Morskie Oko (Eye of the Sea), the largest and most famous of the High Tatra lakes
 - A truly bewitching corner of the earth
 - Blooming gentian invites you!
Detailed Programme "A weekend in the Tatra" >
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