Navigation Walking Poland Walks in Tatra National Park :: Home :: Greek islands :: Poland ::.. Biesczady .... Tatra ::.... 3 walks ::..... Maps :: Links :: Sitemap Web site counter The Tatra mountains are the most north, the highest part and described as the most beautiful section of the 1200 km long Carpathian bow. The main ridge leads in the west-east direction in the length of 76 km. The whole area of Tatra mountains is 790 sq. km. The highest peak in the Polish Tatras is Rysy (2499 m a.s.l.). The whole Tatra mountain range is a part of the Tatra National Park which is complementary to a similar park created on the Slovak side (TANAP). Tatra National Park "Tatrzanski Park Narodowy" was established in 1954 and the area covers 21,556 ha. About 15.000 ha are forests, 5.000 ha are mostly alpine meadows and rock towers and the rest is arable land and water. Zakopane (900 m a.s.l.) is the biggest mountain resort in Europe north of the Alps. The number of inhabitants of Zakopane is about 28.000 but during the year as many as 2 mill. people are visiting the city. Zakopane also abounds in varied hotels, inns, boarding houses, a campsite, restaurants and cafes, shops and art galleries and nightclubs. The town is a major center of winter sports of all sorts. Picture: Traditional house in Zakopane. Itinerary: From Krakow we went by bus to Zakopane. More than one company operates on the route and there is a bus leaving about every hour. The buses has stop just outside the Central Station Krakow Glowny. The one way price is about 20 Zlt. You can go by train as well, but it's not as fast as the buses and have less departures. Picture: The busstop in Zakopane. Picture: Tatra mountains. The trek to Kasprowy Wierch (1987 m a.s.l.) is among the most popular walks in the area, but also the trek up the Giewont (1987 m a.s.l.). From the peak there is a nice wiev over Zakopane. Also a much longer walk to Morskie Oko, the largest lake in the Tatra moutains is a 'must' to many visitors. Kuznice is the main gate to the Tatra mountains and here you can set off for one of many possible routes. The trails are all well marked. In Kuznice, Polands only aerial ropeway, brings you 900 m up to Kasprowy Wierch right at the border to Slovak Republic You can of course walk the way to Kuznice from the centre of the town which takes about 30 min, or you can go very easily both using public transportation as well as numerous private minibuses or taxis. Picture: Mountain hut Murowaniec. The dining room. One walk to Kondracki and Kasprowy Wierch. Kondracki in 1863 m above sea level can be a little challenge. From Kondracki you can go either west towards Kopa Kondracka (2005 m a.s.l.) and further on or walk east on the top of the ridge to Kasprowy Wierch and then back down to Zakopane. Second walk from Kasprowy Wierch via Liliowe (1952 m .a.s.l.) and mountain hut Murowaniec back to Kuznice. A 3-3½ hour walk. You can dine in the Murowaniec. The Circular walk A short circularwalk from Kuznice to Na Kalatowkach then westwards to Dolina Bialego and then northwards back to Kuznice/Zakopane. A nice easy walk in the lower altitudes, a walk mostly in the wood. > top of page Part of erikpetersen.dk Design wepsites.dk Updated 03-03-2007 jan. 2006 ©copyright: epwalks.com All rights reserved