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Zakopane is a
resort town in southern Poland, at the base of the Tatras Mountains.
It’s a popular departure point for winter sports and summertime
mountain climbing and hiking. Kasprowy Wierch and Gubałówka,
reachable by cable car and funicular, are nearby ski destinations
offering sweeping mountain views. The town is also known for its
turn-of-the-20th-century wooden chalets, symbols of Zakopane-style
architecture.
On Krupówki
Street, the town’s vibrant main thoroughfare, Zakopane-style chalets
now house restaurants and shops selling traditional foods, such as
oszczypek smoked cheese, and crafts inspired by the indigenous Goral
people. Zakopane-style structures are now branches of the Tatra
Museum, filled with original 19th- and early-20th-century
furnishings. Villa Atma is a museum within Polish composer Karol
Szymanowski’s former home. Outside town, Tatra National Park is
known for its caves, mountain trekking, and trout fishing at Morskie
Oko lake, while hiking trails lead to the top of Svinica, a mountain
peak bordering Slovakia.
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Gubałówka
is a mountain in the Gubałówka Range, above the Polish town of Zakopane.
The mountain is a popular tourist attraction, offering commanding views
of the Tatras and Zakopane. In 1938 the funicular connected Zakopane and
the top of Gubałówka. The chair lift to Butorowy Wierch was opened in
1977. |
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Tatra National Park
is a National Park located in the Tatra Mountains in Tatra County, in
the Lesser Poland Voivodeship—Małopolska region, in central-southern
Poland bordering on northern Slovakia. The Park has its headquarters in
the town of Zakopane. |
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Kasprowy Wierch
is a peak of a long crest in the Western Tatras one of Poland's main
winter ski areas. Its dominant southern crests, WSW and ESE, mark the
border with Slovakia. It is accessible in most conditions by foot and
daily by cablecar. |
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Morskie Oko
is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains. It is
located deep within the Tatra National Park, Poland, in the Rybi Potok
Valley, of the High Tatras mountain range at the base of the
Mięguszowiecki Summits, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. |
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