Holiday rentals in south Poland, near Zakopane

Our holiday rental is 30 km north of Zakopane in southern Poland. A beautiful area at the foot of the Tatra mountains, it offers wonderful holidays in both summer and winter.

• Lots to discover about the local highland people or Gorale. They still dress in their colourful woollen highland costume for the tourists and you will come across them when enjoying sleigh or horse and cart rides, in restaurants and around the area.

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Holidays near Zakopane in southern Poland

Visit Zakopane in south Poland for stunning winter and summer scenery.

• Take the rack and pinion train up to the top of Gubalowka mountain for superb views over the town. It's just a 3 minute journey and worth the effort.

• Wander through the Tatrzanski National Park or take a cable car ride to enjoy the views and get to to the top effortlessly.

• In the winter, ride a snowmobile. In the summer, go horse riding or hill walking. Take a trek in search of brown bears, boar, wolves, eagles, pine martens and many more unusual creatures.

• Eat and drink in the many pubs and restaurants. Discover grilled Polish sausage, pancakes with cream, potato pancakes and lots of lovely regional food.

Things to do and see in southern Poland

During the winter, most visitors ski or snowboard. Try your hand at ice skating, tobogganing or just playing in the snow.

Horse-drawn sleigh rides are available in many locations. We have only been on the trip to Morskie Oko (Sea's Eye), a lake high in the Tatra mountains. You will need to pay a small entry fee into the Tatrzanski national park and then negotiate with the sleigh drivers. We were originally told 50 zlotys per person for the round trip and this included 2 children. Once we were sat on the sleigh we ere informed of an extra 30 zlotys per person to come back down the mountain. At this point we declined and walked off.

They called after us and we got the price of 250 zlotys round trip for 4 adults and 2 children. There are organised trips that you can take where all this is negotiated for you. We don't know whether the price we paid was average or whether we 'was done'.

At one time, the Morskie Oko trip took you to the actual lake, nowadays there seems to be 1 km left to walk to the lake itself.

Poland does have a variety of good buys to take home, although as a foreigner in tourist areas you may still need to negotiate.

Visit Gubalowka mountain in Zakopane for wonderful view over Zakopane itself, skiing, shops and restaurants. Take the rack and pinion train up to the top, it's possible to drive - parking is limited.