The Zakopane City Guides answer what every visitor to the Tatras ends up asking: which karczma is worth a wait, which valley suits a half day and which needs an early start, where real oscypek is sold and when it is only a cow’s-milk copy, and what to do when rain closes the trails. Each guide is a short, honest list that says why a place earns its spot, what to order or look at and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Zakopane City Guides
- 123 places
- 6 guides
- 7 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Zakopane guides
Food guide
18 places
Wooden karczmas with folk bands, a few kitchens beyond them, PTTK mountain huts serving soup and apple cake, plus oscypek, the market and cake.
Things to do guide
20 places
Tatra valleys, peaks and lifts, the carved wooden villas, chapels and museums of the Zakopane style, then hot springs, markets and Podhale trips.
Family guide
21 places
Gentle valleys and chairlifts, an alpine coaster, a snow maze and ropes course, warm pools for wet days and highlander restaurants children like.
Nightlife guide
21 places
Fireside bars and regional spirits, dinners with live góral fiddle bands, the two clubs that are worth it, late kebabs and evenings in the hot pools.
Day trips guide
21 places
Tatra valleys and lakes by minibus, easy ridge lifts, rafting and castles in the Pieniny, Slovak lakes, Kraków, villages and thermal pools.
Budget guide
22 places
Valleys for the price of a park ticket, free chapels and cemeteries, cheap museums, milk bars and the low-cost way to reach Morskie Oko.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Karczma Sabała
Krupówki 11, in the historic Sabała hotel
One of the oldest wooden houses on the main street, named after a local storyteller and fiddler. Order the whole trout fried in butter, which has a fixed price on the menu instead of a price per weight, or the porcini soup in a bread bowl. From the food guide.
Muzeum Stylu Zakopiańskiego im. S. Witkiewicza
Willa Koliba, ul. Kościeliska 18
Built in 1892, Koliba was the first house in the Zakopane style, the carved-wood look Stanisław Witkiewicz drew from highlander cottages. The rooms, furniture and his designs show where the whole town’s look began, in under an hour. From the things to do guide.
Spływ Dunajcem – początek
Sromowce Wyżne-Kąty, about 1 hour by car
Raftsmen in highlander dress pole wooden rafts through the Dunajec gorge below the Pieniny cliffs, a trip of about two hours down to Szczawnica. The commentary is in Polish, so take the English map leaflet at the start. From the mountains and day trips guide.
Plan your days in Zakopane
Day one: walk up Dolina Strążyska to the Siklawica waterfall in the morning, then spend the afternoon in town at the Tatra Museum, Willa Koliba and the wooden cemetery at Pęksowy Brzyzek, and finish with dinner to a highlander band. Day two: take an early minibus to Palenica Białczańska, walk the road to Morskie Oko, eat szarlotka at the hut by the lake and ride the Gubałówka funicular for the evening view of the Tatras. For a rainy or slow day, soak in the thermal pools at Chochołów or Szaflary, see the Hasior gallery and Villa Atma, and eat at a milk bar.
Questions about the Zakopane guides
What do the Zakopane City Guides include?
Six guides covering 123 places: food, things to do, family, nightlife, mountains and day trips, and budget. Each entry explains why it is worth going, where it is, opening notes and one tip you can use.
How do I receive the guides once I have paid?
The links show up on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Can I use the Zakopane guides on the trails without signal?
Yes. Load each guide once while connected and it will work offline from then on, ticks and notes included. Opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Zakopane guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Polish. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and the full set of six is €19.99.
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