taking the funicular up the Gubałówka hill - walk along the top rigde (2km)
taking the chair lift down the Polana Szymoszkowa (on the picture)
back to the town along the Powstańców Śląskich street
then along Kościeliska street - visiting the Zakopane Style Museum in Villa Koliba (closed on Mon and Tue)
visiting the oldest church in Zakopane and the old cemetary
FINISH: Krupówki
ROUTE 2: upper Zakopane (aprox. 3 hrs.)
START: Krupówki
Piłsudskiego street
at the crossroads with Tetmajera street - Kornel Makuszyński's Museum
with a pretty figure of the polish most famous goat Koziolek Matolek (on the picture)
ski jumping hill Wielka Krokiew (possibility of going up to the top with a lift and admiring the views over the town)
walking along the Ścieżka Pod Reglami path to the entry of the Białego Valley
then along Grunwaldzka street (on the right in the Town Park Culture Center Jutrzenka with an interesting exhibition of the children's works of art - mainly traditional local techniques of glass painting, available for sale)
further Orkana and Kasprusie streets with Karol Szymanowski's museum at Villa Atma
Kościeliska street and FINISH: Krupówki
ROUTE 3: following Stanislaw Witkiewicz (aprox. 4-5hrs.)
START: Krupówki
Zamoyskiego st.- Witkiewicza st.- Bulwary Słowackiego st. (along the Bystra stream)
climbing up the Nosal (1.206m) - hiking down to Olczyska Valley with water springs
Jaszczurówka - a 1907 chapel designed by Stanisław Witkiewicz (on the picture)
Balzera st. - Droga na Koziniec (Willa pod Jedlami/ Pod Jedlami Villa, a house designed by St. Witkiewicz)
Droga na Antałówkę - Antałówka (lovely view on High Tatras)
follow the yellow marked tracks near the Panorama pension
Jagiellonska street - Witkiewicza street (cafe Samanta)
FINISH: Krupówki
ROUTE 4: Two biggest valleys of the Western Tatras (aprox. 5/7 hrs.)
START: bus station at Kościuszki street - taking the bus to Kiry in Kościelisko
Kościeliska Valley (on the picture) - optional the horse and carriage ride (aprox. 150PLN)
shelter in Ornak (apple-pie)- back the same way through the Kościeliska or
hard, 2,5 hrs. hiking through Iwaniacka Pass to Chochołowska Valley
down the Chochołowska Valley to the parking on Siwa Polana (one can rent a bike from the rental in the upper Chocholowska to ride down the valley)
taking the bus from the bus stop at Siwa Polana back to Zakopane
ROUTE 5: Strążyska Valley and Polana Kalatówki (aprox. 4-5 hrs)
START: Krupówki
Strążyska st.
Strążyska Valley (very pretty one)with small shelter offering drinks and meals
Ścieżka nad Reglami path with nice view on Zakopane(on the picture)- Kalatówki Valley
Mountain Hotel Kalatówki (nice restaurant)
Kuźnice - Przewodników Tatrzańskich st. - Chałubińskiego st. - Zamoyskiego st.
FINISH: Krupówki
ROUTE 6: Morskie Oko - the most popular destination (aprox. 5/6 hrs)
START: bus station at Kościuszki st. - taking the bus to Palenica Białczańska (we suggest to start early morning, before 8am to avoid hiking in the crowd)
walk up to Morskie Oko lake (8km on the traumac road)
walk around the lake - (optional: walk up to the next lake Czarny Staw nad Morskim Okiem +1 hour)
