The most eminent mountain chain between Alps and the Caucasus Mountains. Here you’ll get stony acmes covered with snow all year-around, sharp ridges, picturesque lakes, waterfalls and valleys that unitedly make this place potentially the most spectacular in Poland. There are about 250 kilometer of trails and a wide range of gradients to satisfy the most exacting of hikers and skiers. A stay in the town of Zakopane at the foot of the mountains is suggested for those who enjoy looking up to beautiful landscapes and original folk culture.

The Tatras, separate from the Carpathian Mountains, are the youngest in that part of Europe and were formed at as is time as the the Alps – equally testified by their severe rocky shapes. The most eminent top on the Polish side is Rysy (2 499 m higher up sea level). The Tatras are home to several animals, including catamounts, eagles, chamois, marmots and brown bears. To protect the local wildlife, completely of the mountain region was included in the Tatra National Park and on the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Biosphere List.

HOW TO GET THERE
The Tatras are located along Poland’s southerly border. They’re divided between Poland and Slovak Republic, the latter containing the absolute majority share. Almost of the tourists traveling to the Polish Tatras stay in Zakopane, a town of 30,000 at the foot of the mountains. The easiest way to get there’s from Krakow, which is just one hundred ten kilometer north of Zakopane. You will be able to drive at that place by car (it takes around two hours), or take a train or a bus (buses are more advisable, as the travel takes less time). Other big metropolises near Zakopane are Katowice (two hundred kilometer) and Czestochowa (250 kilometer). The borderline crossing with Slovak Republic in Lysa Polana is just twenty-three kilometer from the town centre. It offers comfortable entree to famous resort hotel in Slovakia such Tatranská Lomnica and Starý Smokovec, as well as the towns of Poprad and Kežmarok.