Skiing
Poland's mountainous southern rim provides some good skiing opportunities, seized on, in season, by what can often seem like the country's entire population. The best and not surprisingly, most popular ski slopes are in the Tatras, the highest section of the Polish Carpathians, where the skiing season runs from December through into March. Although still in the shadow of the Alps and other well-known European resorts, Zakopane, the resort centre of the Tatras , has acquired a strong and growing international following, not least in the UK, where a variety of travel operators specialize in cheap, popular skiing packages. Though the skiing facilities in and around Zakopane may still leave a little to be desired, both in volume and quality, they have improved consider ably over the last few years, not least in the provision of ski-lifts. Certainly, you shouldn't have any problems renting skiing gear in Zakopane itself. Less dramatic alternatives to the Tatras include: the Beskid Sudety , notably the resorts at Karpacz and Szklarska Poreba; the Beskid Slaski resort of Szczyrk; and the Bieszczady (a favourite with cross-country skiers). One great advantage with all these is that they are relatively unknown outside Poland, although, consequently, facilities are fairly undeveloped - usually involving a single ski lift and a limited range of descents. As yet relatively free from package hotels, these smaller resorts are perhaps better suited to individual tourists than Zakopane, which can be jam-packed with groups from late December to the end of March.
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