Zakopane

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Why visit Zakopane

Nestled in the foothills of the Tatras, Zakopane is Poland’s best-known mountain resort, famed for hiking in summer and skiing in winter, though at the height of the summer and winter seasons it can get positively overrun.

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The mountains loom large in Zakopane, a town of timber-carved cottages surrounded by wildflower-strewn fields in summer and top-notch skiing in winter.

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