What to see in Zakopane

Zakopane highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Kasprowy Wierch

   A cable car up the mountain.

2. Morskie Oko

   A spectacular mountain lake.

3. Krupówki Street

   The main street.

4. Gubałówka

   A funicular with views.

5. Wooden architecture

   The Zakopane style.

Day trips from Zakopane

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Zakopane ★ 4.8 (11,246 reviews)

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Typical food of Zakopane

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Zakopane from your kitchen).

Kwaśnica

The sauerkraut soup of the Zakopane highlanders, with smoked ribs and potato, to warm you up after a day in the Tatras.

• Serves 6
• 2 h

Ingredients

• 600 g smoked pork ribs
• 500 g sauerkraut with its juice
• 3 potatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• Bay leaf, allspice and caraway
• Salt

How to make it at home

1. Simmer the ribs in 2 litres of water with the bay leaf and spices for 1 hour.
2. Add the chopped sauerkraut with its juice and cook for 30 minutes.
3. Add the diced potatoes and carrot and the fried onion.
4. Cook for 20 minutes more.
5. Take out the ribs, pull the meat off the bone and return it to the soup.

The trick: With boiled potatoes and butter on the side, as it’s served in the mountain huts.

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