Our beloved Zakopane - a city and municipality in the Malopolska province, the county seat of Tatra. In the years 1977 - 1994 city was the seat of the municipality Tatranska. In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the province of Nowy Sącz As of December 31, 2009 the city had 26 737 inhabitants and is the second largest city in the Podhale Nowy Targ. Zakopane is the largest urban center in the immediate vicinity of the Tatra Mountains, a large ski resort, has long been informally called the winter capital of Polish. In the administrative borders of the city is also a significant part of the Tatra National Park (from the Dry Valleys Water Valley Small Meadow). The city is situated at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, in Podtatrzanski Gully (Zakopiańska Basin), on several streams whose water eventually fall into the river Zakopianka (tributary of the White Dunajec). It is the highest Polish city. In the administrative borders of the city is part of the Tatra Mountains (the highest point of which is the apex Świnicy - 2301 m). Aside from the TDI area, the city lies at an altitude of 750-1126 m above sea levelThe focal point of Zakopane - Street intersection. Krupówki and Kosciuszko is located at an altitude of 838 m asl To the north stretches Gubałówka band, and in the south of the city is dominated by Giewont. Zakopane many important sports events organized. Every year on the Great Krokiew is the World Cup in ski jumping. In Zakopane three world championships were held in Nordic: in 1929, 1939 and 1962 and once the world championships in alpine skiing in 1939. Unfortunately this is not even the oldest people remember. The city has repeatedly kandydowało to host the World Cup in Nordic, however, with the same effects. However, plans to join forces with Krakow and candidate to host the World Cup in Nordic 2017. The city also tried to no avail, as usual, to host the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Many sanatoriums and rest homes and large accommodation, make the Zakopane town attractive to tourists. The main attractions are the Tatra Mountains and probably only the Tatras.There are a few places worth recommending, but if things deserve to be called? funicular railway to Gubałówka, cable car to Kasprowy, cable and chair rail in Butorowy, ski jump United Krokiew Theatre. Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, numerous festivals and folk events (Autumn Tatra and the International Festival of Mountain Folklore, Jazz Picnic) City of friendship are also other cities such as: Poprad, Saint-Die-des-Vosges, Siegen, Sopot, Vysoke Tatry, uncle, Bariloche, Bavel The communication bus provides a bus and private carriers under both the regular-but not quite, all-season and regular lines, that run in addition to tourist seasons. Communication with neighboring localities mainly provided by regular lines of private carriers. Lines run through the city public transport bus and operated by private carriers (bursiarzy) called. bus to the main point of the bar near the roundabout at the FIS railway and bus stations. Unfortunately, public transportation does not exist in Zakopane, laughing.And at night you can forget about getting out somewhere else. The last buses depart about 22.15 and at this hour ends with a life in the center of our city. Welcome. Well developed communication in the neighboring towns providing communication with the center to the beginning of hiking trails leading in and around Zakopane Tatra Mountains, and tourist facilities (eg lifts and ski runs - including the outlets of the valleys: Chocholowska Valley, Valley Koscieliska, Valley Low Meadows, Strążyska Valley, White Valley, to Kuźnice - lower cableway station on Kasprowy, ski slopes at Nosal, Jaszczurówki, Toporov Cyrhli, Brzeziny, Zazadniej Wierchporońca, hunger strike, to the border at Lysa Polana, Palenica Białczańska (road to the valley and Roztoki Morskie Oko, to Bukowina Tatranska, Poronin, Biały Dunajec, Little Silent, Murzasichle, Olcza on Szymoszkowa Glade, to the bottom lift station at Butorowy to Kościelisko and Witów.) Fees range from two to six - eight gold per person, depending on route.Tabor is a private minibuses taking up ten to 22 people, is the possibility of taking luggage (backpack), and ski in the winter, most are equipped with communication means (radio, etc.). As many as one of the minibuses is adapted for transporting disabled people. City of Dreams is located in an extremely attractive geographic region of Polish. Among the mountains, rivers and lakes in the company of strong developing country such as proteins or Bukowina Tatra Tatra, which grow in strength from year to year by opening the thermal pools, and new lifts, organizing numerous outdoor events, inviting celebrities zakopiańczykom stage known to us only from television. It is true that it was first opened in Zakopane in the Tatra Highlands Aquapark, but prospects for the time it was better to leave the old showers in Antalowka with a piece of grass than wykoszonej not build something so ugly and nothing to say nothing of similar functionality. Our resilient Zakopane Promotion Office occupies an honorable position in the ranking of the last rural tourist information points.Office promotion of our city is so aggressive promotions aimed at our region, that already the third day of the Festival of Mountain Folklore everyone knows that this particular festival takes place. We omit the constant of granting civic rights to the city Zakopane formula. The only thing we can not even pick it Krupówki friendly villages. The famous promenade with the equally famous staircase. And here is also delicious - enjoy the catering department.
