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Skiing in Slovakia

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Written by Daniel Horváth

During a visit to Poland, it is worth going to a neighboring country Slovakia. The borders are open, so you do not even need a passport. Also there you can find friendly people and great ski areas. We invite you to find out more about skiing in Slovakia.

Slovakia’s mountainous terrain turns the country into a paradise for winter sports enthusiasts annually from December until April. Less well known than the Alps, but with views that would give Innsbruck fierce competition, the Tatra mountain range attracts all of levels of skiers to its many resorts. Slovakia’s best ski resorts are still waiting to receive the attention that they deserve, so now is the best time to go. Once skiers find out about the quality of the runs and the reasonable lift ticket prices (about 1/4 of what you will pay in Austria), more and more ski tourists will start heading east.

In Slovakia (Slovensko), you can look forward to 472 kilometres of slopes: the ski resorts are served by 528 ski lifts.

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Useful Polish phrases

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Written by Andrzej Ochmański

Unlike English, Polish is pronounced phonetically. Once you understand where to break the word, and that the second-to-last syllable is always stressed, you'll do okay by keeping the following in mind. One note: if the word looks nothing like it sounds, put it down to some uniquely Polish characters not included here. The Polish alphabet does have its own surprises. If confused, just look it up in a good dictionary.

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My Third Holiday in Poland - Zakopane

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Written by Graham Wright

One Tourist's Story

What a great but strange country, Poland. The first time I went to Poland I spent a week in the summer hiking in the Tatras mountains near Zakopane. I never knew mountains were so big or so steep, I came back with aching muscles sore knees a suntan and 3 kgs lighter. The second time I did the touristy thing and went around Warsaw, Krakow and Lodz (pronounced woodge).

Now my third time I thought I should write about it as once again I have come back with aching muscles, sore knees but only about 1kg lighter this time. A group of us spent New Years in Zakopane, tired of the disappointing London New Years Eve celebrations, where I always seemed to expect a huge party and it never seemed to quite materialise, so we decided to try Poland.

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