Rabka
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Malopolskie : Rabka
Rabka, aka Rabka-Zdrój, is the most famous Polish spa for children and a winter sport city in southern Poland, situated south of Kraków. The city is in the Beskids and this part of the mountain range is named Makowski Beskid. There is also a big lake near town.
[edit] Get in
[edit] By road
- Rabka-Zdrój is on the E77 main road which connects it with Cracow with Zakopane.
[edit] By air
- The nearest major airport is Balice Airport (KRK) at Krakow.
[edit] By rail
- Train connect Rabka with many near towns as well as Krakow. However, the train is very slow and it is faster to use a bus or taxi.
[edit] Get around
[edit][add listing] See
- Open-air Railway Museum
- Rabcio Puppet Theater
- Władysław Orkan Museum, housed in a historical 17th-century larch-wood church, includes one of the largest collections of folk sculpture and paintings on glass.
- The world's only Order of the Smile Museum (dedicated to a unique order that children award to adults).
- Gorce National Park
[edit][add listing] Do
Ski, skate, snowboard, paraglide, horseback ride, hike and climb. Rabka offers a sports stadium, tennis courts, amusement park, traffic town with bicycle rentals, skating rink, toboggan-run and woodland walk tourist routes: to Mt. Grzebień (678 m), Mt. Maciejowa (837 m), Stare Wierchy, Krzywoń and Bania hills.
[edit][add listing] Buy
[edit][add listing] Eat
- bundz
- oscypek
- kwaśnica - meat and sauerkraut stew
- bigos
- kielbasa
[edit][add listing] Drink
Mulled wine and beer, śliwowica łącka - (read: [shlee-voh-veetsa won-tskah]) strong (70% alcohol) plum brandy
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Hostels, hotels, lodging houses, cottages and rooms for hire.
[edit] Get out
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