'''Rabka''', aka Rabka-Zdroj, is the most famous Polish spa for children and a winter sport city in southern Poland, situated south of Krakow. 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.
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By road
Rabka-Zdroj is on the E77 main road which connects it with Cracow with Zakopane.
By air
The nearest major airport is Balice Airport (KRK) at Krakow.
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.
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See
'''Open-air Railway Museum'''
'''Rabcio Puppet Theater'''
'''W?adys?aw 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'''
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. Grzebie? (678 m), Mt. Maciejowa (837 m), Stare Wierchy, Krzywo? and Bania hills.
Buy
Eat
''bundz''
''oscypek''
''kwa?nica'' - meat and sauerkraut stew
''bigos''
''kielbasa''
Drink
Mulled wine and beer, ?liwowica ??cka - (read: [shlee-voh-veetsa won-tskah]) strong (70% alcohol) plum brandy
Sleep
Hostels, hotels, lodging houses, cottages and rooms for hire.
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