'''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.
  • Get around

    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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