Zakopane - the most tourist city. Therefore, guests can take advantage of the full range of hotel services. As they say, for every taste and wallet.
In order to increase the level of the quality of the services provided, also in order to combat the "black market", the urban management of Zakopane (more precisely, the department of sports and tourism of this control) is carefully maintained by the register of hotel facilities. Accordingly, even those who simply surrender an apartment must necessarily be registered. This registration gives tourists a guarantee of the legality of the hotel's hotel, which is controlled by the relevant authorities. Registered objects are noted by special signs with the coat of arms of the city, as well as with the relevant registration number.
In order to be called a "hotel" or "boarding house", the hotel type object must meet certain requirements. And if you lived at the hotel, which is not in the registry, it means that you could provide services whose level may not match necessary. Honestly, I learned about the specified registry a little later, so I can not say for sure how much it works in reality. As well as I can not assert whether the hotel in which we lived on all the rules is registered, or not.
In Zakopane, a fairly large hotel base, which includes, in addition to ordinary hotels, many guesthouses and private villas. Some of them have equipment rental.
The most common accommodation option in Zakopane is a private house for several floors, built specifically for tourists. Titles Such Pension and Private hotels are usually appropriate: like "Villa Helios" or "Villa Marilor". Usually pose a two-, three or four-storey building (wooden log cabins). On each floor there are several small numbers on two, three or more people. But there are two-room family rooms. The shower and toilet in such mini hotels most often have every room, but sometimes one for a whole floor.
Almost all rooms have a kitchen with a stove, a microwave, a kettle and a fridge, where everyone can prepare anyone if desired. The presence is also the minimum set of dishes: cutlery, plates, cups, pans, and so on. Often there is an iron. If there is no iron in the number, then it is 100% for free at the reception (or at the hostess). Mandatory - a convenient bed, by agreement you can order a large double bed. It may be a TV, but we never turned on it at all. Actually, such conditions provide the vast majority of private hotels in Zakopane.
When choosing a place of stay, you should consider the moment that there are no "Sky-Basov" in Zakopane, so it will have to get to the ski descents on their own. Actually, the choice directly depends on the purpose of your trip. Carefully select a hotel or boarding house so that you do not need to go far.
If you can not decide on or want to ride in several places at once (find out as many trails as possible), it will be more logical to choose accommodation in the city center or closer to the station. The advantage of such an accommodation is that most route taxis go to the bus station, and you will not have to be blocked for a long time in search of your guest house or hotel.
Lovers of nightlife makes sense to settle in the area of the main street Zakopane - Break. Although, the concept of "nightlife" here is very relative. Peripherals after all.
If you are traveling on your own car, it is more convenient to find a hotel near the central road so that you don't have to "ride" narrow streets. This road (Krakow) passes through the whole city and leads to the suburbs of Zakopane, a small town Koszeliso (Kościelisko), which is located about 4 kilometers from Zakopane. It is in Kostelisko who, in my opinion, is a magnificent hotel complex. Of course, you are not on foot here, and the minibus is also inconvenient, too. But for tourists traveling by car, it is a very suitable place, with a huge free parking for guests, a restaurant at the entrance and a gas station in 50 meters away.
This hotel complex is located at: Kościelisko, UL. Strzelców Podhalańskich 36.
In the GPS navigator, the specified address is, it is not necessary to find it. The complex consists of several small private hotels. All of them are built of wood in traditional style for this terrain. Hotels are only about eight or ten (I have not considered exactly).
The territory of the hotel complex surrounds the magnificent nature, beautiful mountains. Here is so silence! And what kind of clean air and how easy it is breathing ... words are simply not possible. I want to stay forever here.
This complex has a specific name. Here every hotel belongs to different owners. And every hotel has its own name. This must be taken into account when parking your car, for the parking of the "Alien" hotel (in the sense of the wrong in which you stopped) will not be free and you will have to fork out for some amount. Specify immediately at the reception to the border of their parking.
Personally, we stayed at the hotel Willa Aniołówka. . Found randomly (on the site Booking.com).
I note that it is just a great hotel. Responsive hostess, gorgeous clean rooms, stunning breakfasts (Believe me, we have something to compare). Super. I won't write much. Just recommend. We have come here several times here, and all the time stayed in the Kostelisco on this "Angel" Villa (as its name translates).
But we always travel on your car, so it is not a problem.
In general, the question "Where to settle in Zakopane?" Especially not worth it. And the advice and recommendations on the choice of recreation sites here are not of a fundamental nature, such as the choice of hotel in Krakow, where everything is much more complicated. All because Zakopane is a small and quite compact town. In almost any of his place, you can safely go on foot for 30-40 minutes (of course, without skis and gear). Naturally, do not mean the suburbs of Zakopane or nearby towns, which are often positioned in advertising hotels like Zakopane, although in reality they are in the distance of several or more kilometers from the city.
So my advice is as follows: Be sure to look at the location map, which specifically the hotel you booked, the benefit of the interactive Google map easily allows you to do.