Must-see hotels in Carpathian Mountains

  • Hotel Batory

    Carpathian Mountains

    This folksy-looking, yet thoroughly renovated hotel offers 25 appealing rooms in a peaceful park location above Szczawnica. Wooden decorations, inviting…

  • Grand Hotel

    Carpathian Mountains

    All we can say is ‘wow’. This boutique hotel, a block from the Rynek, is one of the nicest we’ve seen in this part of Poland. Throw pillows in trendy…

  • Małopolanka

    Carpathian Mountains

    This old-fashioned, 20-room pension and spa just off the promenade dates to 1924 and could still be a setting for an Agatha Christie whodunnit. There’s a…

  • Hotel Sabała

    Zakopane

    Welcoming guests since 1898 but thoroughly up to date, this striking timber hotel has a superb location on Zakopane's picturesque pedestrian thoroughfare…

  • Miasteczko Galicyjskie

    Carpathian Mountains

    'Galician Town', a faithful reproduction of a township in the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, gives overnighters the option to stay in a…

  • Hotel GAL

    Carpathian Mountains

    Every Polish city should be so lucky to have a hotel this appealing so close to transport connections. The 1904 art nouveau building got a total makeover…

  • Grand Hotel Stamary

    Zakopane

    Named for the opera singer who founded it, the 1905 Stamary is one of Zakopane's grand historic hotels, maintaining its eminence with thorough updates to…

  • Hotel Klimek Spa

    Carpathian Mountains

    In Złockie, about 2.5km northwest of the centre of Muszyna, this 53-room spa hotel is one of the best (and most expensive) places around, with a long list…

  • Pensjonat Witoldówka

    Carpathian Mountains

    Built in 1889 by Dr Bolesław Skórczewski to lodge patients taking Krynica's waters, this grand, Gothic, timber-built hotel is well located along the…

  • Hotel Lokis

    Carpathian Mountains

    In a wonderful spot overlooking the lake, the Lokis is a modern hotel in a traditional-style gabled building. With 23 rooms, a gym and sauna, and a…

  • Willa Carlton

    Zakopane

    This pretty pension occupies a grand old house away from the main drag that was built between the wars, and has been thoroughly modernised inside. Expect…

  • Hotel Ambasadorski Rzeszów

    Carpathian Mountains

    This smart four-star hotel occupies a beautifully renovated 17th-century townhouse at the back of the Rynek. The modern rooms don't match the exterior's…

  • Solar Spa Hotel

    Carpathian Mountains

    This huge hotel and spa complex offers spacious, spotless and conservatively furnished rooms spread over four separate buildings. The list of spa…

  • Hotel Kasprowy Wierch

    Zakopane

    This late-19th-century Swiss-style villa has been a hotel since 1936, and sits pretty at the southern end of Zakopane's central promenade. The rooms don't…

  • Hotel Zamkowy

    Carpathian Mountains

    The hotel at Krasiczyn Castle offers several different types of rooms, ranging from relatively modest, good-value single and double rooms in the coach…

  • Hotel Śnieżka

    Carpathian Mountains

    For atmosphere and charm, this attractive brick-red Victorian townhouse near the train and bus stations is hard to beat. You’ll find 14 cosy rooms, all…

  • PTSM Alko Youth Hostel

    Carpathian Mountains

    Calling any hostel ‘alko’ seems to be inviting trouble, but this central, laid-back, 50-bed affair doesn't seem to attract undue merriment. There are no…

  • Euro Hotel U Jana

    Carpathian Mountains

    This 13th-century hotel is not only classy, but is conveniently located right on the Rynek. The apartments have interesting artwork on the walls, the beds…

  • Hotel Pod Ratuszem

    Carpathian Mountains

    This modern, central hotel is not the fanciest place in town – it's only rated at two stars – but it might just represent the best value, given the clean…

  • Hotel Pieniny

    Carpathian Mountains

    Halfway between the castle and Niedzica village to the south, this 52-room hotel is a reasonably priced option with plain but comfortable rooms. It's…

  • Vis a Vis

    Carpathian Mountains

    Directly opposite Łańcut's prime attraction, the castle, and next door to its second-most, the synagogue, Vis a Vis couldn't be better located. Happily…

  • Target Hostel

    Zakopane

    This private, well-run hostel is within easy walking distance of the bus station – the entrance is downstairs from the street, beneath a clinic…

  • Hotel Accademia

    Carpathian Mountains

    The boxy, multi-storey Accademia is one of those modern hotels whose exterior suggests neglect, but which wins points for good value, a decent breakfast…

  • Hotel Stefania

    Carpathian Mountains

    The handsome dark- and lime-green Stefania occupies a renovated historic spa building topped with picturesque onion domes. The snug rooms, with their…

  • Tourist Information Centre

    Carpathian Mountains

    Tarnów’s tourist information centre offers one of the best sleeping deals in town, letting out rooms above its office on the Rynek. Don’t expect luxury:…

  • Czarny Potok

    Zakopane

    The ‘Black Stream’, set beside a pretty brook amid lovely gardens, is a 44-room pension-like hotel on a quiet backstreet just south of the pedestrian mall…

  • Pensjonat Pałacyk

    Carpathian Mountains

    This handsome pension, occupying a historic home from 1904, has seven rooms as well as its own restaurant. Some rooms have more period styling than others…

  • Camping Nr 202 Pod Jabłoniami

    Carpathian Mountains

    About 1.5km due north of the Old Town, this very pleasant camping ground is also a holiday lodge with cosy rooms and 18 simple bungalows with shared…

  • Hotel Krosno Nafta

    Carpathian Mountains

    Occupying a five-storey, cream and lime-green box 1km southeast of the Rynek, this business-oriented hotel offers good rates, plus online and weekend…

  • Good Bye Lenin Hostel

    Zakopane

    This five-room place with 30 beds in a century-old farmhouse, at the end of a steep drive in the woods 5km southeast of central Zakopane, is as chill as…

  • Sanatorium Uzdrowiskowe Korona

    Carpathian Mountains

    Perched above a loop of the Poprad River 1km southwest of central Muszyna, this modern hotel-hydrotherapy centre has 120 beds in bright, well-maintained…

  • Hotel Panorama

    Carpathian Mountains

    The clean, modern Panorama, just off the Rynek, boasts the best location of the city's central hotels. There's an on-site restaurant doing good Polish…

  • Hotel Restauracja Grodzka

    Carpathian Mountains

    The best of Biecz's slim range of acceptable lodging options is this 16-room budget hotel, located along the main road about 700m east of the Rynek. The…

  • Dom Turysty PTTK

    Carpathian Mountains

    This year-round PTTK hostel has 21 spartan, spick-and-span rooms. There's a restaurant, outdoor barbecue and a camping ground next door, open between May…

  • Schronisko Młodzieżowe PTSM Matecznik

    Carpathian Mountains

    Rooms are basic with big iron bunks, but everything is clean and the staff are helpful in this good-value hostel occupying a former tenement house 1.4km…

  • Hotel Buda

    Carpathian Mountains

    The location's not immediately appealing (next to the train tracks around 1km southwest of central Krosno, yet a little over 1km from the station), but…

  • Camping Nr 97 Pod Krokwią

    Zakopane

    This camping ground has large heated bungalows, each containing several double and triple rooms. They're often full in the July and August period. To get…

  • Hotel Europejski

    Carpathian Mountains

    Housed in a renovated old building facing the attractive neoclassical train station (1895), this old-school but well-maintained place has 29 bright rooms…

  • Youth Hostel Szarotka

    Zakopane

    This cheerful and homely place with 60 beds gets packed in the high season and is on a busy road. But it’s friendly, colourfully decorated and equipped…