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Live tours in Zakopane

Explore Zakopane, Poland, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Krupowki Street, Gubalowka and Oscypek stalls on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

10 live tours From 17,00 €

Explore Zakopane live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Centrum is worth asking about: the town centre around Krupowki Street, full of shops, cafes and guesthouses.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Krupowki Street The town's main pedestrian promenade, lined with highland-style wooden buildings, shops and food stalls.
  • Gubalowka A hill above the town reached by funicular, with panoramic views over Zakopane to the Tatra peaks.
  • Oscypek stalls Street stalls along Krupowki grilling oscypek, a smoked sheep's milk cheese with EU-protected status.
  • Highland inn kitchens Small inns serving kwasnica, a sour cabbage soup with smoked meat that is a staple of Podhale cooking.
  • Villa Koliba The first building in the Zakopane style, designed by Stanislaw Witkiewicz in 1892, now a museum.
  • Cmentarz na Peksowym Brzysku A historic cemetery with carved wooden grave markers, resting place of highland guides and artists.
  • Wielka Krokiew A ski jumping hill in continuous use since the 1920s, host to World Cup competitions.
  • Zakopane style architecture A wooden architectural style developed in the 1890s that combines highland carpentry with folk motifs.

Neighbourhoods

  • Centrum the town centre around Krupowki Street, full of shops, cafes and guesthouses
  • Antalowka a quiet hillside district of wooden guesthouses just above the centre
  • Bystre a district at the southwestern edge of town, gateway to the Chocholowska valley

Food to know

  • Oscypek
  • Kwasnica
  • Moskole
  • Bryndza
  • Kielbasa

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Good to know about Zakopane

Do I need to be in Zakopane to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Zakopane, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.3 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Polish, English and French; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.