Noobie looking for advice on where to go from Krakow

Hey guys,

I'm pretty new to skiing as I've only been to the Andes (2 days) and Canada (3 days), but have decided to give Europe a bash.

I've booked a flight to Krakow in Poland and will be hiring a car with a friend to head off somewhere for 4 days of skiing. We were thinking of going to Zakapone as its pretty close and we are trying to do it all on a tight budget. I was however reading that there are some very good resorts in Slovakia within 3 or 4 hours drive from Krakow, so I'm now in 2 minds! The things that are most important to us are (in order):

- Price (skiing and accomodation)
- Picturesque, nice town/resort with lots of character
- decent slopes for intermediate/beginner

Any of you guys have any experience of this area and would be kind enough to help out?

Thanks!

First piece of advice, if you want to ski in Europe, cancel your flight to Krakow. If you cant, go and see Auschwitz instead, its incredible, and then book a flight to Geneva of Innsbruck and we can start offering you advice.

Tony_H wrote:First piece of advice, if you want to ski in Europe, cancel your flight to Krakow. If you cant, go and see Auschwitz instead, its incredible, and then book a flight to Geneva of Innsbruck and we can start offering you advice.

So in other words Zakopane and Slovakia aren't worth the time of day as far as skiing is concerned!? Even though the trip has to be done on a budget?

From the lack of replies I presume no one has been skiing in Eastern Europe!?

Scripple,
I have been ski-ing in Bulgaria, as have quite a few people here, but you are not talking about Bulgaria :?:

Which country do you live in yourself?

Ally

Scripple wrote:

Tony_H wrote:First piece of advice, if you want to ski in Europe, cancel your flight to Krakow. If you cant, go and see Auschwitz instead, its incredible, and then book a flight to Geneva of Innsbruck and we can start offering you advice.

So in other words Zakopane and Slovakia aren't worth the time of day as far as skiing is concerned!? Even though the trip has to be done on a budget?

If you want skiing on a budget, there are plenty of places across the Alps you can do this. Austria, Switzerland, Italy. Depends on whether you want the holiday cost to be budget, food and drink to be budget, or your skiing to be budget.

What sort of budget did you have in mind?
And when are you going?

Send a private message to 'chaletslovakia', he/she!? has provided good information on Eastern Europe in the past and will be able to help you out.

Tony_H wrote:

If you want skiing on a budget, there are plenty of places across the Alps you can do this. Austria, Switzerland, Italy. Depends on whether you want the holiday cost to be budget, food and drink to be budget, or your skiing to be budget.

What sort of budget did you have in mind?
And when are you going?

Well we are trying to do 5 days for less than £400 pp!!

With Zakopane the costs were looking like:
Flights £50
Car hire + fuel £50
Accomodation £100
Ski hire and passes £100
Booze + food = £100

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