Zakopane, Gubałówka and Chochołów Hot Springs Day Trip with Tasting

About This Experience

ExploreCracow runs this baths day, rated 4.9 from 4,526 GetYourGuide reviews. You choose at booking between a central Krakow meeting point (from $96 per person) and pickup from your hotel or apartment (about $102). Pickup falls between 7:30 and 9:00, with the exact time sent by WhatsApp or SMS by 7 pm the day before.

After about 1.5 hours by van, the opening stop is the wooden village of Chochołów for photos and a short walk of about 20 minutes. Then comes a half-hour tasting at a shepherd's hut: smoked sheep's-milk cheese (sold as oscypek) and a shot of Polish vodka.

In Zakopane you get about 2.5 hours. The Gubałówka funicular ticket is included; the ride climbs about 300 m in roughly three and a half minutes to the ridge above town. The rest of the time is yours on Krupówki Street for lunch, which is not included, and shopping.

The last stop is about three hours at the Chochołów thermal baths, with indoor and outdoor pools and water slides. Bring swimwear, a towel and flip-flops. The baths are closed for works from 19 to 30 October 2026, so on those dates check which baths your tour uses.

A Private VIP option adds private transport and a dedicated guide in English, Spanish, Polish or Portuguese, priced at about $231 each for two travellers. Live guiding on the group tour is in English and Polish, with guidebooks for other languages.

Highlights

• Stop for photos and a short walk among the wooden highlander houses of Chochołów village.
• Taste smoked sheep's-milk cheese sold as oscypek with a shot of Polish vodka at a shepherd's hut.
• Ride the Gubałówka funicular to the ridge above Zakopane for views across the town and the Tatras.
• Spend about 2.5 hours in Zakopane, with time for lunch and shopping on Krupówki Street.
• Finish the day with about three hours in the indoor and outdoor pools of the Chochołów thermal baths.
• Pick a central meeting point or pay a little more for pickup from your Krakow hotel.

What's Included

• ✓ Transport from a central Krakow meeting point, or hotel pickup and drop-off on the hotel-pickup option
• ✓ English-speaking live guide, with guidebooks in other languages
• ✓ Photo stop in Chochołów wooden village
• ✓ Cheese and vodka tasting at a shepherd's hut
• ✓ Gubałówka funicular ticket
• ✓ Three-hour entry ticket to the Chochołów thermal baths

Not Included

• Lunch in Zakopane
• Food and drinks at the baths' pool bars
• Towel, swimwear and flip-flops (bring your own)
• Hotel pickup on the meeting-point option (about $102 per person instead of $96 with pickup)

What to Bring

• Swimwear
• Towel
• Flip-flops

Good to Know & Caveats

• Pickup is between 7:30 and 9:00 depending on where you are in Krakow; the exact time arrives by WhatsApp or SMS by 7 pm the day before.
• If your address is in a restricted traffic zone, the operator arranges the nearest possible pickup point.
• Guides speak English and Polish; Spanish-speaking guides run on selected days, so ask in the week of your tour.
• The Chochołów baths are closed 19 to 30 October 2026 for works, so check which baths your date uses.
• The Private VIP option costs about $231 per person for two travellers.

Meeting Point

Choose a central Krakow meeting point (Starowiślna 65, Garbarska 2, Floriana Straszewskiego 17, plac Jana Matejki 2 or Wielopole 2) or the hotel-pickup option; pickup runs 7:30 to 9:00 and the time is confirmed by 7 pm the day before.