Lower fare
Highland day
No pools, more walking
- Length9 hours
- StopsChocholow, ski jump, chapel
- BathsNot included
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Zakopane tour from Krakow price, and what it buys
Zakopane day: funicular, tasting, thermal pools
★ 4.8 · 10,563 written reviews
The short version
A Zakopane tour from Krakow starts at a modest per-person fare that already covers the coach, the guide, the funicular, a tasting and 3 hours of thermal pools; lunch and drinks at the pools are extra.
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- Our day trip11 hours, baths · each person, from €21
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View - Highland day9 hours, no baths · each person, from €17
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View - Snowmobile day10 hours · each person, from €42
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View - Baths and transferPools only · each person, from €68
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Starting prices from GetYourGuide, converted at the ECB reference rate. You will see the exact price when booking.
What a Zakopane day from Krakow costs from, what the fare already covers, which costs appear only on the day and how a tour stacks up against going alone.
Editorial team, zakopane-tour.com · Updated November 9, 2026 · 7 mins to read
Quick look
- Our day tripFrom €23 per person for a day of 11 hours, with pickup in Krakow.
- In the fareCoach, guide, funicular ride, a cheese and spirits tasting and 3 hours at the baths.
- Paid on the dayLunch on Krupowki, 45 minutes long, is up to you and paid separately.
- Baths on your ownA 3.5-hour adult ticket at Termy Bukovina starts from PLN 89.1
- Snow and quadsSome snowmobile days add a ride fee of PLN 400 per two-person vehicle, paid in cash.
What the Zakopane day from Krakow costs
The Zakopane tour from Krakow price on the listing we book begins at €23 per person, for a day of 11 hours. That fare is a starting point, not a quote: the date, the pickup option and the season move it, and the booking box shows the live figure for your group. What makes the number easy to read is how much of the day it already covers, from the hotel door in Krakow to the drop-off in the evening.
Pickup is part of the deal, with 6 pickup locations in the city and 6 drop-off points on the way back. Your driver sends the exact time on the eve of the trip, with pickup in the 07:30 AM to 09:00 AM window. You do not need a bus ticket, a parking space or a plan for the Zakopianka road on a Saturday morning: the coach handles the whole route there and back.
The listing carries 10,563 reviews averaging 4.8, which is a long record for a tour priced at this level. Nothing is charged on the day you reserve, and you can still cancel for your money back up to 24 hours before departure. If the weather looks poor or your plans shift, that window costs nothing and protects a mountain day well.
Side by side
Zakopane day trips by starting fare and length
| Day trip | From | Length | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our day trip | €23 | 11 hours | 10,563 |
| Highland day, no baths | €19 | 9 hours | 1,665 |
| Day with Terma Bania | €23 | 11 hours | 2,175 |
| Snowmobile and baths | €47 | 10 hours | 670 |
| Morskie Oko day | €155 | 9 hours | 40 |
| Private full day | €145 | 9 hours | 34 |
All are from-prices; the final bill depends on your date, option and party size.
What the fare covers, stop by stop
The day opens with a traditional village for a short walk and photos, after about 1.5 hours on the road, followed by Chocholow, where a tasting of highland cheese and spirits with regional food is part of the plan. Nothing in that stop is charged on top. It is also a welcome chance to stretch your legs before the busy part of the day in town.
Zakopane itself gives 2 hours of free time near Krupowki Street, after which a 10-minute funicular ride lifts you up Gubalowka Hill for 30 minutes at the summit. Queue-jumping through an express security check is part of the deal, and someone else buys the funicular ticket. When the lower station fills up on a snowy weekend, that spares you both the wait and the fare.
A large part of the day goes to the thermal pools: 3 hours at the Chocholowskie baths, with a ticket that covers every zone except the saunas. Bought separately, a bath ticket alone would take a real bite out of a budget, and the price section below shows how much. A live guide leads the day in English and Polish, and travelers who pick another language get a booklet of instructions.
Traveler track record
Reviews behind each Zakopane day trip
- Our day trip10,563
- Springs and tasting5,684
- Hot springs, Spanish4,225
- Terma Bania day2,175
- Highland day1,665
- Quads and bonfire1,286
Counts taken from each GetYourGuide listing; a long record says more about an ordinary day than a handful of perfect scores.
The extras you pay on the day
Lunch is the main extra. The listing marks a meal of 45 minutes on Krupowki Street as optional and charged separately, so you can sit down in a highland restaurant or eat a grilled oscypek from a stall instead. Krupowki, a car-free street, is packed with highland restaurants and souvenir stalls, so the choice is wide.3 Carry some cash or a card for this part of the day.
At the baths, you pay for snacks and drinks with a wristwatch-style tag. The Chocholowskie complex says guests use special watches to pay at its catering outlets, and you settle the total on the way out.2 It is an easy system, and an easy way to lose track of a few rounds at the pool bar. Towels are not part of every bath ticket: one transfer listing to the same baths notes that a towel can be rented on site.
Saunas are outside the ticket on our day, as the record puts it, so budget for them if you want the sauna zone. Souvenirs, another coffee on Gubalowka and a tip for the guide are the other small costs. None of them is required, and a careful traveler can finish the day having paid for little more than lunch.
Pick by budget
Which Zakopane day fits your wallet
Name what matters to you and find the day that spends your budget well.
If The lowest fare on the board
The highland day without pools
It starts from €19 and skips the baths for more sightseeing.
If The most included for the money
The day this site books
From €23, with the funicular, a tasting and 3 hours of thermal pools.
If Snow under the wheels
A snowmobile and baths day
From €47, with the rental paid in cash on the day.
If No strangers in the car
A private car tour
From €83, customisable, with extras paid on top.
If Only the pools, no sightseeing
A bath ticket with transfer
From €76, with 3 hours at the Chocholowska baths.
Three budgets
A bargain day, the classic day or your own car
Baths included
The classic day
Our pick
- Length11 hours
- Baths3 hours
- TastingCheese and spirits
Your own plan
Private car
Your group only
- Length10 to 12 hours
- PlanCustomisable
- ExtrasPaid on top
Zakopane and thermal baths prices if you go alone
If you would rather build the day yourself, the bath ticket is the big cost to plan for, and the complexes publish their own price lists. At Termy Bukovina in Bukowina Tatrzanska, a 3.5-hour ticket starts from PLN 89 for adults, PLN 69 for children up to 13 and PLN 75 for seniors over 60.1 An all-day adult ticket there starts from PLN 125.5
Chocholowskie Termy sells tickets by season and by day of the week: its low-season list runs from 1 September to 24 December 2026, with separate prices for Monday to Thursday and for the weekend.6 Terma Bania in Bialka Tatrzanska also charges less at the desk from Monday to Thursday than from Friday to Sunday.4 Its afternoon ticket, valid after 4:00 PM, starts from PLN 57.7
Some baths fold the mountain into the ticket. Termy Bukovina sells a Gubalowka and baths combination from PLN 119 and a Kasprowy Wierch and baths combination from PLN 206.8 Add a bus from Krakow, which a transfer listing prices from €9, and you can compare that sum with a guided day starting from €23.
Where the money goes
From booking to the drive home
At booking
Reserve, pay later
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The evening before
Pickup confirmed
A pickup slot in the 07:30 AM to 09:00 AM window is confirmed.
In Chocholow
Tasting included
Cheese, spirits and regional food are part of the fare.
In Zakopane
Lunch extra
The 45-minute lunch is optional and paid separately.
At the baths
Pay by watch
Drinks and snacks go on a wristwatch you settle when leaving.2
Snowmobile, quad and private days cost more
Adventure days start higher and often add a cash fee on the day. A snowmobile day from Krakow with the Chocholowskie baths starts from €47, and its snowmobile rental does not take cards. Another snowmobile and pools day starts from €43 but charges PLN 400 per two-person snowmobile or quad, in cash, before the ride.
The quads and bonfire day starts from €47, plus a rental of PLN 350 per machine, payable on site and shared by up to 2 riders. Read those fees as part of the price: for a couple sharing one machine, the cash fee is split in two, while a solo rider pays it alone. The snowmobile page on this site compares the rides in detail.
Private tours start higher; check the live rate for your party on each listing. A private full-day tour of Zakopane and the Tatras starts from €145, and a customisable private car tour starts from €83. A Morskie Oko day trip from Krakow starts from €155 and involves about 4 hours of walking. Our shared day also sells a private-group option.
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At Chochołowskie Thermal Baths, customers use special watches allowing to make transactions, which facilitates the use of catering outlets.
Before you pay
What is covered, what is not, how to save
In the fare4
- Pickup and drop-off in Krakow
- The funicular up Gubalowka Hill
- A 3-hour bath ticket, saunas excluded
- A live guide in English and Polish
On top3
- An optional 45-minute lunch
- Drinks at the pools, paid by watch2
- A towel, if you do not bring one
Ways to save3
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
- Weekday bath prices at Terma Bania4
- Pack a towel and swimwear from home
How much is a day trip from Krakow to Zakopane, all in?
How much is a day trip from Krakow to Zakopane once everything is counted? On the guided day this site books, the fare starts from €23 and already covers transport, the funicular, the tasting and the baths. Add lunch, a drink at the pools and perhaps a towel, and the total usually stays below the cost of building the same day alone.
The honest comparison is time as well as money. Going alone means a bus or train each way, a queue for the funicular, a separate trip out to the baths and a bath ticket at the complex price. A cheaper day is possible if you skip the baths: a highland day of 9 hours without the pools starts from €19. That suits travelers who would rather walk than swim.
Whichever way you go, compare the starting fare and the cancellation window before anything else. All the day trips in the table above refund the full fare on cancellations made a day or more ahead. Book early, check the Tatra forecast, and shift the day if cloud hangs over the peaks. A clear day on Gubalowka is worth far more than any saving on a grey one, and the free cancellation lets you wait for it without risking the fare.
Family budgets and child prices
Families should price the baths with care: child tickets differ from one complex to the next. At Termy Bukovina a 3.5-hour child ticket for ages up to 13 starts from PLN 69, and 2 adults with 1 child can share a 4-hour family pass from PLN 209.1 An all-day child ticket there starts from PLN 85.5 The guided day sells seats per person, and the booking box shows any child rate for your date.
Small children are well served at the pools on our day. At Chocholowskie the children’s area holds close to 500 square meters of water, and a separate pool takes babies and toddlers aged 3 months to 3 years, a parent alongside.9,10 That little pool is held between 30°C and 32°C.11 For a family that would pay for a pool day anyway, a tour with the baths built in removes one ticket queue and one long drive.
Teenagers usually want the slides, and Chocholowskie has a waterslide and two pontoon slides, the blue one 164 m long.12,13 The grey trapdoor slide is closed through autumn and winter, worth knowing before a cold-season trip.14 For a family of four, multiply the per-person fare in the calculator above, then add lunch and drinks at the pools to see the full picture.
FAQ
Straight answers to common questions.
How much is a Zakopane tour from Krakow?
From €23 on our day trip.
The guided day lasts 11 hours and includes pickup in Krakow; the booking box shows the live price.
Is the thermal bath ticket included?
Yes, for 3 hours.
Your day ends with 3 hours in the Chocholowskie pools, and the bath pass leaves out only the saunas.
Is lunch included in the tour price?
No, it is optional.
The record lists a 45-minute lunch on Krupowki Street as optional, at extra cost.
What does a bath ticket cost on its own?
From PLN 89 at Termy Bukovina.
That is the adult 3.5-hour ticket; children up to 13 start from PLN 69.1
Do snowmobile tours have extra fees?
Often, in cash.
One snowmobile day charges PLN 400 per two-person vehicle before the ride.
How much is a private Zakopane tour?
From €83 for a private car.
A customisable private car tour starts from €83; a private full-day tour starts from €145.
Can I cancel if the weather turns?
Yes, up to 24 hours before.
Call it off a day ahead, 24 hours before at the latest, and you get all your money back.
Sources
- Termy Bukovina (official site) · Tickets ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩
- Polish Tourism Organisation (poland.travel) · Zakopane: The magic of winter ↩
- Terma Bania (official site) · Cennik (price list) ↩
- Termy Bukovina (official site) · Tickets ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Price list ↩
- Terma Bania (official site) · Terma Bania ↩
- Termy Bukovina (official site) · Tickets ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩
- Chocholowskie Termy (official site) · Chocholowskie Swimming Pools ↩