Tips for trips
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The
trip starts by the local Tourist Information Office and goes along
Jedności Narodowej Street to Skwer Radiowej Trójki [Radio
Three Square]. In the middle of the
square there is a sculpture of The Ghost of The Mountains – The
Ruler of The Karkonosze. Having obtained the Ghost’s permission to
continue the trip we can move along 1 Maja Street passing by the town
centre. Heading towards the chair lift to The Szrenica Mountain it is
worth to stop by the Stone Circle which idea provider and author is
Mr Zbigniew Frączkiewicz, the local artist. Moving further along
Kilińskiego Street we can visit The Mineralogical Museum where
minerals from all over the world, different fossils, a dinosaur’s
skeleton and a fragment of Carboniferous wood have been provided for
visitors. Next we go past Marianki Rocks and The Karkonoskie Centre
of Ecological Education. It is a modern, interactive and multimedia
centre where a lot of interesting curiosities may be learned about
The Karkonosze Mountains. Next we have to follow the black trail
which leads us to Rozdroże [The
Crossroads] at the foot of Kamieńczyk.
We have to change the trail to a red one which takes us straight to
Kamieńczyk Waterfalls. Its gorge can be entered only in protective
head helmets! There is a hostel by the waterfalls where a snack may
be enjoyed. On the way back we take the red trail, go past the
crossroads at the foot of Kamieńczyk and keep following the red
trail till we reach the car park by Czeska Szosa and take the
direction towards Krucze Skały by which the Mountain School QUASAR,
specializing in mountain climbing, is situated. The trip ends in the
point where it started, i.e. by the Tourist Information Office.
Trip
time (excluding time spent in museums) about 2 hours.
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The
trip starts by the Tourist Information Office. A cobbled road takes
us up in the direction of Świeradów. Behind a pass-over we turn
left and follow a red trail. On the left, just above the railway
station in Szklarska Poręba Górna there
are Białe Skałki – an excellent view point over The Karkonosze
Mountains. We have to change the red trail into the black one when we
get to Rozdroże [The Crossroads]
at the foot of Wysoki Kamień [The High
Stone]. We turn right and walk along
Droga Sudecka [Sudeten Road].
It is not a tourist trail, but just a road closed for traffic. It
leads us till the end of black trail until we reach Zakręt Śmierci[The Death Curve]. There
is a wonderful view point (with an installed telescope) providing an
outstanding panorama of The Karkonosze Mountains.
Trip time – about
90 min.
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The
trip starts by the Tourist Information Office. We walk through the
town centre along the green trail until we reach the black trail at
Kołłątaja Street where Glass Factory in the Woods is situated. At
the car park in front of the factory there is a giant sculpture of
the Ghost of the Mountains and his Lady. Glass Factory in the Woods
is the place where glass manufacturing traditions have been preserved
for centuries and make Szklarska Poręba a famous place. Visitors can
witness hand made glass production and buy glassware in the factory
outlet. After leaving the Glass Factory in the Woods we walk along
the road towards Old Walloon Hut which used to be the seat of the
Walloons, legendary mineral stones diggers and excavators. There we
can learn about treasuries to be found in The Karkonosze and The
Izery Mountains. The black trail takes us back to the centre of
Szklarska Poręba.
Trip
time depends on the time spent in the Glass Factory in the Woods and
Old Walloon Hut.
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The
route in its most part is not marked. The trip starts by the Tourist
Information Office. We walk along the blue trail which
offers outstanding landscape views. We go past Dinopark, three
interesting Catholic churches in Szklarska Poręba Górna [Upper]
and Dolna [Lower],
we can visit the house of Gerhart and Carl Hauptmann (currently the
seat of The Karkonoskie Museum) and also the house of Wlastimil
Hofman, an outstanding painter in the period of Młoda Polska, who
used to live in Szklarska Poręba for the last 23 years of his life.
Szklarska Poręba Dolna represents the oldest part of the town.
Trip
time – about 3,5 hours.
- Details
The
trip starts by the Tourist Information Office. We walk through the
town centre past Skwer Radiowej Trójki [Radio
Three Square]. Next we enter the green
trail, parallel to Kamienna River and Motorway No. 3. We pass by
Czerwona Jama [The Red Cave]. On
the left a campsite called “Baza Pod Ponurą Małpą [Base
at Gloomy Monkey] can be seen – the
legendary place where, for over 40 years, the National Students’
Song Contest has been held. We walk down towards the entrance to
Szklarka Waterfall – a picturesque waterfall with a hospitable
hostel “Kochanówka” next to it. On the way back we can visit the
place where Jan Sztaudynger, Polish famous author of epigrams used to
live and write his outstanding short, satirical poems.
Trip time –
about 2 hours.
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The
trip starts by the Tourist Information Office. We get to
the railway station in Szklarska Poręba Górna [Upper]
catch Izerski Train and travel to Jakuszyce. There we change to a bus
which takes us to the centre of Harrachov. Next we follow the red
trail through Mityny to Izerka. At Izerka there is a border bridge
renovated in 2005 by the people of Poland and The Czech Republic. It
is an annul tradition that Polish and Czech communities meet on the
bridge once a year. Next we follow the green trail towards Tourist
Station at Orle clearing. It is the place where everybody can take a
rest before continuing the trip. From Tourist Station at Orle we walk
along the red trail to Jakuszycka Clearing. There we catch a train
and return to Szklarska Poręba.
Trip
time – about 5 hours.
