We
wish to encourage you to visit one of the most beautiful corners
in our country; to visit Szklarska Poręba, a town which can satisfy
all “touristic tastes” for adventure, recreation and contact with
nature.
Szklarska
Poręba – it is a town beautifully located in the valley of the Kamienna River and its tributaries at the height
of 440-886m above sea-level, surrounded from the south by the slopes
of Karkonosze, with Mt. Szrenica (1362m AMSL) towering over the town,
from the north by the Jizera Mountains with the High Stone (1058m
AMSL) and the Black Mountain (965m AMSL), and from the East by the
Foothills of Karkonosze, separating the town from Jeleniogórska
Valley.
The town is divided into Lower,Middle and Upper Szklarska Poręba. The biggest part is Górna, with the following districts: Downtown, Marysin, Szklarka, White Valley and Jakuszyce, the highest colony next to the border crossing with the Czech Republic.
While having relatively few permanent residents (around 7.3 thousand), Szklarska Poręba has a big area of 74 km2, 86% of which is forest. There are few places in Poland that are as favorable for recreation as the area of Szklarska Poręba. Silence, the landscapes changing constantly depending on the light or the time of the day, combined with the humming of crystal-clear springs and waterfalls surrounded by granite rocks – these elements all have an extraordinarily soothing effect on human nature.
Szklarska
Poręba is the biggest climate station
in Lower Silesia, recognized and valued since the middle of the 19th
century. The climate conditions here are comparable to those of
alpine towns lying above 1200m AMSL. The main strength of Szklarska
Poręba as a winter sports’ resort is the persistent snow cover –
usually lasting 110 days a year, which makes it a paradise for skiing
enthusiasts.
Szklarska Poręba is also the biggest winter sports’ resort in the Polish Sudetes. The center of downhill skiing is the Szrenica massif, which includes 5 tracks with total length of around 20km, various difficulty levels (including 9km with a system of artificial snowing).
The network of lifts consists of two lengths of chairlift and 5 T-bar lifts. The system is one of the latest in Poland. There are also a lot of wire lifts and T-bar lifts all over the town slopes.
In
Jakuszyce, which belong to Szklarska
Poręba, the snow cover remains thick until late spring. The tracksof this cross-country ski resort, with the total length of 100km,
will satisfy the expectations of both big-time sportsmen and amateurs
of tracks (the highest routes are at almost 1000m AMSL), while
outside the ski season, the same tracks perfectly serve the bicycle
enthusiasts.
Bike -
an increasingly popular means
of transportation, a
way to
spend
free
time,
and sometimes a
way of life. As
crossing mountain routes on a bike becomes more and more popular, the
tourists arriving
to Szklarska Poręba, apart from their toothbrush, take their
mountain bike as well.
The entire network of picturesque trails in the Karkonosze and the Jizera Mountains, is a network of bike trails of varying difficulty - some with sharp driveways and adrenaline-rushing downhill rides, others ideal for a whole-family bike trip.
Road enthusiasts can enjoy tens of kilometers of roads leading to the foothills of Karkonosze in one direction, and to the foothills the Jizera Mountains in the other. Some of these routes are already well prepared for crossing on two wheels and are part of the ongoing project of bicycle lanes within Euroregion Nysa.
If
we add to our town offer thepossibility of using the hiking
paths (beautiful, picturesque
routes around the
Karkonosze National Park and the
Jizera Mountains), with mountain
climbing, horseback
riding on the
vast wilderness of
forest and thesearch for minerals
-
then
we would have a
full vision
of a
variety of
attractions
offered in
Szklarska
Poreba.
Szklarska Poreba is also a great place for trips to nearby resorts of Lower Silesia and the Czech Karkonosze (on account of the number of border crossings, both for pedestrians and vehicles - to the golden city of Prague).
We have enhanced the city offer with a very attractive calendar of events. These are both cyclical event, taking place for many years and having faithful participants, as well as new proposals.
