Easy trails in the Tatras

Dolina Białego (The Biały Valley)

Dolina Białego, a gorge walk right from Zakopane: 5.1 km, 2 h 10 min there and back, easy. Pushchair only in the lower part. The Sarnia Skała loop is separate.

Difficulty: easy

Dolina Chochołowska (The Chochołowska Valley)

Dolina Chochołowska from Siwa Polana to the mountain hut: 12.6 km, 3 h 45 min, easy. The only valley in Tatra National Park open to dogs on a lead. Bikes, crocuses.

Difficulty: easy

Dolina Małej Łąki (The Mała Łąka Valley)

Dolina Małej Łąki from Gronik to Wielka Polana with a view of Giewont: 4.2 km, 1 h 47 min, easy and quieter than the other valleys near Zakopane.

Difficulty: easy

Dolina Siedmich prameňov (Chata Plesnivec)

Dolina Siedmiu Źródeł from Tatranská Kotlina to Chata Plesnivec, the only hut in the Belianske Tatras: 10.1 km, 3 h 26 min, short and steep, no chains.

Difficulty: moderate (short, steep)

Dolina Strążyska i Wodospad Siklawica (The Strążyska Valley and Siklawica Waterfall)

Dolina Strążyska from Zakopane to Siklawica waterfall: 4.8 km, 1 h 41 min, very easy. Pushchair to the tea room on the meadow. Parking and the Sarnia Skała add-on.

Difficulty: very easy

Gęsia Szyja

Gęsia Szyja (1489 m) from Wierch Poroniec via Rusinowa Polana: 9 km, 2 h 55 min, easy but hundreds of steps. One of the best High Tatras panoramas near Zakopane.

Difficulty: easy

Grześ

Grześ (1653 m) from Siwa Polana via the Chochołowska Valley and hut: 18.1 km, 6 h 50 min, easy, no chains. A Roháče panorama to start the Western Tatras.

Difficulty: easy

Kalatówki and Hala Kondratowa

Kalatówki and Hala Kondratowa from Kuźnice: an easy walk to the Kondratowa hut, 7.2 km, 3 h 20 min, +327 m. A good first day in the Tatras.

Difficulty: easy

Morskie Oko

Morskie Oko from Palenica Białczańska on the tarmac road: 15.5 km, 4 h 14 min, easy, pushchair-friendly. Parking reservation, buses from Zakopane, horse carts.

Difficulty: easy

Nosal

Nosal (1206 m) from Kuźnice: a short 2.5 km loop in 58 min, easy, no chains. A quick view over Zakopane and Giewont for a first day or an afternoon.

Difficulty: easy

Popradské pleso and the Symbolic Cemetery

Popradské pleso from the Tatra electric railway stop and the Symbolic Cemetery under Ostrva: 9.6 km, 3 h, +280 m, easy. A simple walk in the Slovak High Tatras.

Difficulty: easy

Rusinowa Polana and Wiktorówki

Rusinowa Polana and Wiktorówki from Wierch Poroniec: 7.5 km, 2 h 19 min, very easy, pushchair-friendly. A High Tatras panorama for little effort. Parking.

Difficulty: very easy

Smreczyński Staw

Smreczyński Staw from Kiry via the Kościeliska Valley and the Ornak hut: 13.5 km, 3 h 52 min, easy, no chains. A quiet lake in a spruce forest near Zakopane.

Difficulty: easy

Wielki Kopieniec

Wielki Kopieniec (1328 m) from Toporowa Cyrhla near Zakopane: 4.8 km, 1 h 50 min, easy. A warm-up summit: meadow, shepherd huts, spring crocuses and Tatra views.

Difficulty: easy

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