Chochołów

Chochołów is a highlander village in the Podhale region of Lesser Poland, close to the Slovak border and about 100 km south of Kraków. This street village on the road from Zakopane to Czarny Dunajec consists almost entirely of traditional timber houses built by the Gorals, many of them dating from around 1800. It was founded in the 16th century and is best known as the setting of the Chochołów Uprising of 1846 against Austrian rule.

On your road trip it is worth taking a stroll along the row of houses beside the stream. The Museum of the 1846 Uprising recalls the events. At Easter and on Corpus Christi, local carpenters scrub the log walls of the houses, which gives them their characteristic pale colour. Since 2016 there has also been the Chochołów thermal baths, fed by hot mineral water from the Tatras, and the Chochołowska Valley in the Tatras is a popular starting point for hikes.