Travel / Is there a good ski resort in Poland? [13]

Hi, we were in Zakopane (Nosal) last year and were really pleased with it but we are beginners and havn't had a lot of experience. We were in a couple of other resorts before in Austria and Bulgaria and I must say that I enjoyed Zakopane the most out of all my trips. We went in February and found the snow brilliant. It's a bit dead at night although there are a few clubs. Food is excellent. The Polish people are just the nicest people on earth - polite, kind and very helpful. We did try to say a few words in Polish but were absolutely useless and everyone overlooked this and did their best to speak English to us.

Everyone has different standards and it depends on what you are looking for. We look for simple things, good food, good slopes for beginners, good accommodation. If you want a bit more exciting skiing there are better slopes in the Tatry mountains. We had a taxi trip (which cost about £25 each way) to the higher slopes and found a blue run which scared the wits out of us but was well worth the bother. There are also black runs there. We loved it so much, we're off again, this time to Szczyrk, where we've been told the slopes are better than Zakopane. Hopefully they are. Good luck.