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Rabka, aka Rabka-Zdrój, is the most famous polish spa for children and a winter sport city in southern Poland, situated south of Kraków. The city is in the Beskids and this part of the mountain range is named Makowski Beskid. There is also a big lake near town.

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[edit] By road

• Rabka-Zdrój is on the E77 main road which connects it with Cracow with Zakopane.

[edit] By air

• The nearest major airport is Balice Airport (KRK) at Krakow.

[edit] By rail

• Train connect Rabka with many near towns as well as Krakow. However, the train is very slow and it is faster to use a bus or taxi.

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• Open-air Railway Museum
• Rabcio Puppet Theater
• Władysław Orkan Museum, housed in a historical 17th-century larch-wood church, includes one of the largest collections of folk sculpture and paintings on glass.
• The world's only Order of the Smile Museum (dedicated to a unique order that children award to adults).
• Gorce National Park

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Ski, skate, snowboard, paraglide, horseback ride, hike and climb. Rabka offers a sports stadium, tennis courts, amusement park, traffic town with bicycle rentals, skating rink, toboggan-run and woodland walk tourist routes: to Mt. Grzebień (678 m), Mt. Maciejowa (837 m), Stare Wierchy, Krzywoń and Bania hills.

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• bundz
• oscypek
• kwaśnica - meat and sauerkraut stew
• bigos
• kielbasa

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Mulled wine and beer, śliwowica łącka - (read: [shlee-voh-veetsa won-tskah]) strong (70% alcohol) plum brandy

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Hostels, hotels, lodging houses, cottages and rooms for hire.

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