Polana Szymoszkowa — Attraction in Zakopane

Great place for beginners and to learn how to ski, although the snow was not very good because of the weather - it was +3

There are instructors available for 200 zl per hour per child + 80 zl for an adult if you are together with a child - you can find English speaking ones, or Russian/Ukrainian speaking ones, too, just ask about it when paying at the ticket office. You don't need to have a pass if you're with instructor. Be aware that they also don't mix very small children with older ones, so if you have, for example, a 3 year old and a 10 year old, you need 2 instructors, but 13 and 17 can have 1 instructor for both. Makes sense, I think, as they need different approach :) They also work with adults, obviously. Very friendly and supportive!

There's a children's zone available (entrance only with instructors), and two hills. One is smaller, although a bit short and steep, and the other is enormous for those who already know how to ski lol

The view of Tatras is amazing! One of the best things about this ski resort. You will also see sunset well, so that's a plus in the dark Poland when the sun sets at 3 pm

There's a food place at the base of the hill with decent food and restroom, and you can rent everything you need at any of the places nearby. Highly recommend the J&J one across the road - 200 zl for equipment for a family of 4 for 3 hours with great service!

Parking available for free with lots of free places, but it may get busy at the very peak times and on the weekends, as always

Update: the red slope is not as hard as it looks like in good conditions, apart from one part it's about as steep as the blue slope. However, I agree with other reviews about the conditions on the slope - at 12 pm there were already numerous (!) ice parts, the snow was not even remotely even with crazy amount of snow bumps, and since it's artificial, it wasn't perfect to begin with. So a fairly easy slope became a quite hard one. A lot of people fell on the steepest part. If you want to try yourself, you should definitely know how to parallel ski first, be fresh and full of energy, and only go at the very early morning, 9-11 am. Sadly that seems to be the fate of big enough ski resorts, so just something to be aware of. But all in all it's not crazy hard - it barely made it to the red marking, one grade down (it's 21% average and the red starts at 20%) and it would be a blue. Again, in good conditions! That's what's...

I have been in this place two days. The first one was really good because the weather was bad. The following day was crowded, so I realised the structure is not really good. They have just one lift for all beginners and we spent more than 25 minutes waiting to be in the top of the slope. Literally was 25 minutes to get up there and 1 minute go Skii down hill. It was my first time skiing and I was bored already waiting 20/25 minutes in a queue. I would recommend this place for two consecutive days even tho you are beginner because you spent long time on the queue waiting and can’t actually enjoy.

Staff: they were super rude and didn’t care about you. Just give you the equipment in the rental place and pressure you to leave them alone. I would suggest go for another place to rent the equipments in front of this Bo Skii they were super...

Surprisingly decent for one big slope. It really is a decent size overall. We went late in the season but still had nice packed powder since they make snow and groom it. No lines. Bottom lift is a beginner slope, upper lift is intermediate until mid day when all the carving turns the top into moguls, so it then requires more advanced skills. The upper part starts fairly steep but not crazy steep, and quickly gets to more modest incline. Super easy access from Mercure hotel and you can buy the lift pass through an automated machine at the lift. You leave the card in your pocket and the reader lets you onto the lift. My kids and I enjoyed this place. Prices OK for the conditions, though I am used to paying this amount for a variety of slopes available (hence 4 stars). Overall I...