Where can you look at the world from the clouds? Only in the mountains of course. And you only need a backpack, a sleeping bag and good boots to go hiking along mountain trails. You don’t need a tent or food supplies –mountain chalets along the route will provide you with both. And you’ll improve your physical condition on the way.

The network of mountain hostels in Poland is very substantial, and you can reach hostels within a few hours on your hiking tour. The conditions might be rather simple, so you need to be ready to sleep in a dormitory or wash in cold water. But the atmosphere of a Highland hut at the top of a mountain is so special you will remember it for a long time!

There are hundreds of kilometers of well prepared mountain trails. You can reach all the peaks from all the faces of a mountain. For example the Main Beskidy Trail leads through the Polish part of the Karpaty Mountains and allows you to discover almost every other mountain range in Beskidy. Hiking the whole distance – from Ustrzyki Gorne to Wisla – takes 3 weeks. So be prepared.
Even though it is surprisingly easy to reach the highest peak in the Bieszczady Mountains – Tarnica, the local slopes are steep and climbing them can be long and strenuous. But the views of the meadows on Polonina Wietlinska, Carynska or Smereka make up for the effort.

The gentler slopes of the Beskid Niski offer views of the picturesque gorges of the Wisłoka River and villages with the domes of Russian Orthodox churches and oil rig structures. In Beskid Sadecki you can broaden your hike by rafting on the Poprad River, going on a tour of the confederate trenches or the mineral springs in Krynica Gorska.

The star-shaped Gorce Mountains are perhaps not impressive in size (they can be walked through in one day) but the pastures and meadows there are wonderful. An unforgettable experience in the Beskid Zywiecki (the highest mountain range after Tatry) in the Polish Carpathian Mountains is climbing two, almost alpine peaks: Babia Gora and Pilsko. You don’t have to worry about the cold, strong winds; you’re too close to the sky to be blown away!

It is also well worth visiting the Karkonosze range in the Sudety mountains, especially the Sniezne Kotly with the highest peak – Sniezka and the cliffs, crags and precipices carved out by glaciers. The Stołowe Mountains make a fantastic impression, full of mushroom shaped formation, bludgeon like rocks, spires and gateways made of sandstone.