Karpacz is a spa town and ski resort in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland, and one of the most important centres for mountain hiking and skiing, including ski jumping. Its population is about 4,500. Karpacz is situated in the Karkonosze Mountains – a resort with increasing importance for tourism as an alternative to the Alps.
Town centre
General view of the settlement in 1900
Vang Stave Church in Karpacz, 13th century
Visitation Church
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra Voivodeships, following the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 19,946 square kilometres (7,701 sq mi), and as of 2019 has a total population of 2,899,986.
Wrocław Główny railway station is a major railway hub in the region
Koleje Dolnośląskie train at Wrocław Główny
Wrocław Airport
A4 motorway in Jędrzychowice