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Place in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Szczyrk is a winter sports resort in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland. The town is at an elevation of 500-600 m in the Beskids mountains, and the highest local peak is Skrzyczne at 1257 m. In 2020 the population was 5700.
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Clean spacious guesthouse.
Atmospheric small hotel.
Smart spa hotel scoring highly for comfort and service.
Pleasant friendly small hotel.
Large modern spa hotel in the hills, great scores for comfort and service.
Relaxing small place with a pool.
By plane Katowice (KTW), Kraków (KRK) and Ostrava (OSR) airports all have a good range of European flights and are about 2 hours drive.
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