Chocholow Thermal Baths: Chochołowskie Termy
Chochołowskie Termy near Zakopane: 3-hour tickets 95 złoty weekdays, 115 at weekends (November 2026), hours, what costs extra, and the Kraków tours that include it.
Chochołowskie Termy, the thermal baths most Zakopane day tours stop at, is at Chochołów 400, 34-513 Chochołów, about 18 km by road west of Zakopane. A 3-hour adult ticket cost 95 złoty Monday to Thursday and 115 złoty Friday to Sunday in November 2026, and the pools open from 09:00 to 22:00, or 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays (the venue’s own price list and hours). From Kraków, ExploreCracow.com’s Krakow-Zakopane Tour: Cable Car, Hot Springs, Cheese & Vodka includes a 3-hour ticket, the Gubałówka funicular and the trip: €84.75 a person from a meeting point for 24 November 2026 (read November 2026).
The calendar above is ExploreCracow.com’s day, with 4,752 reviews (checked November 2026): the meeting-point and hotel-pickup options both include the 3-hour baths ticket.
What the venue is
Chochołowskie Termy calls itself the largest thermal baths in Poland: almost 4,500 square metres of water in 52 pools, indoor and outdoor, filled with mineral-rich water and kept at 32 to 38 °C on the venue’s own readings. Besides the main pools there is a therapeutic zone with raw sulphide and brine water, a children’s zone with slides, a quiet zone for over-16s, a separate swimming pool, a sauna world called Saunarium, a spa and a restaurant. Google Maps lists it as “Chochołowskie Termy”, which is the name to type into a taxi app.
Tickets and prices
| Adult ticket, pool zone | Monday to Thursday | Friday to Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 3 hours | 95 złoty | 115 złoty |
| Unlimited time | 125 złoty | 155 złoty |
| Evening, entry after 19:00 | 75 złoty | 95 złoty |
Low-season prices 1 September to 24 December 2026, from the Chochołowskie Termy price list, read November 2026. The weekend prices also apply on 11 and 12 November 2026. Children 3 to 16 pay 65 złoty for 3 hours on weekdays (85 at weekends); under-3s go free.
A pool ticket covers the pool, therapeutic, children’s and quiet zones. Extras are paid on top: the Saunarium 40 złoty, the swimming pool 15 złoty, a towel 10 złoty, a bathrobe 15 złoty, the car park 10 złoty, and time over your ticket 0.50 złoty a minute. Family tickets run from 195 złoty for two adults and a child for 4 hours on a weekday. Bring swimwear and flip-flops; the tour operators ask for both.
Hours and closures
The pools open Sunday to Thursday from 09:00 to 22:00 and Friday and Saturday from 09:00 to 23:00; the Saunarium and the spa open at 10:00. Checked on 2 November 2026, the complex was open with its normal hours after building and modernisation work in October, and only the panoramic sauna (Sauna Widokowa) was shut, with no reopening date given.
Getting there from Kraków
Chochołowskie Termy is about 100 km by road from plac Jana Matejki in Kraków, and 17.8 km by road from Krupówki in Zakopane, about 25 minutes. Chochołów’s wooden village is 2.5 km up the road. Without a car, the simple way is a tour that includes the ticket; most Kraków to Zakopane days end here, with three hours in the pools before the drive back. On your own, you would take the train or bus to Zakopane and then a local bus or taxi out to Chochołów; the train and bus guide has the Kraków end.
Tours from Kraków that include it
| Tour (operator) | Time in the baths | Full day, meeting point |
|---|---|---|
| Krakow-Zakopane Tour: Cable Car, Hot Springs, Cheese & Vodka (ExploreCracow.com) | 3 hours | €84.75 |
| Krakow–Zakopane: Cable Car, Chocholow Baths, Cheese & Vodka (Thousand Miles Cracow Adventure Company) | 3 hours | €90.41 |
| Krakow: Zakopane, Thermal Springs, Cable Car, cheese & vodka (Cracow Top Tours) | 3 hours | €84.75 |
| From Krakow: Zakopane & Tatra Mountains Day Trip (Discover Cracow) | 3 hours, in one option | €84.97 |
| Krakow: Zakopane Snowmobiles, Bonfire & Hot Springs Tour (Krakowdirect) | 3 hours, after a snowmobile ride | see listing; machine 400 złoty cash |
Full-day prices per adult for 24 November 2026, read on the booking calendars in November 2026.
Is it worth it?
If you want a day in the mountains that ends warm, yes. Three hours is long enough for the outdoor pools, the therapeutic zone and the slides, and in winter the steam over the outdoor pools against the snow is much of the point. It is a big leisure complex with slides and a children’s zone rather than a quiet spa, and the weekend price is 20 złoty higher. If quiet is what you want, a weekday ticket with the Saunarium supplement, or the adults-only spa zone that Best Krakow’s day sells at Terma Bania, is the better bet.
Other thermal baths near Zakopane
Podhale has several thermal complexes. Terma Bania in Białka Tatrzańska, Termy Bukovina in Bukowina Tatrzańska and Termy Gorący Potok and Termy Szaflary near Szaflary are all within a short drive of Zakopane, and Termy Zakopiańskie is in the town itself, 1.5 km by road from Krupówki. The Kraków day tours we found go to Chochołowskie Termy, except Best Krakow’s, which goes to Terma Bania. The tour price guide compares them all.
More Operators to Zakopane
Zakopane Day Tours with Open Dates
Day trips from Kraków with live availability. Whether the baths and the funicular are included, the pickup and the cancellation terms are on each listing.
Chochołowskie Termy on a Day from Kraków
ExploreCracow.com's day includes a 3-hour Chochołowskie Termy ticket and the Gubałówka funicular, with pickup from a hotel or a meeting point in Kraków.
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