Nowy Sacz, Poland Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

From Rabka the main road continues over the Obidowa Pass (812m), then down onto a plain crossed by the Czarny Dunajec river and towards Podhale's capital, NOWY TARG (New Market). The oldest town in the region, established in the thirteenth century, the key attraction of this squat, undistinguished place – the home of many a Polish-American – is, as the name suggests, a market , held each Thursday (and increasingly at weekends too) on a patch of ground just east of the centre. Once an authentic farmers' event, with horse-drawn carts lining the streets was done here, accompanied by a lot of serious … more »