Żywy skansen - Historyczna zabudowa Chochołowa

Worth stopping To See

The wooden architecture of this UNESCO listed village is beautiful and worth stopping to admire despite the main road that runs through. There is a small museum that tells the history if the village. ...

Beautiful traditional wooden houses, worth a stop

We parked next to the church which in itself is another beautiful ecclesiastical building. We then wandered down the road where you are able to see many examples of these traditional wooden houses. I ...

Short stop on the way back from Zakopane

the traditional wooden houses are built with out any nails and straw or moss is pressed between the timbers. We were shown one house that was built from one huge tree. Each year they are washed with a...

Beautiful

Very nice traditional village with beautiful wooden architecture. In good weather just walk along the road and admire the cottages and gardens.

THE LIVING OPEN AIR MUSEUM

I always wondered how the wood cottages could survive for few centuries. The secret is in terpentine soap. Three times a year local women wash the wooden walls of cottages with soap! Imagine the seve...