Up by gondola, down through the forest, home to the ski & bike room by dusk.
01 · Apartments
Twelve apartments.
One green slope.
Szczyrk.
Eight are ready for you now; four are still in the making.
ChikApart is twelve serviced apartments in a residence of black timber and glass on a green slope above Szczyrk, in the Beskid Śląski mountains of southern Poland. Every finished home has two bedrooms, a kitchen that lacks nothing and a window the mountains fill.
The apartments
Around the residence
The days worth having
Included in every stay
- Mountain view
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Wi-Fi
- Parking space
- The luxurious sauna in the building
- Ski & bike room, with a boot rack
From your door
The luxurious sauna
The mountain day ends in warmth: heat, a rain shower and a lounge by the window, downstairs, for every guest
Wake up
above
the valley
02 · Book a tour
A black Vito, a driver, and home every night
- By the daySix day journeys, home by night
- For the weekA black Vito and one driver, all week
- Drive it yourselfYou drive, from the residence
- Skocznie Skalite (ski jumps)about 5 min
- Szyszka Parka few minutes
- Zakopane Tatra cable car (Kasprowy Wierch)about 2 h 33 min
- Schindler's Factoryabout 1 h 47 min
03 · Ski · Snowboard · Snowmobile
Skrzyczne is minutes away
Morning lifts, floodlit evening runs, and the same warm sauna after.
04 · Hiking & the Art of Photography
A marked trail a short walk away
Soft ridges, morning fog, soup at the hut on top, and light worth waiting for.
07 · Lake Żywiec
Sails, piers and quiet water
Nine places to hire a boat, two ships from the dam, a whole summer day on the water.
08 · Szczyrk
The town in the valley
Three churches, a river walk, the Skalite ski jumps and a summer of folk festivals.
The town from your window: a tour of Szczyrk over our own photograph
09 · Restaurants
Restaurants within 25 km
Three tables in Szczyrk itself and ten more within reach, each chosen by what its guests say.
Holidays and traditions
The Calendar of Poland
The holidays, the feasts and the crowded weeks of the months ahead, so your stay finds the shops open.
St Andrew’s Eve Andrzejki
Hot wax poured through a key into cold water: what shape is your future?
Tradition
Christmas Eve Wigilia
Supper begins when the first star appears.
Public holiday · shops closed
Christmas Day Boże Narodzenie
Snow on the roofs, carols in the churches, the whole town at home.
Public holiday · shops closed
The mountains come to your window.
We take care of the rest.
Your week on the slope
Each home was made with love and is ready for you before you arrive: a personal check-in at the door, fresh linen and towels, and a host who speaks Arabic, Polish, French and English.
Picture gallery
The epilogue