Gronków: Rent a holiday apartment

If you would like to rent a holiday apartment in Gronków, your search begins with the question of whether this place suits your trip.

Gronków at a glance

Gronków stretches through the valley of the Leśnica stream in the eastern part of the Nowy Targ Basin, on the border with the Spisko-Gubałowskie Foothills. If this particular feature is important to you, decide whether Gronków belongs on your list of destinations before looking for accommodation there.

Gronków is an elongated village running from north to south, with a chain-like settlement structure in the valley and traditional strips of farmland locally known as “role”.

Historical traces

The present-day village of Gronków was founded in the mid-16th century; a survey from 1564 records its refounding by Wierzbięta Stary on the Leśnica stream. If this historical character is particularly important to you, decide whether Gronków belongs on your list of destinations before looking for accommodation there.

According to local historical tradition, the former settlement of Stare Cło was located near a medieval trade route from Kraków via Nowy Targ and the Spiš region towards Hungary; the route ran through present-day Dolny Gronków along the road known as Furmaniec.

Landscape and village character

The buildings of Gronków are situated at elevations of 580 to 650 metres above sea level.

Two rocks known as Cisowa Skała and Grzebieniowa Skała lie in the meadows belonging to Gronków and are classified among the rock formations of the Nowotarskie Skalice.

Further orientation

If you would like to open additional destination pages for comparison, you can also visit the Nowotarski page as well as Podsarnie, Jablonka, Czorsztyn and Piekielnik.

Further comparison options include Falsztyn, Lipnica Wielka, Huba and Bad Rabka.