Between its medicinal waters, some of which taste of rotten eggs, and its annual Economic Forum which has earned it the title of Polish Davos, Krynica-Zdroj was voted Spa of the Year 2009 in an EU-flagged regional plebiscite. 

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Krynica-Zdroj is one of the most famous Polish resorts. Situated at the foot of a gentle mountain, south-east from Krakow and a stone’s throw from the border with Slovakia, it’s a town where the season never ends, just simply simmers down between winter skiers, summer people and those who come here for a cure.