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Getting
to and around Cracow
Cracow,
a historic and spiritual capital of Poland, is easily accessible by air,
train or a car from every major city in Europe. The following is a general
information with relevant links on travelling to, in, and around Cracow:
The John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice Balice,
ul. kpt. Medweckiego 1
Direct flights: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bonn/Cologne, Budapest, Copenhagen, Chicago, Dortmund, Dublin, Frankfurt, Glasgow, London, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Vienna, Zurich. Seasonal flights: Chania, Heraklion, Rhodes. For updated information on flights and connections, see www.lotnisko-balice.pl/eng On the spot: foreign currency exchange bureaus, ATMs, BPH-PBK S.A. bank branches, restaurant and coffee shop at the passengers terminal, view terrace coffee shop, a duty free shop in the main flight departure hall, 24/7 parking lot, car rentals agency. Access
by bus: 208 (from Nowy Kleparz), 192 (from Plac Bohaterów Getta, Rondo
Mogilskie, main railway station). Travelling time ca. 35 min. Please purchase
regular public transportation tickets.
Since
May 2004 there is a number of "no-frills" budget airlines flying
to Cracow . For their schedules and prices check their official sites:
www.centralwings.com call center +48 801 45 45 45, +48 22 575 00 45 (8:00 - 22:00 local time) Norwegian
from: Oslo
Ryanair
from: London, Dublin, Glasgow
Warsaw
International Frederic Chopin Airport (Okęcie) has a direct connections
to Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Cologne, Copenhagen,
Montreal, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Singapore, St. Petersburg,
Split, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Toronto, Vienna, Vilnius, Zagreb,
Zurich, as well to some others airports. There's a bus shuttle from Warsaw's
airport to Cracow: http://www.polskiexpress.pl
(in Polish), there are also several express trains a day from Warsaw to
Cracow (3 hours trip; ca. 17 EUR one way) http://www.intercity.com.pl/en/main.
The city is easily and comfortably accessible by train from all larger cities in Poland, e.g. the journey by InterCity train from Warsaw takes only 2.5 hours. Apart from local transport systems, Krakow also has direct railway links with Berlin, Budapest, Bucarest, Hamburg, Kiev, Lviv, Prague, Vienna, Żilin. All trains stop at the Main Railway Station in Krakow. Detailed
information regarding links: 94 36, 393 15 80, 393 56 76 (intervention
telephone till 3.00 pm); www.pkp.com.pl/english/index.php
The bus/coach station is located on Wita Stwosza Square (east side of the railway station) and at Cystersów Street 15 (for some domestic links). Domestic and regional links are serviced by PKS - 0300 300 120 (from TP telephone), 720 81 20 (from mobile), 0 701 374 445 (from Netia telephone); http://www.pks.krakow.pl/polacz_en.php and private transport agencies. International
links are offered by private carries:
Domestic
roads and motorways travelling through Krakow:
Approximate
distances to the most important Polish towns/cities:
Source:
krakow.pl,
cracow
online (revised)
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