| Traveling
by plane
The John Paul II International Airport in Balice is located 15 km
(approx. 10 miles) from the city centre (city bus transportation
- Bus # 152, 208 and D). The Polish Airlines LOT offers direct flights
from Cracow to Frankfurt, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna and Zurich.
Transit via Warsaw to Cracow from: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Berlin, Bonn,
Brussels, Budapest, Cairo, Chicago, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dubai,
Dusseldorf, Helsinki, Hamburg, Istanbul, Kiev, Larnaca, Los Angeles,
Lvov, Lyon, Miami, Mediolan, Minsk, Moscow, Munich, Nice, New York,
Oslo, Peking, Prague, Riga, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Stuttgart,
Tel Aviv, Toronto, Vilnius. Polish Airlines LOT also provide flights
from Cracow to Gdansk, Poznan, Szczecin and Warsaw. Air France,
Austrian Airlines and Swissair also land at Balice airport.
Traveling by railway
Direct international railway connections to Cracow from Austria
(Vienna), the Czech Republic (Prague), Germany (Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt/M,
Frankfurt/O, Leipzig), Hungary (Budapest), Rumania (Bucharest), Slovakia (Bratislava,
Kosice), Ukraine (Kiev, Lvov, Odessa). Cracow is also linked with all other main
towns and cities in Poland. The Inter City train trip to Warsaw takes 2.5 hours.
Traveling by coach
Many travel agencies offer permanent coach
connections between Cracow and numerous cities in Europe. Traveling by coach,
one may arrive from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain,
Greece, Holland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Traveling by car
Cracow is located close to important roads, highways and at the
cross-road of E 77 (linking the North with the South) and E 40 (linking the West
with the East). One may also travel to Cracow along the a 4 highway running from
the West through Silesia.
Transport to the Old Town from the airport.
Taxi
Getting to town. You can reach the city by taxi for 30 to 60zl.
Take your chances with the local taxi drivers or alternatively we
can arrange everything for you. You need to send a mail with estimated
arrival time and flight number. We do not charge for this service
- you pay only the taxi cost.
Bus If you're
in less of a hurry to part with your cash, spend 2.50zl on bus N?152 which travels
to the old town.
Transport to the Old Town from the train station.
Bus As
from the airport, bus N_152 travels to the old town. |