Arrival
Aeroplane
The Airport
The John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice
Balice, ul. kpt. Medweckiego 1
Phone 285 5120, 639 31 27
Direct flights to: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bonn/Cologne, Budapest, Copenhagen, Chicago, Dortmund, Dublin, Frankfurt, Glasgow, London, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Vienna, Zurich, in season: Chania, Heraklion, Rhodes.
For updated information on flights and connections, see the website: www.lotnisko-balice.pl/eng
Facilities at the airport: foreign currency exchange bureaus, ATMs, BPH-PBK S.A. bank branches, restaurant and coffee shop at the passengers terminal, viewing terrace coffee shop, duty free shop in the main flight departure hall, 24/7 parking lot, car rentals agency.
You can book your flight online, via a call centre or your travel agency, using credit or debit cards for payment. When purchasing the flight, you will receive a confirmation number - this simply means that your booking has been successfully completed and that your seat is confirmed. Low cost airlines are "ticketless airlines" so you do not need any ticket. You just have to come to the airport with your confirmation number and your boarding pass will be given to you when checking in.
You can receive detailed information at the web sites of each carrier.
Germanwings to: Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn
www.germanwings.com
call center: phone numbers available at web site
EasyJet to: Berlin, Dortmund, London
www.easyjet.com
call center: phone numbers available at the web site
SkyEurope to: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, Manchester
www.skyeurope.com
call center: phone numbers available at the web site
Centralwings to: London, Rome, Chania (till 22 October 2005), Heraklion (till 8 October 2005), Rhodes (till 9 October 2005)
www.centralwings.com
call center +48 801 45 45 45, +48 22 575 00 45 (8:00 - 22:00 local time)
Norwegian to: Oslo
www.norwegian.no
call center: phone numbers available at the web site
Ryanair to: Glasgow (from 1 November), London (form 30 October)
www.ryanair.com
You can book your flight online, via the call centre or via your travel agency. You can use credit or debit cards for payment. When purchasing the flight, you will receive a confirmation number - this means that your booking has been successfully completed and that your seat is confirmed. Low - cost airlines are a "ticket less airlines" so you do not need any ticket. You just have to come to the airport with your confirmation number and your boarding pass will be given to you when checking.
You can receive detailed information at web sites of each carriers.
Access by bus: 208 (from Nowy Kleparz), 192 (from Plac Bohaterów Getta, Rondo Mogilskie, main railway station). Travelling time is approximately 35 min. Please purchase regular public transportation tickets.
Railway
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, Bucharest (from June to August trains also run to Varna), Hamburg, Kiev (from June to August trains also run to Odessa), Lviv, Prague, Vienna, Żilin.
All trains stop at the Main Railway Station.
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
Coach
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);
www.pks.krakow.pl/news.php?I=2 and private transport agencies.
International links are offered by private carries:
Belgium - Europa Express, Sindbad
Denmark - Orbis Transport
France -Europa Express, Eurolines, Pekaes Bus, Rumat
Germany - Agat, Awizo, Comfort Lines, Eurolines, Interglobus, Sindbad,
Rumat
Great Britain - Acorn International, Aga Tur, Atlas, Bermuda, Bus
Travel, Eurokar, Eurolines, Europa Express, Interglobus, Omnia, Orbis
Transport, Sindbad, Wactur
Greece - Agat
Holland - Sindbad
Italy - Agat, Bermuda, Eurolines, Europa Express, Jordan, Orbis
Transport, Radtur, Wactur
Luxembourg - Awizo
Norway - Bus Travel
Spain - Europa Express
Car
Domestic roads and motorways travelling through Krakow:
No. 4 - state border - Wrocław - Katowice - Chrzanów - Kraków - Tarnów - Rzeszów - state border
No. 7 - Gdańsk - Elbląg - Warsaw - Radom - Kielce - Kraków - Chyżne (state border)
No. 44 - Gliwice - Mikołów - Tychy - Oświęcim - Zator - Skawina - Kraków
No. 79 - Warsaw- Kozienice - Zwoleń - Sandomierz - Połaniec - Nowe Brzesko - Kraków - Trzebinia - Chrzanów - Jaworzno - Katowice - Chorzów - Bytom
No. 94 - Legnica - Prochowice - Wrocław - Opole - Strzelce Opolskie - Toszek - Pyskowice - Bytom - Będzin - Sosnowiec - Dąbrowa Górnicza - Olkusz - Kraków - Balice
A 4 - Kraków - Katowice
Approximate distances to the most important Polish towns/cities
Warsaw - 295 km
Białystok - 477 km
Bielsko-Biała - 86 km
Cieszyn - 121 km
Częstochowa - 114 km
Gdańsk - 565 km
Katowice - 75 km
Lublin - 270 km
Łódź - 220 km
Nowy Sącz - 100 km
Olsztyn - 500 km
Poznań - 400 km
Przemyśl - 245 km
Słubice - 512 km
Suwałki - 565 km
Szczecin - 635 km
Toruń - 385 km
Tarnów - 80 km
Wrocław - 270 km
Zakopane - 100 km
Zgorzelec - 425 km
