Transportation

How to get to Krakow

Krakow map: http://www.mapakrakow.pl/?lang=en. You can reach Krakow by:

Flight to Krakow

To Krakow airport. For updated information on flights and connections see the website http://www.krakowairport.pl/en.

The airport is located about 15 km from the city centre. You can reach it by taxi or public buses http://www.krakowairport.pl/en/passenger,c70/transport-parking,c76/

The other option is to fly Katowice-Pyrzowice airport (the airport used by popular budget airlines, such as WizzAir and Germanwings). The airport is situated approximately 110 km west of Krakow. It is possible to take Lufthansa (or other) bus to Krakow, which operates regularly, and the trip takes about an hour (approx. 50 polish zloty). More information one may find on the www.cracow.travel or www.katowice-airport.com webpages

International train

Krakow is one of Poland's main railroad junctions. Its central Krakow Glowny Station is situated most conveniently in the very city centre, close to the Old Town historic district. See the map. The detailed information about trains is available at Railway site

Flight to Warsaw

There is an international airport Okecie in Warszawa, located about 10 km from the city centre (Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport).
Okecie has a direct connections to many others airports (

To reach Krakow from the airport OKECIE you can:

  • take domestic flights (departure from Warsaw to Krakow)
  • take a train

    There are many trains (Inter City and Express) from Warszawa to Krakow and from Krakow to Warszawa daily in the train summer timetable. More information on how to get from the airport to the "Warszawa-Centralna" railway station, can be found here.

Information about public transportation in Cracow


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