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Train   Krakow

Train, Krakow

 62 Reviews  While in Poland we travelled between Warsaw and Krakow by train. Before traveling, I searched the Polish Rail website for info about timetable and prices. There are several trains a day between Warsaw... 

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Trains   Warsaw

Trains, Warsaw

 30 Reviews   I had some extra time and wanted to save some money, so I took the train into Warsaw. Starting from Frankfurt, Germany, I took the ICE train and changed trains in Berlin. Overall, it took about 10... 

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By bus   Krakow

By bus, Krakow

 42 Reviews  Wieliczka Salt Mine, few kilometers outside Krakow are visited by millions of visitors every year! If you are in the city, the cheaper and easy way to get them is to take the n. 304 bus from from... 

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Buses   Warsaw

Buses, Warsaw

 37 Reviews  Date of incident 25th Sept. 2011: I took Bus 175 from Warsaw Airport to city centre. Upon arrival in the main central square, 3 men attacked me on the bus, one pulling my hand luggage off my hand the... 

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By tram   Krakow

By tram, Krakow

 36 Reviews  Krakow is well served by trams. I only used them a couple of times; just to go from the train station to my accomodation and vice versa. You can get your tickets from vending machines, from kiosks,... 

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Trams   Warsaw

Trams, Warsaw

 19 Reviews   Our hotel was not very central, so we moved primarily by tram but also used the Metro and buses. The ticket is for any of the three transports The tram is very comfortable and has good service.... 

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Taxi, taxi   Krakow

Taxi, taxi, Krakow

 27 Reviews   1° Transfer from airport. Already in 2010 I had used City Taxi as recommended by the organizers of the VT meet and ordered by internet the transfers Airport - Hotel in Krakow centre and vice... 

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Taxis   Warsaw

Taxis, Warsaw

 21 Reviews  Any taxi, and: 1. You should NOT reply to all those "mafia taxi" hunters, in the arrivals hall, offering their services. 2. You exit the hall to the lane outsied and take any taxi with name of the... 

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Airplane   Krakow

Airplane, Krakow

 50 Reviews  The airport is small. The advantage is that on arrival you have not to wait a long time to get your luggage and no formalities for Schengen passengers. The disadvantage is at the departure of the T1... 

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Underground   Warsaw

Underground, Warsaw

 20 Reviews  This is an entry to the underground. There is only one line of underground in Warsaw, about 23 km length, but they just started to prepare to build the second line. It's a very good way of getting... 

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By car   Krakow

By car, Krakow

 11 Reviews  Hi, Im writing to share our opinion about visiting Polska and Krakow. We decided to rent a car in polish company NFM Rent A Car. We didn’t have too much time to see all this lovely places. We took the... 

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Planes   Warsaw

Planes, Warsaw

 32 Reviews  Although low-cost flights from Warsaw have declined after the Etiuda-terminal was pulled down, Wizzair established a sizeable base at Warsaw with more than a dozen of destinations. Unfortunately, not... 

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Tickets   Warsaw

Tickets, Warsaw

 10 Reviews  My recommendation for a visitor is to walk on foot (the Old Town and the Royal Way) and use either city transportation (bus, tram, metro - 1 line only) or taxis (door to door transportation, more... 

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All in one   Warsaw

All in one, Warsaw

 27 Reviews  I don't know why would any tourist want to rent a car in Warsaw, unless it is the base and starting point for driving outside the city. The parking issue in the center or the old town area is a real... 

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Horse carriage   Warsaw

Horse carriage, Warsaw

 6 Reviews  Horsecarriage, well not exactly, it says "OMNIBUS" on it (isn't an omnibus a collection of stories?)...but it does have a horse and it does have a carriage of sorts. Now I think this is a totally cool... 

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Roads   Warsaw

Roads, Warsaw

 5 Reviews  Warsaw is the only city in Poland where I recommend to use guarded parking lots. Why? Well, maybe I am wrong now. I've seen motorcycles from the Netherlands with luggage outside parked on a street by... 

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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

National shame

by Skeptic-jr

Roads are our national shame - they are in very bad condition, we hardly have highways, there are many cars and not to many parking places, and also many of Polish drivers drive recklessnessly. So we have about 6 thousand death victims of car accidents every year (the same as the Germans, but they are twice numerous and have twice more cars...).Limits of speed:50 km/h - in cities (between 5 AM and 11 PM)60 km/h - in cities (between 11 PM and 5 AM)90 km/h - outside built up territory100 km/h - expressways (or roads with two lanes of movement in each direction)110 km/h - 2 (or more) lanes expressways130 km/h - highways The first three values are two most important since we hardly have any express roads nor highways.

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GETTING AROUND RURAL POLAND

by Marcin75

Easiest way - by car. But do not worry if you do not have one. There are still buses, local trains and many nice people who will give you a lift - sometimes even by their buggy ;-)It is good to have a habit of noting down all encountered timetables (especially bus ones), as well as have a good map of the area. Almost every tiny village is served by at least two buses a day. Some buses go on weekdays only - check on the schedule or ask locals. It is good to know or have noted basic words like days of the week etc. in order to understand the timetable. Hitchhiking is a good option, pretty popular and usually free. I had experienced being given a lift by almost everything, including horse-drawn wagon, steam locomotive and a motorcycle. It was always fun.Bikes are a pretty good option, but busy Polish roads are far from being bikers friendly. USEFUL LINKS: PKP - Official web page of Polish...

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Holding for your protection...

by bpwillet

If you are crossing the border make sure you have your passport ready when passport control comes by. They mean buisness. Also do not be alarmed if your cabin "keeper" takes your train ticket. This is apparently normal and they are trying to protect you from losing it. If you speak Polish it will also be a bit easier to communicate...but even if you don't that is part of the adventure. Right?

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WARS Travel

by bpwillet

We took an overnight train into Poland and it was quite worth it. It was very transparent to us upon arrival. There are many options to choose from and from Berlin it is really easy. We went through the route that takes you from Berlin to Katowice to Oswiecim.

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Getting around

by Leipzig

You hardly find autobahns or even roads with two lanes in each direction. Most roads have one lane in each direction with trees on road side.At first I had some fear to pass other cars but after some days I did it like the Polishs - doesn't matter if someone comes towards to you - there's always enough space in between.

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Night Train

by mahzan

I chosed to take the night train from Bratislava to Warsaw, and it turned out to be a wrong decision. Since we had to travel across three countries - we were awaken a few times for passport and customs controls. In the end, I did not have a good sleep and the moment I reached Warsaw - I felt very tired and sleepy.

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Lowcost flights from Stanstead

by wojsyl

From December 2003 you can fly from London Stanstead to Warsaw, Poznan or Katowice and backfor as much as 12 EURO one way (plus 20 EURO taxes). So now the cheapest way of getting to/from Poland is through Stanstead. The first Polish lowcost is www.airpolonia.com. So far it seems to be targetting for Polish customers mostly (their online booking site is in Polish). They're flying Boeing 737.

traind and buses

by call_me_rhia

To get from one major city to the other the best way is to get a fast train: they are comfortable and also sort of reliable. Don't always count on a buffet car: sometimes they just forget to attach it to the train - so bring at least some water. For trips to smaller places, even if there's a train going there - most likely a local train - use the bus: it's much faster. I suggest you use only local trains if you are a railway fanatic and want a ride in a very old and smelly carriage. I have read tragic tales about train travel in Poland, notable for theft: from my experience I can say that it's more like an urban legend.

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Polish trains.

by Ben-UK

Polish people don't seem to like their train service much, but compared to the UK it's excellent & makes travelling around Poland very easy.There are 5 types of trains :-1) OSOBOWY - local trains that stop at almost every station. (Printed in black on timetables).2) POSPIESZNY - faster & more comfortable -stop at more intermediate stations.(Printed in red on timetables).3) EX / EKSPRES / EKSPRESOWY - only stop at major cities. Faster & more comfortable than Pospieszny.(Printed in red on timetables with the letters EX next to them).4) IC / INTER CITY - even faster & more comfortable than ekspres.(Printed in red on timetables with the letters IC next to them).5) EC / EURO CITY - to Berlin, Prague, Budapest, etc.(Printed in red on timetables with the letters EC next to them).Timetables are in all stations. Departures (odjazdy) are usually coloured yellow -Arrivals (przyjazdy) are usually...

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Trains and buses

by ania70pl

Trains are most popular and relatively cheap way of transport. Poland has well developed rail network. Major Polish cities are connected by Intercity express trains runing between European cities. The national railway network is administred and serviced by Polish State Railways (Polskie Koleje Panstwowe - PKP).Buses - coatch services are operated by the state (PKS) and private bus companies throughout the whole country.To Poland you can get by train or bus from most European destinations.

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Top 3 Hotels in Poland

Sheraton Krakow Hotel  Krakow

 7 Reviews and 517 Opinions  I had a very pleasant stay at this hotel. I was part of a tour group, but would recommend it to the... 

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Intercontinental Warszawa  Warsaw

 4 Reviews and 653 Opinions  Intercontinental Warswawa is one of the 5***** hotel in warsaw but it is different from the others... 

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Mercure Hevelius  Gdansk

 7 Reviews and 221 Opinions  Great view from my 9th floor room. [ half way up ]. The room is just what you expect for 450 zloty... 

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hello everyone, My name is Gloria from Rome and I'm coming to Poland soon for a pilgrimage following the history of your... 

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A: Hi Gloria! From Krakow, I'd recommend that you pay a visit to Wadowice, the home town of Pope John Paul 11 - visit the cathedral where he served - then the house where he... 

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