CRACOW AIRPORT
Cracow is one of Poland’s key road, railway, and air hubs. Cracow Airport Balice is the second busiest airport of the country in terms of the volume of passengers served annually. Two major routes run through or in the close vicinity of Cracow: the north-south national road no. 7, and a section of the European route E40 (the A4 motorway). The city has a convenient train link to Warsaw, and is close to other significant cities in this part of Europe: Lviv, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna.
Connections from the airport to the city centre:
By rail: Kraków Airport – Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek Kopalnia route; tickets at PLN 8 (Kraków Airport – Kraków Główny) and PLN 11 (Kraków Airport – Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek Kopalnia); available from the ticket machine in the passenger terminal (Eastern section, Level 0), the ticket machine on the railway platform, and on the train (from the machine or conductor). The transport of luggage is free of charge. The shuttle from Kraków Airport to Kraków Główny takes about 20 minutes.
By taxi: Kraków Airport runs its own taxi services at fixed prices. Reaching a destination in the centre of Kraków, depending on the distance, costs PLN 69 or PLN 89, regardless of the time of day and day of the week. Travelling time ranges from around 20 to 40 minutes.
www.krktaxi.pl
Transfers: Individual car or minibus bus rides to any location in Poland (to central Kraków at PLN 68) and even abroad, adjusted to the number of people travelling, can be ordered from the InfoKraków point at the airport. The exact cost of the ride is given when you order the service. Same fees apply irrespective of the time of day and day of the week.
Cracow Airport
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Kraków tram and bus lines make moving around the city (and the neighboring Wieliczka) fairly easy.
The timetables are available on the website of the Municipal Transport Enterprise and at the bus stops. All tickets must be punched in a ticket machine immediately on boarding a bus or a tram. The validity of timed and daily tickets is specified by the four last digits stamped on your tickets, which show the exact time when you first punched the ticket.
Within the city, all trams and the buses numbered 100 to 194, 405 to 451 and 501 to 522, use the city fare. No luggage fares are required.
The tickets can be purchased in:
– local kiosks,
– ticket machines at bus stops (in the city centre they can be found at almost all the bus stops; the machines take both banknotes and most coins),
– ticket selling booths by Teatr Bagatela (Bagatela Theatre at ul. Podwale) and by the Main Railway Station at ul. Basztowa,
– in the seasonal tickets sales office (in the city centre – ul. Podwale 3/5),
– on buses and trams in ticket machines (available in the new tram or bus models; they take coins only) or with a driver (you must be sure to hand in the correct change and additional charge is added onto the regular price of the ticket),
– using your mobile phone, using the moBILET (www.mobilet.pl) and mpay (www.mpay.pl) systems. Both require registration; however, they are a convenient way of buying tickets anytime and anywhere.
Public transport in Cracow
Cracow is one of Poland’s key road, railway, and air hubs. Cracow Airport Balice is the second busiest airport of the country in terms of the volume of passengers served annually. Two major routes run through or in the close vicinity of Cracow: the north-south national road no. 7, and a section of the European route E40 (the A4 motorway). The city has a convenient train link to Warsaw, and is close to other significant cities in this part of Europe: Lviv, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna.
Connections from the airport to the city centre:
By rail: Kraków Airport – Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek Kopalnia route; tickets at PLN 8 (Kraków Airport – Kraków Główny) and PLN 11 (Kraków Airport – Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek Kopalnia); available from the ticket machine in the passenger terminal (Eastern section, Level 0), the ticket machine on the railway platform, and on the train (from the machine or conductor). The transport of luggage is free of charge. The shuttle from Kraków Airport to Kraków Główny takes about 20 minutes.
By taxi: Kraków Airport runs its own taxi services at fixed prices. Reaching a destination in the centre of Kraków, depending on the distance, costs PLN 69 or PLN 89, regardless of the time of day and day of the week. Travelling time ranges from around 20 to 40 minutes.
www.krktaxi.pl
Transfers: Individual car or minibus bus rides to any location in Poland (to central Kraków at PLN 68) and even abroad, adjusted to the number of people travelling, can be ordered from the InfoKraków point at the airport. The exact cost of the ride is given when you order the service. Same fees apply irrespective of the time of day and day of the week.
Cracow Airport
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Kraków tram and bus lines make moving around the city (and the neighboring Wieliczka) fairly easy.
The timetables are available on the website of the Municipal Transport Enterprise and at the bus stops. All tickets must be punched in a ticket machine immediately on boarding a bus or a tram. The validity of timed and daily tickets is specified by the four last digits stamped on your tickets, which show the exact time when you first punched the ticket.
Within the city, all trams and the buses numbered 100 to 194, 405 to 451 and 501 to 522, use the city fare. No luggage fares are required.
The tickets can be purchased in:
– local kiosks,
– ticket machines at bus stops (in the city centre they can be found at almost all the bus stops; the machines take both banknotes and most coins),
– ticket selling booths by Teatr Bagatela (Bagatela Theatre at ul. Podwale) and by the Main Railway Station at ul. Basztowa,
– in the seasonal tickets sales office (in the city centre – ul. Podwale 3/5),
– on buses and trams in ticket machines (available in the new tram or bus models; they take coins only) or with a driver (you must be sure to hand in the correct change and additional charge is added onto the regular price of the ticket),
– using your mobile phone, using the moBILET (www.mobilet.pl) and mpay (www.mpay.pl) systems. Both require registration; however, they are a convenient way of buying tickets anytime and anywhere.
Public transport in Cracow