Travel - International
AIR: Poland’s national airline is LOT Polish Airlines (LO). Other airlines serving Poland include Aeroflot, Air France, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, El Al, Lufthansa, SAS and Swiss.
Approximate flight times: From Warsaw to London is 2 hours, to Frankfurt/M is 1 hour 50 minutes, and to Prague is 1 hour 20 minutes.
International airports: Warsaw (WAW) (Okecie) is 10km (6 miles) southwest of the city (travel time – 20-40 minutes by bus; 20-30 minutes by taxi). Full duty-free facilities are available. Airport facilities include post office (Mon-Fri 0800-2000, Sat 0800-1400), banks and bureaux de change, bars and restaurants, left-luggage facilities (24 hours), tourist information services and car hire (Avis, Budget, National, Thrifty and Hertz).
Kraków (KRK) (Balice John Paul II) is 16km (10 miles) west of the city centre. Buses and taxis are available. Airport facilities include bar, bureau de change (0600-2200) and car hire (Avis, Budget, Europcar, Ann and Hertz). There are duty-free facilities in the departure hall.
Wroclaw (WRO) (Strachowice) (website: www.airport.wroclaw.pl) is 8km (5 miles) from the city centre. Airport facilities include a bank, duty-free shop, post office, restaurants and shops. Buses, taxis and car hire are also available. There is a daily connection to Frankfurt/M and twice weekly (Thurs and Sun) to Düsseldorf.
Katowice (KTW) is 34km (21 miles) from the city. There are connections to Copenhagen, Frankfurt/M and Munich daily.
Gdansk (GDN) (website: www.airport.gdansk.pl) is the most common entry point into northern Poland.
Departure tax: None.
SEA: Pol Ferries operates between Poland and Sweden, Denmark and Finland. For further information contact the Polish National Tourist Office (see Contact Addresses section) or Pol Ferries, ul. Chalubinskiego 8, 00-613, Warsaw (tel: (22) 830 0930; fax: (22) 830 0071; e-mail: mbp.varszavam@polferries.com.pl). Tickets can also be purchased from travel agents or the ferry terminal (tel: (58) 343 1887).
RAIL: Polish State Railways (PKP) (website: www.pkp.pl) operates EuroCity trains between Poland and a number of major European cities. All services from Western Europe to Poland pass through Germany, the Czech Republic or the Slovak Republic. The main routes link Warsaw with Berlin and Cologne, Vienna, Budapest and Prague. There is a car-sleeper service from the Hook of Holland to Poznan/Warsaw.
ROAD: Poland is best reached from Germany and the Czech Republic or the car-sleeper rail service from the Hook of Holland to Poznan/Warsaw. There are extensive bus and coach services. Eurolines, departing from Victoria Coach Station in London, serves destinations in Poland. For further information, contact Eurolines (4 Cardiff Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, L41 1PP; tel: (08705) 143 219; fax: (01582) 400 694; website: www.eurolines.com or www.gobycoach.com).
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