World Country Guide

Travel - International

Air
Poland’s national airline is LOT Polish Airlines (LO) (website: www.lot.com). Other airlines serving Poland include Aeroflot, Air France, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Easyjet, El Al, Lufthansa, Ryanair, SAS and Swiss.

Approximate flight times
From Warsaw to London is two hours, to Frankfurt/M is one hour 50 minutes, and to Prague is one 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, banks and bureaux de change, bars and restaurants, left-luggage facilities, tourist information services and car hire (Avis, Budget, Hertz, National and Thrifty).
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 and car hire (Ann, Avis, Budget, Europcar 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: info@polferries.pl; website: www.polferries.com). 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 the Czech Republic, Germany or the Slovak Republic. The main routes link Warsaw with Berlin and Cologne, Budapest, Prague and Vienna. There is a car-sleeper service from the Hook of Holland to Poznan/ Warsaw.

Road
Poland is best reached from the Czech Republic and Germany 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 (tel: (08705) 143 219; e-mail: welcome@eurolines.co.uk; website: www.eurolines.com).