{"id":606,"date":"2019-06-23T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T01:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommyandjola.com\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2019-12-06T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T21:19:42","slug":"how-to-get-there","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tommyandjola.com\/?page_id=606","title":{"rendered":"How to Get There"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<strong>By air<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Unfortunately, Zakopane has no airport, thus, the only way of getting here by plane is by choosing one of the nearest Polish airports. The closest one is located in Krakow (Krakow-Balice) \u2013 100 kilometres away from Zakopane.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0Getting to Zakopane via Krakow<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The easiest way to get to Zakopane is to choose Krakow as a starting point as it is situated about 100 kilometres from Zakopane and the public transport offers a good connection. One can choose from a train (which frequently leaves for Zakopane from Krakow Plaszow railway station), private buses and mini buses (running several times a day) or a public coach (PKS bus running every few hours). There are two privately-owned companies offering transport services at the prices competitive to those offered by the state-owned PKS.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">These are as follows: Trans-Frej and Szwagropol.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Both offer fast, if possible, and effective connection between Krakow and Zakopane. Their stations are situated more or less opposite the PKS Coach Station. The buses run from 6 a.m. till 8 p.m. nearly once every hour. The fare is PLN 13,00 (concessions : PLN 10,00).<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The tickets can be booked in advance:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">the Trans-Frej services at the backyard of the \u201dDom Wczasowy PODHALE\u201d at 9 Kosciuszki Street (tel.: 018 201 41 99)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">the Szwagropol services in the shop next to the bus station at 19 Kosciuszki Street (tel. 018 201 71 23).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0By car<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\u00a0If coming by car, the best idea is to take the picturesque route, called \u201dzakopianka\u201d, which though is the shortest one, it is usually packed. One more disadvantage, if taking this No. 95 national road, is the reparation and construction works under way, which slow down the traffic and make the road jammed. The good news, however, is that by 2010 the dual carriageway will have been completed, making it possible for motorists to cover the Krakow-Zakopane distance within1.5 hours. Nowadays, on the average, the journey takes about 2 hours or from 4-5 hours while travelling at extended weekends and at the height of the season.To avoid the jams on this one-hundred-kilometre long route, it is advisable to use the alternative routes, which though of worse quality, are more interesting and less frequently crowded. One of the ideas is e.g. if coming from the direction of Upper Silesia, go via Korbielow (Polish-Slovak border), through Sucha Hora and back to Poland from Chocholow get to Zakopane.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0By rail or coach<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">As for the train, it takes about 3-4 hours to get from Krakow to Zakopane. Some Polish cities offer direct connections with Zakopane, thus, coming to Zakopane by train is quite common.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div>PKP Railway Station, whose building is a monument of the Galicean railway architecture, is situated in Chramcowki Street. Though quite empty as compared to the PKS Coach Station, it thrives with life at the season. The major facilities include: the open non-stop left-luggage office, a bar, a bufet.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Zakopane has direct train connections with Krakow, Warsaw, Katowice, Poznan, Szczecin, Czestochowa, Olsztyn, Gdynia, Jelenia Gora and Lodz.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>PKP services telephone info: 018 201 4504<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>PKS Coach Station (Dworzec PKS) is situated within a walking distance from the PKP Railway Station (Dworzec PKP) in Kosciuszki Street. Upon getting off the bus, do not be surprised being offered accommodation by the locals claiming to have \u201dtanie noclegi\u201d (in Polish, meaning \u2013\u00a0cheap accommodation). The practice shows that the prices are not the lowest ones, whereas the standard leaves a lot to be desired.<\/div>\n<div>PKS offers transport both to the nearby villages and to the major Polish cities like Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice, Czestochowa, Bielsko-Biala.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The PKS Coach Station facilities include ticket offices, the information desk, the newsagents\u2019 stands and confectionary\u2019s. At the front of the building there are also a lot of grocery shops and various types of bars with tasty and cheap snacks on offer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">PKS services telephone info: 018 201 4603<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">NOTE: It is a good idea to purchase your ticket in advance (even the return one) to avoid queuing on the day of your trip!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0By air Unfortunately, Zakopane has no airport, thus, the only way of getting here by plane is by choosing one of the nearest Polish airports. The closest one is located in Krakow (Krakow-Balice) \u2013 100 kilometres away from Zakopane. \u00a0Getting to Zakopane via Krakow The easiest way to get to Zakopane is to choose Krakow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-606","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Get There - Tom and Jola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommyandjola.com\/?page_id=606\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Get There - Tom and Jola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0By air Unfortunately, Zakopane has no airport, thus, the only way of getting here by plane is by choosing one of the nearest Polish airports. 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