1. General information about the hotel
1. General information about the hotel A beautifully located building on the south - western slope of Antałówka hill in Zakopane along the Jagiellońska street. The hotel lies 800 m from railway and bus stations and within 5 minute's walk from Zakopane centre. Click this link: http://www.antalowka.zakopane.pl to get detail information about the hotel. In the map, the hotel is here: http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocalMaps-g274793-d603810-Antalowka-Area .html 2. How to Go If you come from outside Poland, it is advised to take a flight to Warsaw Krakow(http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/), (http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/), http://www.katowice-airport.com/eng/), or Katowice( Poprad(http://www.airport-poprad.sk/english.html) The distance to Zakopane is: Warsaw - Zakopane 400 km Krakow - Zakopane 150 km Katowice –Zakopane 250 km Poprad, Slovakia - Zakopane 70 km Different low-cost companies have regular flights from all over Europe to Warsaw, Krakow and Katowice: http://www.easyjet.com/en/book/index.asp http://wizzair.com/default.asp?slid=clear&language=EN http://www.ryanair.com http://www10.centralwings.com/ http://www.norwegian.no/ http://www.opodo.com/ http://www.europsky.com Warning: Before you take a bus or train, do buy a ticket in advance in a grocery or ticket center. 1). From Warsaw to Zakopane a). Take a flight from Warsaw to Krakow Daily flights are running all day long between Warsaw and Krakow with LOT airline. Refer to the table below or simply go to the following link for time-table in both directions: http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/?lang=en, then select city from flight timetable frame. b). Take a train from Warsaw to Krakow You can take bus No.175 from terminal II to Central (Centralna) train station. The travel time is around 20 minutes (if there's no traffic; when the traffic is huge, it may be up to 1 hour). The cost of the ticket is 2.40 PLN for an adult, to be on the safe side you may also buy an additional ticket for the luggage (2.40 PLN, same as for you) - theoretically, you don't need it anymore, but there are still ticket inspectors who will have a huge problem if you travel with a big bag without the additional ticket. Taxi fee (No tips) from airport to the train station is normally less than 40PLN. Click the link, http://rozklad.pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en, copy Warszawa Centralna as departure station, and copy as the destination station Kraków Główny, to get the train. Symbols: SW - sleeper, LW - couchettes. c). Take a train from Warsaw to Zakopane Click link: http://rozklad.pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en, copy Warszawa Centralna as departure station, and input Zakopane as destination to get the train. On most trains you need to book a seat in advance. You cannot book without buying a ticket at the same time. If you come to Zakopane from Warsaw an overnight sleeper train is also a possibility. Warsaw - Zakopane sleeper fare (one way) is about: 1st class (1 person in a compartment) - 150PLN 2d class (2 persons in a compartment) - 90PLN 3d class (3 persons in a compartment) - 55PLN Not many people use sleepers so you are likely to be alone even if you buy 3d class. Warsaw to Zakopane list (http://www.igf.fuw.edu.pl/IUTAM/Trains_list_WAR-ZAK.html ), details (http://www.igf.fuw.edu.pl/IUTAM/Trains_details_WAR-ZAK.html ). Direct trains: 8:05, 21:05 (LW), 23:10 (LW,SW). d). Take a bus from Warsaw to Zakopane; If you are going to take a bus from Warsaw to Zakopane, please click here to check the time table: http://www.e-podroznik.pl/public/timeTableSearcherFinal.do?tabToken=3 705da527c8497dbb48d81015cd7affa 2). From Krakow to Zakopane There are several car rental operators at the Krakow airport as well as the Warsaw airport: Company National(ht Phone Fax (+48)(12) 639-32-86 (+48)(12) 636-86-30 Avis(http:/ (+48)(12) 639-32-89 / (+48)(12) 639-32-89 /www.avis. (+48)(12) 629 61 09 tp://www. nationalcar .siter.pl/en glish/) pl/avisonlin e/pl-gb/avi s.nsf?open &~Default) National(ht (+48)(12) 285-50-25 (+48)(12) 637-00-89 (+48)(12) 285-50-45 (+48)(12) 285-50-45 tp://www. budget.co m.pl/) Europcar(h ttp://www. europcar.c om.pl/EN/h ome.html) From Balice Airport in Krakow you have to get to the Krakow PKP Railway Station area to take a bus to Zakopane. To do so you can: z Call a taxi (phone numbers e.g. 9661 or 9622 in Krakow) cost apr 40 PLN, or z Take a bus number 192 or 208 (ticket is less than 3 PLN). z Or take a train from station-Regionalny Dworzec Autobusowy located in Bosacka street, The departure time is listed as below: 06:40, 07:35, 08:40, 09:40, 10:10, 11:05, 12:00, 12:40, 14:10, 14:50, 15:40, 16:10, 17;10, 18:15, 18:45, 19:15, 20:00, 22:05 When you arrive in Krakow you do not need to book a bus to Zakopane as there are frequent shuttle buses to Zakopane, which leave around every 40 min. from the area of the PKP Railway Station. The Krakow-Zakopane line is serviced by Szwagropol, Trans-Frej and PKS companies. The ticket costs around 10 PLN. Alternatively, you can use a train but the train is slower (Polish State Railways Time-table(http://www.pkp.com.pl/en/indexen.html)). 3). From Katowice to Zakopane a). By bus - To the City Centre of Katowice and then take a train to Zakopane. Departure times: 0.15, 1.10 (this one via Bielsko-Biala), 4.45, 7.30, 10.00, 11.50, 14.00, 16.00, 17.15. all connections (except this one 1.10) are via krakow. It takes 2-4 hours to get from katowice to zakopane by bus. b). By airport taxi - (+48 32 20 526 26, +48 32 20 142 00 and +48 32 20 421 21) by which you can go directly to Zakopane. Or you can go by Zakopane Ski Transfer: Katowice-Zakopane Up to 4 persons 5/6 persons and more 600PLN 750PLN Contact c). By car rented at the airport (the best way of traveling- by which you can travel directly to Zakopane) From Hertz (http://www.hertz.com/) From Avis (http://www.avis.com/) From Europcar (http://www.europcar.com/EBE/module/booking/FirstStep.do) 3). From Poprad( Slovakia) to Zakopane The nearest way to Zakopane is from Poprad(Slovakia), the view is very pretty besides the road, you may select one of the following way: a. By taxi (Taxi parking is in front of the departure hall). b. Car rental offices are located in the main hall: Hertz (phone +421 911 650 180) and Europcar (phone +421 903 409 778). c. There is a bus directly from Poprad to Zakopane, it leaves daily during the high season and holidays at 16:50 (Th and Sa is 6:00), it stops in the high Tatras on route. Should you have any problem to reach the hotel, please call: +48 1820 13271, +48 1820 13272.
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