For Krakow, a city with an extremely rich history, for centuries being a witness to the most important events for Poland, today tourists want to combine sightseeing with entertainment, and students choose it as a place of education and life. In Krakow you can have a nice weekend and it does not have to be associated with racing in all historic places. Krakow is a city that has much more to offer than you might think. Weekend is the perfect time to find out. For those who go to Krakow for the first time, we suggest how to plan a trip.
Getting to Krakow
It is easy to get to Krakow from any part of Poland by car, bus or train. When choosing a car, however, you have to reckon with traffic jams and you should check the map of parking zones (www.zikit.krakow.pl). Krakow is a city of passers-by and very restrictive parking rules.
Rail is a good way to reach Krakow, especially when using Intercity trains. There are a lot of connections, and the trains leave and come all day long. You can choose the more expensive, more comfortable, but also cheaper, without reservation, for example, InterREGIO from Warsaw to Krakow. The city has a modern regional bus station that can handle up to 1.2 thousand. vehicles daily. From here you can go to the Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum or the Holocaust Museum in Oświęcim. Within a few hundred meters from the bus station and the Kraków Główny railway station, the main tram lines run to all parts of the city. Krakow also has the International Airport named after Jana Pawła II in Balice, located 11 kilometers from the city center. Directly between the port and the center there are buses, as well as a special train.