Travel and accommodation in Poland

The two main airports in Poland are at Warsaw (known as Warszawa) and Krakow. The airport in Warsaw is called the Frederic Chopin International Airport and has all the modern facilities the visitor needs, including car rental, travel agencies, a post office, a bank and many restaurants and shops. At Krakow the airport is the John Paul II International Airport. Other international airports in Poland are at Poznan, Wroclaw, Szczecin, Katowice, Bydgoszcz, Lodz and Rzeszow. Ryanair, for example, is one of the airlines which fly to Gdansk and Poznan.

British Airways fly from Heathrow to Warszawa 21 times per week and from Gatwick to Krakow five times per week with return flights from £99 on both routes, including all taxes fees and charges. Easyjet fly from Luton to Warsaw and from Luton, Liverpool, Berlin & Dortmund to Krakow, with return fares to Krakow and Warsaw from £40.98 inclusive. Ryanair has many flights to Poland each week, departing from Dublin, Shannon, Glasgow, East Midlands and London Stansted, and one way fares (excluding taxes) start from as little as 69p! Add on taxes and charges of around £15.

Other budget airlines flying to Poland are SkyEurope flying from Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, London Stansted and Manchester, with tickets from £15 one-way inclusive, and Wizz Air from Glasgow, Liverpool and London Luton from £14.98 inclusive. Also Central Wings from Dublin, Shannon, Leeds, Edinburgh, Aer Lingus from Cork to Warsaw three times per week, from Dublin to Warsaw seven times per week and from Dublin to Krakow three times per week, Flybmi from London Heathrow to Warszawa seven times a week and LOT Polish Airways with 21 services per week from London Heathrow to Warszawa, and seven from Manchester.

From the airport taxis can be taken from the taxi stand outside arrivals. Fares are generally more expensive between 10pm and 6am, but the taxis operate on meters so you don’t have to do any price negotiation. There are three trains in Poland, the intercity, eurocity and express with first and second class tickets available. The Polish State Railway services are good and long distance trains have buffet and sleeping cars. From Warsaw to Krakow for example takes about 2h 30 minutes on an express train. In Warsaw there is a metro system and in other major cities the public transport system consists of buses, trams and trolleybuses. A one day travel card allows travel on the city’s integrated transport network. Car rental services can be found at airport arrivals with the usual firms such as Avis and Hertz and driving is on the right.

The currency in Poland is the Polish Zlotys, and £1 is roughly equivalent to 5.7 PLN. As for accommodation the average price of a double room in a three star hotel in Warsaw and Krakow is from £50 to £100 and a double room in a 4 star hotel in Warsaw and Krakow costs from £75 to £200.

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