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Feb 07 2009

Published by Journeys and Adventures at 1:00 am under If You Go, Poland Edit This

Planning a visit to Krakow, Poland? Here’s some practical information to help you with your vacation plans:

Getting There

v The Krakow Balice airport can be reached by flights from London, Paris, Munich, and other cities across Europe. The old town train station is a short 20-minute train ride from the airport—the tickets (which are approximately $2 per person each way) can be purchased directly on the train or from a kiosk in the airport.

v Krakow can also be reached from major European cities by train. The city is approximately 2.5 hours from Warsaw, 7.5 hours from Vienna, and 8 hours from Prague. Check local train listings for the country you’re traveling from.

Accommodations

v Krakow offers a large variety of accommodations ranging from hostels to five-star hotels. Most accommodations are concentrated around the Old Town or Kazimierz, the Jewish Quarter.

v Prices, of course, also range from cheap to expensive. Traveling in the off-season can also help keep prices low.

v Check out the standard accommodation websites like hotels.com or HostelWorld

Eating

v Krakow has a surprisingly wide variety of restaurants—many with high quality food and low prices. Cuisine choices range from sushi to Italian, French to traditional Polish.

v Traditional Polish food like borscht (beet soup), pierogis (small ravioli-style dumplings with various fillings), and golabkis (stuffed cabbage leaves) are available throughout the city. Self-service restaurants like Domowe Przysmaki will give you delicious food at reasonable prices.

v Cyrano de Bergerac is a unique cellar restaurant in Krakow offering Polish favorites with a French twist (like Blinis with Home Smoked Salmon with Melted Butter and Fresh Cream) and award-winning French cuisine (like Foie Gras of Duck with Caramelized Pear Blackcurrant Sauce). The restaurant is a bit pricier than other Polish restaurants, but its lunch menu is a bit more reasonable.

v Shopping

Popular souvenirs from Poland include amber, hand-painted crafts, and other folk art. A market for these crafts is open from approximately 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Sukiennice Cloth Hall in the middle of the Old Town square.

v The town also offers a large shopping center next to the train station with popular stores like H&M, MAC, and Jack Wolfskin.